Proceeding contribution from Kelvin Hopkins (Labour) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 9 July 2009. It occurred during Topical debate on UK Manufacturing.
UK Manufacturing
I thank my right hon. Friend for giving way. I want to be as supportive as possible, but I have to quibble with his suggestion that we are still a manufacturing nation. We have a gigantic trade deficit in manufactures, contributing to a very substantial balance of trade deficit which is ongoing, in contrast to Germany, for instance, which has a massive surplus as it has looked after its manufacturing better than us. I hope my right hon. Friend will accept that.
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- 495 c1198
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- 2008-09
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- House of Commons chamber
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- Costs Coal Competition Employment Innovation Economic situation Manufacturing industries Mining Regional planning and development Skilled workers Shipbuilding Economic recession World economy
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