VoteClimate: Oral Answers to Questions - 18th July 2022

Oral Answers to Questions - 18th July 2022

Here are the climate-related sections of speeches by MPs during the Commons debate Oral Answers to Questions.

Full text: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2022-07-18/debates/2B4A8744-FC9A-42B6-ADE3-429D4C59A077/OralAnswersToQuestions

Gavin Newlands (Paisley and Renfrewshire North) (SNP)

T8. I have met Airspace Unlimited, which is creating an airspace optimisation tool for defence airspace, which will assist the RAF’s ambition to be net zero by 2040 with an added benefit of supporting vital defence training for fifth and sixth-generation combat aircraft. Does the Minister agree about the importance of that and of supporting such initiatives through a defence and security accelerator? ( 901145 )

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The Minister for Defence Procurement (Jeremy Quin)

I do agree. I think there are huge opportunities, and the hon. Gentleman correctly points out that the RAF has an ambition of 2040 for net zero. We are investing a lot of money, including £2.35 billion into the European common radar system or ECRS Mark 2, a prime recipient of which will be Edinburgh. Scottish companies have a lot of other opportunities to bring to our attention, and we will happily look at them.

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