Thales: Northern Ireland
Lords · Question HL5522 · Tabled 5 Mar 2025 · Northern Ireland Office · Official record
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Lord Rogan
To ask His Majesty's Government what benefits the £1.6 billion contract with Thales Air Defence Limited in Belfast to supply 5,000 missiles to Ukraine will bring to the Northern Ireland economy.
Answer
Answered by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent, 19 Mar 2025
The deal to increase production at Thales is a vote of confidence in Northern Ireland's valuable defence sector and we want to ensure that Northern Ireland benefits fully from increases in defence expenditure in the UK. The deal will also provide a major ...