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HANSARDEconomic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024I am grateful to my noble friend for the intervention. I did not realise I did not have to give way; my newness to the House probably insisted that I did so. What is important is…15 Apr 2024HANSARDSteel: Port TalbotI must respectfully disagree. This is a very sound plan to ensure that we have a future of steel-making not just in this country but in Wales. This plan will save 5,000 jobs. It…15 Apr 2024HANSARDSteel: Port TalbotIt is very important that we have a strong defence basis; there is no question about that. The UK industry uses only about 1% of British steel. A quantity of the steel comes from…15 Apr 2024HANSARDEconomic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024My Lords, I am extremely grateful to all noble Lords for their participation in this debate. I particularly congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Leong, on what I thought was an…15 Apr 2024HANSARDSteel: Port TalbotI thank the noble Lord for that point and agree with him. This is why we have invested significantly in developing the Celtic Freeport as an anchor for floating offshore wind. It…15 Apr 2024HANSARDSteel: Port TalbotI am always wary of insisting on local content when it comes to procurement. We want the best possible value and choice for our consumers, so I am not sure that is the answer. The…15 Apr 2024HANSARDSteel: Port TalbotI am grateful to the noble Lord for his comments. I point out that the Conservatives have not been in government continuously since the 1980s; there was a prolonged period when…15 Apr 2024HANSARDGrowth Duty: Statutory Guidance RefreshThat the draft Statutory Guidance laid before the House on 6 March be approved. Relevant document: 18th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee. Special attention…15 Apr 2024HANSARDEconomic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024My Lords, I direct noble Lords to my register of interests. I do not believe I have any specific conflicts, but I am a shareholder in various companies and so on, and it is…15 Apr 2024HANSARDEconomic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024That the draft Order laid before the House on 6 March be approved. Relevant document: 18th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee . S pecial attention drawn to…15 Apr 2024HANSARDSteel: Port TalbotThe noble Lord knows far more about building warships than I ever will. All I can say, as I said earlier, is that 1% of defence requirement is provided by UK steel. We believe…15 Apr 2024HANSARDSteel: Port TalbotI am grateful for that point. All of us in government are very sensitive to the people whose lives will be affected, which is why we are putting so much money into this…15 Apr 2024HANSARDSteel: Port TalbotI am extremely grateful to the noble Lord for making that point. The first visit of my colleague Minister Mak as a Minister in my department was to Port Talbot to meet Tata’s…15 Apr 2024HANSARDSteel: Port TalbotI am grateful to my noble friend for that comment. The possibility of advanced modular reactors or small modular reactors operating in conjunction with offshore wind was just…15 Apr 2024HANSARDSteel: Port TalbotI thank my noble friend for that point, and she is absolutely right. If we look back six months or a year, there was very little future for steel-making in this country, and now…15 Apr 2024HANSARDComprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (IAC Report)I thank all noble Lords for the extraordinary, high-quality debate that we have enjoyed today. I hope people at home are watching this discussion, because it is great proof of the…19 Mar 2024HANSARDComprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (IAC Report)They are hopefully crowded around their iPads; the noble Lord should know that we have updated from the old-fashioned wireless—which, of course, we have in my household. I want to…19 Mar 2024HANSARDComprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (IAC Report)I thank the noble Baroness. The checking is a matter for the Food Standards Agency. We have made a number of assertions. It believes that this FTA will not result in additional…19 Mar 2024HANSARDComprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (IAC Report)This is not in my notes. I cannot confirm what will be in our trade deal with India. I stress the importance of protecting our investor base when we invest internationally. It is…19 Mar 2024HANSARDUK Tradeshow Programme ClosureI would say two things to the noble Lord. First, exports are up over the past year by 13%—and tomorrow we have a debate on the CPTPP, which will allow this country to join an £11…18 Mar 2024