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HANSARDEnergy Costs: Support for BusinessesI must admit that, as a regular tourist to Cumbria myself, I absolutely appreciate the joys of a countryside pub in the hon. Member’s constituency, and I understand the pressures…18 Nov 2025HANSARDEnergy Costs: Support for BusinessesI was pleased to meet my hon. Friend recently to discuss Armitage Shanks. I am concerned about the ceramics businesses in his constituency and across the region. We want those…18 Nov 2025HANSARD ExxonMobil: MossmorranI thank the hon. Member for his question, but it is a shame that he did not attend Energy questions this morning. If he had, he would have heard the Minister for Energy express…18 Nov 2025HANSARD ExxonMobil: MossmorranMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. In our industrial strategy we point to the eight core sectors, including clean energy and defence—all areas in which Scotland is incredibly…18 Nov 2025HANSARD ExxonMobil: MossmorranThe company was quite clear that this is a commercial decision, based on investment and a lack of performance of the plant. If the company had wished the plant to compete, it…18 Nov 2025HANSARD ExxonMobil: MossmorranWhat my hon. Friend identifies is the different approach under this Government—a Government who have an active industrial policy and work in partnership with industry, in the same…18 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs my constituency neighbour has said, the green energy industry in his constituency is delivering thousands of jobs. On this issue, certainly, I am very happy to be stuck in the…18 Nov 2025HANSARD ExxonMobil: MossmorranI am committed to looking at the entire business environment for our-energy intensive industries—our heavy industry—because I want to improve the competitiveness. Perhaps I have…18 Nov 2025HANSARD ExxonMobil: MossmorranMy hon. Friend is absolutely right that we need to focus on the workforce. Earlier today, I sought and was given reassurances by the company on the support that it will give to…18 Nov 2025HANSARD ExxonMobil: MossmorranNo; it is real. He will realise that soon. I was genuinely upset when the shadow Secretary of State described my words as cold; they were not. They were sincere and heartfelt,…18 Nov 2025HANSARD Carbon Budget Delivery PlanMatters of tax are left to the Chancellor, particularly this close to the Budget. The Government’s approach to the transition is about incentives rather than punishments—it is…12 Nov 2025HANSARD Carbon Budget Delivery PlanI can say with absolute sincerity that it is a real pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir John. I could not have wished for a more benevolent Chair for my first outing at…12 Nov 2025HANSARDBritish SteelThe Government committed to updating Parliament on British Steel every four sitting weeks for the duration of the period of special measures being applied under the Steel Industry…11 Nov 2025HANSARDNetwork Charging Compensation Scheme UpliftThis statement is an update to statement “Network Charging Compensation Scheme Uplift” [HCWS869]. Following the four-week consultation that ran between July and August, the…03 Nov 2025HANSARDJaguar Land Rover: Cyber-attackBCW in my hon. Friend’s constituency is an extremely important engineering firm not only for Jaguar Land Rover, but for our manufacturing supply chains. The concerns he has raised…30 Oct 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am determined that this Government’s grand ambition for building will ensure that we supply more UK bricks, have fewer imports, and increase the productivity of our brick kilns…30 Oct 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am familiar with Power Roll. I have met the chief executive, and my hon. Friend has advocated extremely well for the company. I have also met potential investors in the…30 Oct 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for his continued advocacy for the Cornish critical minerals industry—in fact, I thank all our fantastic Cornish MPs. He knows that the critical minerals…30 Oct 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is a fantastic champion for ceramics. This is only my second time at the Dispatch Box, but it is also the second time that he has asked me about this. He and I have…30 Oct 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe recognise the importance of the steel industry in Wales and of Trostre in particular, which has more than 70 years of tinplate production and is the only tinning line in the…30 Oct 2025