Today I led on the debate over the UK Government’s space policy. While it was filled with puns and even a letter of support from the real captain of the USS Enterprise William Shatner, it also was an important debate for the future of Prestwick airport.

Prestwick has almost everything needed to build a fully functioning spaceport and if it wasn’t a political decision, Prestwick would be the obvious place for a spaceport to be built. So it was important today to put that message across, that Prestwick is ready and willing to support the UK’s first spaceport.

Full transcript is available here – Space Policy – Hansard – UK Parliament

One of Central Ayrshire’s greatest assets is Prestwick Airport and the associated aerospace cluster which has built up around it, and it is vital we build on this and other key sectors – life sciences, food and drink, tourism – to ensure future prosperity. So, in January 2016, I raised a Backbench debate on Space Policy, to push for Prestwick to be a UK Spaceport.