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HANSARDUK Car IndustryWe are very much aware of how this impacts on people’s lives. I can tell by the number of Members in the Chamber. I co-chair the Automotive Council, so I know how incredibly…17 May 2023HANSARDUK Car IndustryI am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising this issue. He and I worked together on the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee. He has always been a passionate…17 May 2023HANSARDUK Car IndustryThe hon. Member’s premise is wrong. I can list all the investments that have taken place in the sector, including £100 million from Stellantis in Ellesmere Port. That is taking…17 May 2023HANSARDInternational Trade and GeopoliticsAlready? I have just said how fantastic you are, and now you are going to cut me to the quick—but go ahead.20 Apr 2023HANSARDInternational Trade and GeopoliticsForgive me, Madam Deputy Speaker. We are one of the leading countries for start-up capital outside the United States. Most recently, we attracted £20 billion into technology,…20 Apr 2023HANSARDInternational Trade and GeopoliticsI thank the hon. Member for Bristol North West (Darren Jones) for securing this important debate. I too was on the Select Committee with my hon. Friend the Member for North East…20 Apr 2023HANSARDInternational Trade and GeopoliticsGoodness—I am no longer on the Christmas card list, so things are already going downhill. You have made it clear, Madam Deputy Speaker, that I do not have as much time to speak as…20 Apr 2023HANSARDNew York Stock ExchangeMy right hon. Friend is always so succinct in his questions, and there is often a huge amount of sense behind it. I fundamentally agree that we need to collaborate with business…23 Mar 2023HANSARDNew York Stock ExchangeThe UK is the most internationally connected financial centre in the world. We continue to attract some of the most innovative and largest companies. More than £17 billion of…23 Mar 2023HANSARDEnergy-intensive IndustriesI will be full of meetings, but I defer to the Minister with responsibility for small businesses, who is more than happy to have that meeting. We have provided billions of pounds…23 Mar 2023HANSARDEnergy-intensive IndustriesOnce again, my hon. Friend is a stout campaigner for his constituency, and for the tourism and leisure businesses in Blackpool. He will know that the decision about which…23 Mar 2023HANSARDEnergy-intensive IndustriesThere has been support to the value of about £18 billion for businesses to help them with their energy bills, and we are determined to secure the future for our energy-intensive…23 Mar 2023HANSARDIndustrial StrategyI do not know where the hon. Member got that quote from, but the British steel industry is very safe in our hands. Let me explain why. There has been over £800 million of support…23 Mar 2023HANSARDIndustrial StrategyI am sorry to dampen the hon. Gentleman’s ambitions about winning the next general election, but we do indeed have a strategy to deal with decarbonising our economy. We are…23 Mar 2023HANSARDIndustrial StrategyI think the hon. Lady has misunderstood exactly what we are doing. We have industrial strategies, be it for the automotive sector, the aviation sector, the maritime sector, or…23 Mar 2023HANSARDCritical MineralsI only recently published the critical minerals refresh and I was expecting some sort of positive response, given how it is integrated internationally; it deals with the threats…23 Mar 2023HANSARDIndustrial StrategyThe Prime Minister has made it clear that growing the economy and creating better-paid jobs is one of our top priorities, and the Government are working with industry across the…23 Mar 2023HANSARD Investment Security Unit: ScrutinyI welcome this report, especially paragraph 11. We have always welcomed scrutiny of our decisions. As the hon. Member rightfully pointed out, the investment security unit has left…23 Mar 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe have a strategy in place to support the automotive industry, with £1.3 billion of innovative projects, including the Faraday factory challenge — [ Interruption. ] I have a…23 Mar 2023HANSARDEnergy-intensive IndustriesUnfortunately, I have to come to the Dispatch Box—that is just the way it works—so I disappoint the hon. Member by not being the Secretary of State. However, he knows that steel…23 Mar 2023