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HANSARDComprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement with IndiaOn 24 July 2025, the Government signed the UK-India trade deal. This deal will unlock economic growth in every corner of the UK, put money back into working people’s pockets, and…01 Sept 2025HANSARDIndustrial Strategy: CornwallAs we have heard, the industrial strategy is a plan to lift every part of the country, and it specifically recognises clean energy opportunities for offshore wind and nuclear in…17 Jul 2025HANSARDIndustrial Strategy: CornwallI can give my hon. Friend that assurance. I was dismayed this morning to wake up and hear the Reform party actively arguing for less investment in Britain and telling businesses…17 Jul 2025HANSARDIndustrial Strategy: CornwallFirst, let me say that, as someone who used to spend their family holidays in Cornwall, I must protest: I have had two questions from Cornish colleagues and not a single invite to…17 Jul 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThis has been a year of real achievement for the Department for Business and Trade. From holding our record-breaking international investment summit, which saw £63 billion…17 Jul 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe shadow Secretary of State talks about vulnerable people. Which Government left one in eight young people not in education, employment or training, while net immigration hit 1…17 Jul 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am always keen to update the hon. Member and colleagues on the situation with British Steel. We have cancelled the redundancy consultation and removed the immediate risk to…17 Jul 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is always nice to hear from the shadow Secretary of State. First, as he knows, the Office for National Statistics workforce survey shows that the overall number of jobs is…17 Jul 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am always grateful to the Chair of the Select Committee for his helpful and pragmatic work and engagement. I recognise the issue that he has highlighted. A lot of small…17 Jul 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI very much agree with my hon. Friend. Nationalism is fundamentally a creed based on grievance, rather than real solutions, and that stands in contrast to our approach. There are…17 Jul 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI can reassure my hon. Friend and all colleagues that those decisions will always be in the domain of this Government and this Parliament in the UK. There has been a lot of…17 Jul 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI can absolutely guarantee my hon. Friend that we will have that meeting. I appreciate the work that we have been able to do together, reacting to the media reports that initially…17 Jul 2025HANSARDIndustrial Strategy: North WalesI am delighted by the hugely positive response that the industrial strategy has received. It is a plan to lift every part of the country, making it easier and quicker to do…17 Jul 2025HANSARDIndustrial Strategy: TeessideMy hon. Friend’s area is one of the most exciting investment locations in the world—in clean energy opportunities, carbon capture and storage, and offshore wind, but also in…17 Jul 2025HANSARDIndustrial Strategy: North WalesI thank my hon. Friend warmly for his question. I am excited about this. The strategic sites accelerator will prepare and accelerate sites for development by using Government…17 Jul 2025HANSARDIndustrial Strategy: TeessideMy hon. Friend and his colleagues are incredible champions for bringing investment into the area, and I recognise and thank him for that support. He is right to say that some of…17 Jul 2025HANSARDUK Steel SafeguardOn 28 February 2025, the UK’s Trade Remedies Authority initiated a review of the steel safeguard measure. The review assessed whether exemptions afforded to developing countries…30 Jun 2025HANSARD UK Modern Industrial StrategyWith permission, I will make a statement on how this Government are backing British business and British workers through the launch of the UK’s modern industrial strategy. At the…23 Jun 2025HANSARD UK Modern Industrial StrategyI warmly welcome the hon. Lady’s support. That section of the Liberal Democrat manifesto was very well written, whoever was responsible for it. There was much that we can all get…23 Jun 2025HANSARD UK Modern Industrial StrategyI very much welcome the question and the work that my hon. Friend has done. He has been an ally in ensuring that there are no problems around the defence sector being seen as a…23 Jun 2025