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The Ministry of Defence recognises, as does the defence industry, that skills are important.

Having listened to the hon.

Yes, we are committed to that, but we have also been honest about the time needed to get to being able to do that.

I agree with the hon.

Our men and women are motivated by lots of things.

The right hon. Gentleman knows me fairly well.

Yes, absolutely. I was delighted to visit David Brown—it is the famous David Brown of the Aston Martin David Brown in Huddersfield.

The original defence Command Paper absolutely built on that.

It absolutely is.

An important lesson from Ukraine is to make sure it is digitally glued together, and to make sure its command and control is not as vulnerab