Part of the debate – in the House of Commons am 12:50 pm ar 24 Ebrill 2024.
Grant Shapps
The Secretary of State for Defence
12:50,
24 Ebrill 2024
The integrated procurement plan, brilliantly created by my hon. Friend the Minister for Defence Procurement, has ensured that exports and exportability are a key part of the contract. I have mentioned how we have already used this model to speed up the production of DragonFire.
We are also using the integrated procurement model to make sure that we do not over-spec things, so that they do not become like—
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