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HANSARDRenewable Energy: ExportsWe are working with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to maximise the overall economic impact of our world-leading renewable energy sector, including…05 Mar 2020HANSARDRenewable Energy: ExportsAll investments by the prosperity fund are examined against the raft of UK Government policies, objectives and aims, and we do that in all cases in each continent of the world.05 Mar 2020HANSARDRenewable Energy: ExportsI am grateful to my hon. Friend. He will be aware that the offshore wind sector deal, published in March 2019, sets an ambition of increasing exports fivefold to £2.6 billion by…05 Mar 2020HANSARDRenewable Energy: ExportsThe Government are investing £2.5 billion in clean growth innovation by 2021, as set out in the industrial strategy. The offshore wind sector deal commits the sector to investing…05 Mar 2020HANSARDForeign Direct Investment: Film and TelevisionForeign investment in film and TV is booming. Just last month, I met representatives of the US’s Blackhall Studios, and they unveiled plans for a major investment in conjunction…05 Mar 2020HANSARDForeign Direct Investment: Film and TelevisionNow that we have departed the EU, we are determined to ensure that we remain the leading production hub globally, as we increasingly have been in film, not least thanks to the…05 Mar 2020HANSARDIndustrial Strategy: Steel IndustryI thank the hon. Lady for her question and for her continued championing of the UK steel industry. We work closely with colleagues in the Department for Business, Energy and…23 Jan 2020HANSARDIndustrial Strategy: Steel IndustryWith our colleagues at UK Export Finance, we established a steel export taskforce and we are very keen to promote steel exports. The hon. Lady is right that we should do…23 Jan 2020HANSARDFree PortsMy right hon. Friend is right. That blue wave was also a cleansing wave that is allowing new thinking. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State announced our free port policy…23 Jan 2020HANSARDFree PortsA day when the hon. Gentleman rises above party politics is one when we know a significant shift has occurred in the body politic, but I will try to take the question in the…23 Jan 2020HANSARDFree PortsMy right hon. Friend the Secretary of State is championing the merits of free ports across the Government, in conjunction with Treasury Ministers, including the Exchequer…23 Jan 2020HANSARDFree PortsMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. It is about tailoring the policy to the particular, ensuring we have something that does not lead to distortion but does lead to…23 Jan 2020HANSARDFree PortsIt may come as news to Labour, or at least its Front Benchers, that we will not be a member of the customs union as we were in 2012. Leaving the EU provides the opportunity to do…23 Jan 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Department’s high potential opportunities programme, which aims to identify and promote a range of foreign direct investment opportunities throughout the UK, is currently…23 Jan 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI spent months working with colleagues across Government to deliver the UK-Africa Investment Summit, which took place on Monday. I am delighted with the result and proud of the…23 Jan 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs well as birthday congratulations to the hon. Gentleman, I have other good news: we are taking steps to support businesses in all scenarios and to ensure that, with or without a…17 Oct 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy right hon. Friend is quite right. The design of the policy is vital. Optimising existing strength is an important part of ensuring that the policy is a success.17 Oct 2019HANSARDFreeportsI am working closely, as are my colleagues across Government, to make sure that the freeport policy will be successful, and will help bring regeneration, jobs, opportunity and…17 Oct 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs I represent a constituency in the Humber area, I will continue, without giving any special status, to ensure that we liaise with my hon. Friend, but he is so right.…17 Oct 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI congratulate my hon. Friend on working so hard to promote businesses in his area. I am delighted that our performance in dealing with licence applications is good, and I pay…17 Oct 2019