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HANSARD 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 2025HANSARD Manufacturing and Engineering (Northern Ireland)I thank the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) for introducing today’s debate in his usual style of gentle persistence, and for the birthday message that he sent me back in…06 Feb 2025HANSARDRenewable Energy: Workers’ RightsYes—of course, we ensure that the highest standards are kept in all these things. The Government’s position is to make sure that we are very careful about them. The right hon.…04 Feb 2025HANSARDRenewable Energy: Workers’ RightsThe Government came into office six months ago and are determined to ensure that clean energy jobs are high quality, well paid and secure, with strong trade unions. I want to take…04 Feb 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsSouth Yorkshire has a proud history of steelmaking, as I saw for myself when I was at Sheffield Forgemasters last week. We saw a huge reduction in steel production in this country…04 Feb 2025HANSARDRenewable Energy: Workers’ RightsI would of course be delighted to meet my hon. Friend to talk about this great project, Silicon Sands, which will bring jobs and be really innovative for his area. The wider point…04 Feb 2025HANSARDSupport for the Automotive IndustryMy hon. Friend makes a really good point. There is a lot of work under way to look at skills across the board, because thus far no Government have had a proper strategy on the…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI met Anglo American to talk about Woodsmith just a couple of weeks ago when I was in Saudi Arabia, and it is an important site. I promised to go and see it, so perhaps I can go…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe shadow Secretary of State shows a new-found respect for the trade unions, after the previous Government’s failure to engage with them caused multiple strikes and huge amounts…30 Jan 2025HANSARDSupport for the Automotive IndustryAs we have already discussed, the automotive sector is absolutely vital to the Government’s plans for green economic growth, and for growing the economy more widely. That is why,…30 Jan 2025HANSARDInternational InvestmentI was in Davos last week meeting representatives from the life sciences industry and talking about the huge potential for growth that we have in the UK. One of the eight sectors…30 Jan 2025HANSARDInternational InvestmentI thank my hon. Friend for his question. I saw the talent and potential for myself when I visited Exeter in September for Great South West’s annual conference. I am visiting the…30 Jan 2025HANSARDInternational InvestmentI congratulate my hon. Friend on his appointment as the trade envoy to Pakistan. I can think of no one better, and I know he will make a big difference in that role. The…30 Jan 2025HANSARDInternational InvestmentThrough increased inward investment, we can innovate, create jobs and deliver on our growth mission to become the fastest-growing nation in the G7. We have wasted no time: on top…30 Jan 2025HANSARDIndustrial StrategyThe chemical industry has been suffering for many years because of the previous Government’s economic policies, crashing the economy under Liz Truss and failing to deal with…30 Jan 2025HANSARDIndustrial StrategyThe hon. Member will be pleased to hear that we have re- established a working group with the Scottish First Minister and the Welsh and Northern Irish leaderships to make sure we…30 Jan 2025HANSARDIndustrial StrategyThis Government inherited very high energy costs from the previous Government, who had taken no action to make our country more energy secure. We are powering through to have…30 Jan 2025HANSARDIndustrial StrategyI thank my hon. Friend for bringing to the House the work that is going on for the Atom Valley development zone, which is incredibly important and exactly what we want to see. The…30 Jan 2025HANSARDIndustrial StrategyI know my hon. Friend will hold this Government to account on what we are doing and how we are going, and she will push, and already has done, to make sure we are doing everything…30 Jan 2025HANSARDIndustrial StrategyThis Department and, indeed, Departments across Government are working extensively on developing our industrial strategy, which the Conservative party opposes, but which business…30 Jan 2025