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HANSARD North Staffordshire Ceramics Industry: Energy CostsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir John. I am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Stoke-on-Trent North (David Williams) for securing this important…04 Mar 2025HANSARD North Staffordshire Ceramics Industry: Energy CostsI thank my hon. Friend for those points, which he has previously raised with me. I can certainly take away the point about the public sector decarbonisation scheme. Bizarrely, as…04 Mar 2025HANSARDBusiness and TradeThe hon. Gentleman talks about the Government’s policies for growing the economy. A few months ago, we held an international investment summit, at which £63 billion of investment…03 Mar 2025HANSARDBusiness and TradeI thank the hon. Gentleman for his kind words. I should be clear for the House that the decision has not been made to not go ahead; this is a delay and a change in timing. BMW is…03 Mar 2025HANSARDBusiness and TradeI thank the hon. Gentleman for his kind words. I should be clear for the House that the decision has not been made to not go ahead; this is a delay and a change in timing. BMW is…03 Mar 2025HANSARDBusiness and TradeThe hon. Gentleman talks about the Government’s policies for growing the economy. A few months ago, we held an international investment summit, at which £63 billion of investment…03 Mar 2025HANSARDPlant Oxford SiteIt is hard to know where to start. The “puritanical ZEV obsession” was, as the hon. Gentleman knows, a Conservative policy from the last Government. The only changes made to that…24 Feb 2025HANSARDPlant Oxford SiteHere we go with the same old lines. The hon. Gentleman tells us that net zero is a massive con, yet he owns a company that is investing in electric car charging ports. I rest my…24 Feb 2025HANSARDPlant Oxford SiteThis Government are determined to see a strong, thriving UK automotive industry. We recognise the vital role that the British motor industry plays within our manufacturing…24 Feb 2025HANSARDSteel Strategy: ConsultationSteel is essential for a modern economy, underpinning sectors from construction to advanced manufacturing and driving growth. It plays a vital role in the communities in which it…24 Feb 2025HANSARDPlant Oxford SiteWe are working at pace on delivering the industrial strategy in the spring. There are 150,000 good jobs in the automotive industry, and we want to see those jobs grow. We have…24 Feb 2025HANSARDPlant Oxford SiteThe hon. Gentleman talks about the Government’s policies for growing the economy. A few months ago, we held an international investment summit, at which £63 billion of investment…24 Feb 2025HANSARDPlant Oxford SiteI thank my hon. Friend for her question, and for her support for the industry, which is so important. Through the £2 billion funding, the automotive transformation fund, the…24 Feb 2025HANSARDPlant Oxford SiteThe right hon. Gentleman is right to talk about Great British brands. We have some incredible small car manufacturers, as well as larger ones, in the UK, and there is great…24 Feb 2025HANSARDPlant Oxford SiteMy hon. Friend as absolutely right to say that this is a commercial decision. As he would expect, we are talking to representatives of BMW; my officials were with them in Munich a…24 Feb 2025HANSARDPlant Oxford SiteThe hon. Gentleman is right to highlight the concern that I suspect those employees feel. They have known about this change since last year. There are 3,500 people who work in the…24 Feb 2025HANSARDPlant Oxford SiteI thank the hon. Gentleman for his kind words. I should be clear for the House that the decision has not been made to not go ahead; this is a delay and a change in timing. BMW is…24 Feb 2025HANSARDPlant Oxford SiteI am glad that my hon. Friend has managed, as ever, to bring steel into the debate. It is incredibly important, and that is why we will have a separate steel strategy, on top of…24 Feb 2025HANSARDPlant Oxford SiteI do not know if the right hon. Gentleman saw that the CBI brought out figures over the weekend showing that the net zero economy grew by 10% last year, which is significantly…24 Feb 2025HANSARD Manufacturing and Engineering (Northern Ireland)I am always happy to meet the trade unions. I think I spend more time with trade unions in government than I did in opposition. We are forever meeting, usually in very happy…06 Feb 2025