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HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful for the opportunity to say that one year ago we published our industrial strategy. Since publication, work driven by the industrial strategy has secured around £360…02 Jul 2026HANSARDWell-paid Jobs: Great Grimsby and CleethorpesMy hon. Friend is right that her constituents are hard-working and they deserve to have a Government on their side: in this Government, they have that. We have invested £140…02 Jul 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am extremely grateful for my hon. Friend’s really important question. As I have said throughout this session, we are investing in young people and people in work, so they can…02 Jul 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI certainly join the hon. Member in celebrating the success of that business—and businesses across the country that are doing such great work for the people who work in them and…02 Jul 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for his informed question. I, too, celebrate this important appointment and the Office for Investment is doing great work. The criteria…02 Jul 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsThis Government are investing record amounts in the transition to renewable energy. We need to break the dependence on fossil fuels that our country has been forced into by the…02 Jul 2026HANSARDAdvanced ManufacturingI am really grateful to my hon. Friend for highlighting the extraordinary achievements of our country that have stemmed from his constituency. As he knows, on the Clyde they have…02 Jul 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Member’s enthusiasm is infectious. He came to meet me when I was Secretary of State at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology to talk about the Golden…02 Jul 2026HANSARDYouth EmploymentThe hon. Gentleman raises an incredibly important issue. It sounds as if the charity that he references is doing incredibly important work locally. We want to support that work.…02 Jul 2026HANSARDFastest Growing Firms: Government Support PackageThe Government are today announcing an ambitious new package to provide support for the UK’s high potential scale-ups to grow and stay in the UK. Scale-ups contribute £2.2…09 Jun 2026HANSARDSteel Industry (Nationalisation) BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time. This Government believe in Britain’s steel future. This Bill will help to transform that belief into a reality. It will…09 Jun 2026HANSARDSteel Industry (Nationalisation) BillWith the leave of the House, I would like to thank my hon. Friend the Member for Darlington (Lola McEvoy) for her passionate speech and my hon. Friend the Member for Clwyd East…09 Jun 2026HANSARD Steel Industry (Nationalisation) BillThe hon. Gentleman will know that when I took the difficult decision to introduce measures, I did so for products that compete directly with the products that we are capable of…21 May 2026HANSARD Steel Industry (Nationalisation) BillI am going to make some progress because the debate has been cut short. I have taken a few interventions and I am sure I will find time for the right hon. Gentleman to intervene…21 May 2026HANSARD Steel Industry (Nationalisation) BillI am grateful for the right hon. and learned Gentleman’s intervention. I knew when I was bringing these powers in and working through the legislation that they would be an…21 May 2026HANSARD Steel Industry (Nationalisation) BillI am going to make a bit more progress. While the Government are working alongside businesses to invest in, modernise and protect Britain’s manufacturing base, the amendment would…21 May 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsThere will be no price cap and there will be no price controls, but I am not going to apologise for throwing everything and the kitchen sink at the cost of living challenges that…21 May 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsYes, of course I will.21 May 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsWhat businesses in Didcot and right across the country need is a fast-growing economy, and that is what we are delivering.21 May 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend raises an incredibly important point. The UK Government have a support package for England, with £4.3 billion to protect ratepayers. The Barnett consequentials…21 May 2026