00:00This is obviously the second time that we have seen a crisis in the steel industry in the last
00:05year. This impacts across other industries that are commercially operated that are critical for
00:10our national security. In Lancashire, the failure to place an order for 25 typhoon jets is risking
00:16thousands of jobs in the critical defence industry of BAE systems. We're also seeing a lack of join
00:22up between government departments, not realising that whole life cycle manufacturing of nuclear
00:27fuel, which is equally critical for our national infrastructure and impacting on hundreds of
00:33highly skilled jobs in Lancashire at the Westinghouse-Springfield site. So could the Minister
00:37update me on the work that she is doing with the Department for Defence to ensure that these
00:42commercially operated industries that are critical to our national defence capabilities and national
00:49security are properly strategically supported to be sustainable into the future?
00:53Minister.
00:54Can I thank him for the question? He's right to point out the importance of our defence industry
00:57and the need for us to support that. Of course, the industrial strategy outlined eight growth-driving
01:02sectors that we believe, through support from government, can really turbocharge in terms
01:08of growth, and defence was one of those. We've published the eight sector plans, apart from
01:13the defence one, which will be coming shortly, so he should look out for that. Of course, we've
01:17increased funding on defence very significantly. That will lead to thousands of jobs across the
01:22UK. And I work very closely with my colleagues in defence, particularly the defence procurement
01:27minister, to make sure we are procuring UK jobs where we can and supporting our industry to grow.
01:34Well, what is the lack?
01:50Well, we also have then the favours. We nak what bid 2 penguzieink mash under window device and
01:53Covid 2-707352. And we don't need waterри records as well.
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