Oral Question·Ministry of Defence
“If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.”
Tabled: 9 December 2025Answered: 15 December 2025
Asked by
Alan Strickland
Labour — Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Defence
Answer from Hansard
Luke Pollard
As the space nerd in the ministerial team, I welcome my hon. Friend’s interest in space. Working with Baroness Lloyd, the Minister in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, we have a real opportunity to renew our space strategy, because the strategy we inherited was out of date and ineffective and was not supporting our industry. We are seeking to support our industry to go further, and I am happy to meet my hon. Friend and other colleagues to discuss space further.