Oral Question·Department for Business and Trade
“What steps his Department is taking to support businesses in rural areas.”
Tabled: 27 August 2024Answered: 5 September 2024
Asked by
Richard Foord
Liberal Democrat — Honiton and Sidmouth
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Business and Trade
Answer from Hansard
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Matthew Patrick)
The first duty of any Government is to protect their people, and this Government are ensuring that we all feel the benefit of the investment in defence. Take, for example, the £1.6 billion deal to supply missiles to Ukraine—manufactured in Belfast and built by Thales—which is supporting hundreds of jobs and tripling production capacity. This is important work that I am sure the whole House welcomes.