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Lord Coaker (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 18 November 2025

Debate

Ministry of Defence Procurement: UK-manufactured Products

Contribution

My noble friend makes a really good point, and of course he is right to say that. The total number of direct and indirect jobs supported through MoD expenditure with UK industry a couple of years ago was 272,000, which was up from 244,000 the year before—so defence is growing. Is it growing fast enough? We would all like to see it growing more quickly. But there is no doubt that the development of a UK defence industry is crucial to our defence and the defence of our allies.

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