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HANSARD UK Steel IndustryI want to make some headway. If there is time at the end, I will come back to the hon. Gentleman. The hon. Member for Newport East rightly mentioned procurement. It is a priority…14 Sept 2020HANSARD UK Steel IndustryI will come back to anti-dumping at the end of my remarks. To finish my point on innovation, another £250 million —a quarter of a billion pounds—of clean steel fund will support…14 Sept 2020HANSARD UK Steel IndustryMy hon. Friend’s timing is impeccable, because I am just about to come on to our focus on energy and the clean steel fund. As we set out our focus on the recovery, our objective…14 Sept 2020HANSARD UK Steel IndustryVery briefly, because I have a lot to get through tonight.14 Sept 2020HANSARD UK Steel IndustryThe hon. Gentleman will know, because he is deeply involved with Tata Steel in his constituency, that he is absolutely right about the strategic importance of Tata Steel. I hope…14 Sept 2020HANSARDSupport for Businesses: ScotlandWe are in constant conversation with Rolls-Royce and other employers, quite rightly. The sector will be impacted for between three and five years. It is right that companies…21 Jul 2020HANSARDAerospace SectorI take issue with “warm words and no action” as £8.5 billion has been put to work to protect jobs and to protect the sector. It is great to see that, this week, Airbus has shown…21 Jul 2020HANSARDSupport for Businesses: ScotlandIt is a manifesto commitment of this Government to deliver an oil and gas sector deal, and we are working with the sector. My brilliant colleague, the Minister with responsibility…21 Jul 2020HANSARDSupport for Businesses: ScotlandI have weekly calls with my counterparts in the devolved Administrations, including the Minister for economy and fair work in Scotland. The most successful market is the UK…21 Jul 2020HANSARDAerospace SectorWe work with the whole aerospace industry. I am the co-chair of the Aerospace Growth Partnership. As well as access to the furlough scheme and the corporate finance scheme, the…21 Jul 2020HANSARDAerospace SectorI am grateful to the hon. Member for his question and for his comments about our engagement with the sector. We are supporting the aviation and aerospace sector with £8.5 billion…21 Jul 2020HANSARDAerospace SectorThis is the last Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy questions before recess and I want to place on record my thanks to you, Mr Speaker, and your staff for the…21 Jul 2020HANSARDSupport for Businesses: ScotlandThe Secretary of State and I hold regular discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the issue of business support, including on the schemes available to support Scottish…21 Jul 2020HANSARDContingencies Fund AdvanceI hereby give notice of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy’s intention to seek an advance from the Contingencies Fund of £5,070,000,000 to provide funding…20 Jul 2020HANSARDDraft Enterprise Act 2002 (Share of Supply) (Amendment) Order 2020I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Share of Supply) (Amendment) Order 2020. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairwomanship, Ms…13 Jul 2020HANSARDDraft Enterprise Act 2002 (Share of Supply) (Amendment) Order 2020Let me attempt to address some of the issues raised by the hon. Lady, who is a fellow engineer—we need more of them in Parliament. She rightly asked what will happen after a deal…13 Jul 2020HANSARDDraft Enterprise Act 2002 (Share of Supply) (Amendment) Order 2020The hon. Lady will forgive me if I strayed into areas that she did not ask about—additional transparency is always good for the Committee. She is right to talk about that, but we…13 Jul 2020HANSARDDraft Enterprise Act 2002 (Share of Supply) (Amendment) Order 2020I was about to come to that. Forgive me; that was my final response to the hon. Lady. To remind the Committee, the question was about worries about small companies below the £1…13 Jul 2020HANSARDThe Enterprise Act 2002 (Specification of Additional Section 58 Consideration) Order 2020I am grateful to the shadow Minister for the support of the Opposition. Of course, the National Security and Investment Bill will be coming forward, in which we can look in the…08 Jul 2020HANSARDThe Enterprise Act 2002 (Specification of Additional Section 58 Consideration) Order 2020I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the Enterprise Act 2002 (Specification of Additional Section 58 Consideration) Order 2020 (S.I., 2020, No. 627). The order was…08 Jul 2020