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HANSARDSpecialist Manufacturing Sector: Regional EconomiesThat point is well made. Of course, alongside our industrial strategy, we have our defence industrial strategy. When I come to talk about procurement, I may say more about that,…19 Nov 2025HANSARDSpecialist Manufacturing Sector: Regional EconomiesThe hon. Gentleman is right that UK Export Finance’s plan is to encourage an additional 1,000 businesses, but that is not the limit of our ambition with regard to SME exporting.…19 Nov 2025HANSARDSpecialist Manufacturing Sector: Regional EconomiesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dame Carolyn. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Calder Valley (Josh Fenton-Glynn) for securing this debate, and for his…19 Nov 2025HANSARDSpecialist Manufacturing Sector: Regional EconomiesI would have been disappointed had I mentioned the supercharger from the Dispatch Box and my hon. Friend did not intervene—I shall write that into my speeches from now on. His…19 Nov 2025HANSARD ExxonMobil: MossmorranI am grateful for the opportunity that the hon. Lady has given me to clarify some words I said earlier. I did talk about 60,000 jobs by 2030, but it is actually 23,000 jobs in the…18 Nov 2025HANSARD ExxonMobil: MossmorranI pay tribute to my hon. Friend and colleagues for how they have engaged so carefully on this issue for such a long period of time. I look forward to working with them in…18 Nov 2025HANSARD ExxonMobil: MossmorranAs I pointed out earlier, the business has suffered from a lack of competitiveness for the last five years, in part due to the relative lack of competitiveness of UK energy…18 Nov 2025HANSARD ExxonMobil: MossmorranI know that my hon. Friend is particularly concerned about the ceramics sector, but his comments could read across to other energy-intensive sectors. I said that once quality…18 Nov 2025HANSARD ExxonMobil: MossmorranI thank the hon. Member for his contribution, which is always sincerely and kindly made. I agree that what will be precisely on the minds of the workforce at Mossmorran right now…18 Nov 2025HANSARD ExxonMobil: MossmorranI know that the hon. Member takes a keen interest in the carbon prices for industry, and it is worth looking at the particular situation of this plant, as it exports all of its…18 Nov 2025HANSARD ExxonMobil: MossmorranI am grateful to the hon. Member for her question, and particularly for reminding us all about those families. She is right that they are in an extremely difficult position, and…18 Nov 2025HANSARD ExxonMobil: MossmorranAll I will say is that in a situation like this, I would expect every part of the governance system in the UK, whether that is the Westminster Government, the Scottish Government…18 Nov 2025HANSARD ExxonMobil: MossmorranI point the hon. Member in the direction of our clean energy jobs plan, where we set out how that transition can be effected. There is also the £5.8 billion that we have committed…18 Nov 2025HANSARD ExxonMobil: MossmorranI am pleased to meet another Member from a steelworker family. In fact, Ravenscraig is a plant that I never had the opportunity to work on, but I worked with many people who did,…18 Nov 2025HANSARD ExxonMobil: MossmorranThe right hon. Member speaks of 1,000 jobs a month being lost in the North sea oil and gas industry. That is not a figure I recognise, so I would be happy if he would share the…18 Nov 2025HANSARD ExxonMobil: MossmorranWith your permission, Madam Deputy Speaker, I wish to make a statement on the closure of the ExxonMobil Fife ethylene plant at Mossmorran in Scotland. I thank Mr Speaker for…18 Nov 2025HANSARDEnergy Costs: Support for BusinessesI acknowledge the work the hon. Member does in Parliament on energy-related issues and her Adjournment debate on high street businesses; that theme clearly runs through a lot of…18 Nov 2025HANSARDEnergy Costs: Support for BusinessesI thank my hon. Friend for raising the issue of Llanwern; it is a site that I know very well and have worked on in the past. She is right to raise the competitiveness of…18 Nov 2025HANSARD ExxonMobil: MossmorranI spoke to Unite representatives today and heard directly from the workforce of their experiences. ExxonMobil tried, prior to announcing its closure, to effect a sale of the…18 Nov 2025HANSARD ExxonMobil: MossmorranThe hon. Lady points out that the plant is not in her constituency, but clearly the effects run far wider than the individual constituency concerned, particularly for a plant of…18 Nov 2025