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HANSARDCoastal Businesses: SewagePeople in coastal communities have seen for themselves the increasing sewage on beaches during 12 years of Conservative Government. Business owners have faced the consequences,…17 Nov 2022HANSARDCoastal Businesses: Sewage6. Whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of sewage spillages on coastal businesses.17 Nov 2022HANSARDBritain’s Industrial FutureI would like to start by giving apologies on behalf of the shadow Secretary of State, who is unable to be here today for personal reasons. The motion in my name and in the names…15 Nov 2022HANSARDBritain’s Industrial FutureI will give way shortly. Today, many of our industries, including steel, car manufacturing and shipbuilding, are facing an existential threat from spiralling energy costs, cheap…15 Nov 2022HANSARDBritain’s Industrial FutureMy right hon. Friend is right to speak on behalf of the steel industry, which faces an existential crisis and may well depend on a Labour Government coming to the rescue.15 Nov 2022HANSARDBritain’s Industrial FutureI suspect the right hon. Gentleman is going to tell us that it is the former.15 Nov 2022HANSARDBritain’s Industrial FutureI completely agree with my hon. Friend. She is confused because we have had so many Conservative Prime Ministers in the last few weeks that it is hard to keep up. Like her, I want…15 Nov 2022HANSARDBritain’s Industrial FutureI will give way. Perhaps the hon. Gentleman will apologise for supporting a Government who crashed the economy.15 Nov 2022HANSARDBritain’s Industrial FutureUnfortunately, the hon. Gentleman does not understand that 12 years of low growth, low investment and low productivity mean that places like Stoke-on-Trent have been hit very…15 Nov 2022HANSARDBritain’s Industrial FutureThe hon. Lady should perhaps take more care about how the Chinese are threatening to pull the plug on steel production in her constituency right now.15 Nov 2022HANSARDBritain’s Industrial FuturePerhaps the hon. Gentleman should be asking the Minister that question rather than me. [Interruption.] He has told me he is going to ask the Minister in a minute, and I look…15 Nov 2022HANSARDBritain’s Industrial FutureI am extremely grateful to my hon. Friend, who has led the steel MPs on this side of the Chamber, and has often led cross-party as well, in fighting the cause of steel…15 Nov 2022HANSARDBritain’s Industrial FutureMy hon. Friend is absolutely right about that, and I suspect that even if Ministers will not admit it publicly, they would say so privately too. I mentioned that I wrote to the…15 Nov 2022HANSARDBritain’s Industrial FutureI would have hoped that, as a Conservative MP, the hon. Lady would have been talking to her own colleagues. I hope that her ministerial colleague will have heard what she said,…15 Nov 2022HANSARDBritain’s Industrial FutureThe Government really should have done their own due diligence before investing. If the German, Italian or French Governments have made those investments because they have a…15 Nov 2022HANSARDBritain’s Industrial FutureI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for asking the question, because it reminds us all that the Conservative Government have cut the number of ships from 13 to eight—so I would be…15 Nov 2022HANSARDBritain’s Industrial FutureThe way the Conservative Government reached the deal was not good value for money, and we certainly should not do that again, but nuclear is a key part of our transition to…15 Nov 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT3. We have 8,000 fewer PCSOs, 6,000 fewer neighbourhood police officers, and people can see for themselves that there are fewer uniformed officers on our streets. No doubt the…14 Nov 2022HANSARDUK Infrastructure Bank Bill [Lords]Labour supports the creation of the UK Infrastructure Bank, and we support the Bill’s placing the bank on a statutory footing. In Committee, we will want to see changes to ensure…01 Nov 2022HANSARDOnshore Wind FarmsLabour is committed to maximising the vast opportunities that exist in developing the UK’s onshore and offshore wind industries. In sharp contrast, the Conservative Government’s…25 Oct 2022