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HANSARD Harland & WolffI am sorry if the hon. Lady missed it, but I was clear that what we have announced today does not change the provisions in the original contract agreed by the former Conservative…19 Dec 2024HANSARD Harland & WolffNo, it was not—it is a good try, but no. First, the employment rights framework in most parts of continental Europe is very different from our own. Secondly, as I have repeatedly…19 Dec 2024HANSARD Harland & WolffI am grateful to my hon. Friend for her expertise and insight on this matter. I understand the point that she makes, but it is perhaps one for my colleagues in the Ministry of…19 Dec 2024HANSARD Harland & WolffI share the hon. Gentleman’s aspirations and recognise his calls for UK shipbuilding to have a higher priority in future than it has in the past. To be specific on what I was…19 Dec 2024HANSARD Harland & WolffI recognise the role that shipbuilding has played in my hon. Friend’s city. I grew up in Sunderland —part of what was once one of the major civil shipbuilding locations in the…19 Dec 2024HANSARD Harland & WolffI agree with the shadow Secretary of State on the iconic nature of this business; its role in British history and in the community, particularly in Belfast; and the esteem in…19 Dec 2024HANSARD Harland & WolffI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for asking what I think will be my last question of the year. I would particularly like to recognise what he said about his colleague, the…19 Dec 2024HANSARD Harland & WolffI thank my hon. Friend for all his support and repeated submissions to the Department. I know how significant this matter is for his community, and he has fulfilled his role as a…19 Dec 2024HANSARD Harland & WolffAbsolutely, Madam Deputy Speaker. I very much welcome the question and would like to put on the record that I have only good things to say about His Majesty’s Treasury at all…19 Dec 2024HANSARD Harland & WolffI thank the Select Committee Chair for his kind words. I am delighted that we have been able to secure this future for Harland & Wolff. His assessment is right that the largest…19 Dec 2024HANSARD Harland & WolffWith your permission, Madam Deputy Speaker, I shall make a statement on the UK shipbuilding firm Harland & Wolff. I am pleased to inform the House that, subject to approvals, a…19 Dec 2024HANSARDFuture of Harland & WolffNational security is the foundation of our plan for change—without it we cannot deliver on our milestones to raise living standards across the UK, with good, skilled, productive…19 Dec 2024HANSARD Harland & WolffI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his observations and questions. It was really important to us that we keep all four yards together—there had been an assessment that, for…19 Dec 2024HANSARD Harland & WolffI am extremely grateful to be able to deliver that outcome for the hon. Gentleman’s constituents as a result of the announcement. He is right to say that successful UK Government…19 Dec 2024HANSARD Harland & WolffI very much share the right hon. Gentleman’s aspirations. He will know that most defence steels are higher end—they are specialised and tend to come from electric arc furnaces—and…19 Dec 2024HANSARDProgress Towards a Modern Industrial StrategyI am delighted to confirm today that the Chancellor and I have appointed a diverse group of the UK’s top business leaders, policy experts and trade union leaders to the Industrial…17 Dec 2024HANSARDSmall and Medium-sized BusinessesConservative Members know what they left behind, and I have not heard any of them offer an alternative. The specific answer to the right hon. Member’s question is that employment…12 Dec 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe have had seven or eight of the same question from the Opposition Benches, and not a single answer to how they would pay for the promises that they make. We are getting on with…12 Dec 2024HANSARDBusiness ConfidenceWell, what can I say? Was it the Conservative party that increased corporation tax from 19% to 25% in one Budget, and that crashed business investment and confidence because of…12 Dec 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI very much agree and welcome the question from my hon. Friend. I certainly recognise that high streets are going through a transition from being primarily retail centres to now…12 Dec 2024