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HANSARDIndustrial StrategyI am disappointed by the hon. Lady’s approach to this matter, and I am disappointed by the Conservative party’s overall abandonment of previously strongly held views about the…30 Jan 2025HANSARDIndustrial StrategyI sit jointly in the Department for Business and Trade and the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, so the hon. Lady can be reassured that I talk to my colleagues and am…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend and I have previously talked about this great opportunity. The rapid development and breakthrough of new AI models such as DeepSeek tell us that we need to go…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is right that there is a lot of expertise and a lot of tech companies in his patch, and we want to see them thrive. It is for the Government to support that growth,…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 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 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 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 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for her work supporting workers at Stellantis. I met several of her colleagues and representatives from Stellantis this week, who I meet regularly. We stand…30 Jan 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 2025HANSARD Solar Farms: Agricultural LandIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Desmond. I congratulate the hon. Member for South Cotswolds (Dr Savage) on securing this important debate and the number of…28 Jan 2025HANSARD Solar Farms: Agricultural LandThe hon. Gentleman has predicted that I was about to talk about the land use framework. He is right. The Government recognise that England has limited land, and the use demands on…28 Jan 2025HANSARD Solar Farms: Agricultural LandI will finish my point, because it is connected to the point made by the hon. Member for South Cotswolds. The biggest threat to British farmers in the countryside is not solar…28 Jan 2025HANSARD Solar Farms: Agricultural LandI hear the hon. Gentleman’s point. The wider point about farmers being pushed according to EU or local subsidies over the years is of course right, and we need to get the balance…28 Jan 2025HANSARD Solar Farms: Agricultural LandI thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. He expresses a concern that local Members of Parliament will always have when constituents come to them with issues. Look, we are…28 Jan 2025HANSARD Solar Farms: Agricultural LandI thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. I cannot comment on the individual case in his constituency, of course. But of course when developers are applying for planning…28 Jan 2025HANSARD Solar Farms: Agricultural LandThe previous Government messed around with solar quite a lot—we are building on what the previous Government did, up to a point. The answer is to look at all the technologies that…28 Jan 2025HANSARD Solar Farms: Agricultural LandI thank the hon. Lady for her comments. We already have a planning system that enables us to look at individual projects. The new Government will set those strategic frameworks,…28 Jan 2025