Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Defence – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 10 July 2017.
Mark Lancaster
The Minister of State, Ministry of Defence
12:00,
10 July 2017
The Royal Navy is growing; I am pleased that for the first time in a generation the establishment of the Royal Navy will grow, by 400, as I said. I have mentioned the personnel recovery programme, an excellent programme that has sought to address the shortages of engineers through apprenticeships and through affiliation with university technical colleges. It is a long-term programme, but it is working.