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HANSARDTopical QuestionsMinisters’ answers do not match the scale of the problem; 12,500 Wilko workers alone are at risk of redundancy. Labour’s plans for the high street are about reforming business…14 Sept 2023HANSARD Tata Group Gigafactory InvestmentI thank the Minister for advance sight of the statement. Anyone who cares about and has knowledge of the automotive sector knows how important these battery factories are to the…20 Jul 2023HANSARDAutomotive IndustryI thoroughly agree—the scale of ambition that I see around the world daunts me when I compare it with this Government’s ambition. There are some incredibly exciting technologies…12 Jul 2023HANSARDAutomotive IndustryI am incredibly grateful to my hon. Friend for making those points. The approach of the Front Bench—from her, from me on industrial policy, and from my hon. Friend the Member for…12 Jul 2023HANSARDAutomotive IndustryI am sorry, but that is not credible. Was the hon. Gentleman in the Chamber for the urgent question when Britishvolt, the flagship automotive battery policy, fell apart? Was he…12 Jul 2023HANSARDAutomotive IndustryI understand the strength of feeling on that point and how, when we have this conversation, many will revert to that Brexit argument. However, I ask the hon. Gentleman to…12 Jul 2023HANSARDAutomotive IndustryWill the hon. Member give way on that point?12 Jul 2023HANSARDAutomotive IndustryAny other countries?12 Jul 2023HANSARDAutomotive IndustryAnd to deliver.12 Jul 2023HANSARDAutomotive IndustryI followed that conference very closely—my hon. Friend the shadow Transport Secretary spoke at the conference, and I have spoken at that conference in the past—and that was…12 Jul 2023HANSARDAutomotive IndustryI think those companies must have seen the opinion polls and are wondering whether a Labour Government are coming, if there is as positive news as that could be. I would simply…12 Jul 2023HANSARDAutomotive IndustryI agree with part of what the hon. Gentleman has said. I agree about the whole-system analysis: many parts of the decarbonisation journey that industry will need to take on will…12 Jul 2023HANSARDAutomotive IndustryGo on, then.12 Jul 2023HANSARDAutomotive IndustryI am more than happy to. My hon. Friend will know that we currently have one facility, which is the Envision facility at Nissan in Sunderland. The overall number will depend on…12 Jul 2023HANSARDAutomotive IndustryI am incredibly happy to welcome that news and the positive story that the hon. Member sets out, but I do not think that any of the success that he has seen detracts from the fact…12 Jul 2023HANSARDAutomotive IndustryI do not know whether I am supposed to declare an interest, but I drive a Toyota hybrid myself—I have a large family and have to get between Manchester and London, and that is a…12 Jul 2023HANSARDAutomotive IndustryI beg to move, That this House recognises that the automotive industry is the jewel in the crown of British manufacturing and believes it can have a bright future creating good…12 Jul 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is now over 12 months since the audit reform Bill was promised in what was then the Queen’s Speech, and it is over two years since the Business Department’s final consultation…29 Jun 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillWell, now. From the outset the Opposition have made it clear that we believe this Bill to be unnecessary, unrealistic and undesirable, and everything that has happened in the…24 May 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI imagine that that is because they feel that they are being led by the grand old Duke of York. He was happy to march them up to the top of the hill, promising in his leadership…24 May 2023