Order. Questions to the Prime Minister? Dr. Philippa Whitford.

Question number one, Mr. Speaker.

The Leader of the House.

Mr. David Leading.

Mr. Speaker, I have been asked to reply.

My right honourable friend the Prime Minister is visiting the Gulf Cooperation Council Summit in Bahrain.

Mr Speaker, this morning I had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others,

and in addition to my duties in this House, I shall have further such meetings later today.

Dr. Philippa Whitford.

Yesterday's signing of a memorandum of understanding with Houston Spaceport and the Rice Space Institute

brings the reality of a Preswick spaceport closer. With a huge boost that could give to the UK aerospace industry,

will the UK government join Scottish government in supporting an Ayrshire growth deal to literally get this off the ground?

I can certainly assure the Honourable Lady that the government is looking very keenly at the opportunities to Scotland and the whole of the United Kingdom arising from the potential future development of commercial space operations.

The Ayrshire project that she has described, I'm sure, will be examined from the potential future development of commercial space operations.

The Ayrshire project that she has described, I'm sure will be examined very closely by

those of my ministerial colleagues who are particularly concerned with this area of policy,

but we definitely want to see the UK as a pioneer in seizing these new commercial opportunities.

Sir Peter Bottomley.

Perhaps thinking of rail passengers trying to get to their jobs,

the General Secretary of the TUC spoke about shafted and abandoned workers,

while the Unite Union's Len McCluskey is doing a UKIP dance move,

resigning before trying to return.

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