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Car Manufacturing

Secondary information

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

469 c71-95WH 

Session

2007-08

Department

Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

Chamber / Committee

Westminster Hall

Proceeding contributions

Lindsay Hoyle | 469 c73WH (Link to this contribution) I have tried to show the balance and the strength of the car manufacturing industry in the UK. Howev...

Mark Todd | 469 c73-4WH (Link to this contribution) While we dwell briefly on successes, Toyota's car assembly plant is based in Burnaston, in my consti...

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Lindsay Hoyle | 469 c73WH (Link to this contribution) I recognise that, but after the investment, the profitable side is here. Why not close plants in oth...

Ashok Kumar | 469 c73WH (Link to this contribution) I agree with the hon. Member for Mid-Worcestershire (Peter Luff) that my hon. Friend is painting a d...

Lindsay Hoyle | 469 c74WH (Link to this contribution) Absolutely right. That is the point that I am making. We must put in the investment to ensure that o...

Rob Marris | 469 c74WH (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend agree that part of the difficulty for the industry's long-term future in the UK ...

Lindsay Hoyle | 469 c74WH (Link to this contribution) I cannot disagree. Some good points are being made. This is about the future and ensuring that the m...

Jim Cunningham | 469 c74WH (Link to this contribution) This is not a question of painting a depressing picture. However, over the last few years, Rover, on...

Ashok Kumar | 469 c75WH (Link to this contribution) The Government have an opportunity to promote engineering in schools. The Government should take the...

Lindsay Hoyle | 469 c74-5WH (Link to this contribution) I agree absolutely with my hon. Friend. There have been some savage cuts and some incorrect decision...

John Hemming | 469 c76WH (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman share my concern that the precursor to engineering—physics funding—has been ...

Lindsay Hoyle | 469 c76WH (Link to this contribution) We know that there is a global market out there. However, as the hon. Gentleman knows, most people s...

Lindsay Hoyle | 469 c75WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is absolutely right. We must make engineering trendy and to look at it in the same wa...

Peter Luff | 469 c76WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman plays a valuable role on the Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Committee...

Lindsay Hoyle | 469 c76-7WH (Link to this contribution) I am coming on to that very point. My right hon. Friend the Member for Warley (Mr. Spellar) has alre...

Ashok Kumar | 469 c77WH (Link to this contribution) In the north-east.

Lindsay Hoyle | 469 c77WH (Link to this contribution) In the east, west and the north-east. If we are serious, and the Government really want hybrid cars...

John Hemming | 469 c77WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman mentions one of my hobby horses: one can take a car from Solihull, adapt it with ...

Lindsay Hoyle | 469 c77WH (Link to this contribution) There are many options, including the old chip-shop fat, too. What I would say to the hon. Gentleman...

John Hemming | 469 c77WH (Link to this contribution) It is still a fossil fuel.

Richard Burden | 469 c79-80WH (Link to this contribution) That is certainly one option, that is true. If the hon. Lady will forgive me, I do not want to go in...

Richard Burden | 469 c78-9WH (Link to this contribution) Thank you for calling me, Mr. Benton. I shall try to be as brief as I can. I congratulate my hon. F...

Baroness Burt of Solihull | 469 c79WH (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman for giving way so early in his speech. Would an illustration of Ford's in...

Lindsay Hoyle | 469 c77-8WH (Link to this contribution) Yes, it may be, but there are other options. The issue is about investment, as we have been trying ...

Speaker | 469 c78WH (Link to this contribution) Order. Before I call the next speaker, may I make it known to the Chamber that I propose to start th...

Jon Cruddas | 469 c82-4WH (Link to this contribution) I do not want to prevent my hon. Friend the Member for Middlesbrough, South and East Cleveland (Dr. ...

Andrew Smith | 469 c80-2WH (Link to this contribution) I, too, congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Chorley (Mr. Hoyle) on securing the debate. He is...

Jon Cruddas | 469 c85WH (Link to this contribution) I appreciate that intervention, because that is my understanding as well. I made the point to give t...

Lindsay Hoyle | 469 c85WH (Link to this contribution) We must guarantee that any takeover or buy-out keeps not only the same power train going, but the re...

Baroness Burt of Solihull | 469 c84-5WH (Link to this contribution) I have had a number of discussions in Brussels about the targets. My understanding is that the probl...

Lindsay Hoyle | 469 c88WH (Link to this contribution) Although I agree with the hon. Lady, the last plant to be set up here was Toyota, and we have not ha...

Baroness Burt of Solihull | 469 c88WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for that intervention, because the hon. Gentleman makes a good point, but our flexibil...

Jon Cruddas | 469 c85WH (Link to this contribution) Funnily enough, that is exactly the point that I was about to make, as there is a direct interest fo...

Ashok Kumar | 469 c85-7WH (Link to this contribution) It is a great pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Dagenham (Jon Cruddas). I strongly agree that o...

Baroness Burt of Solihull | 469 c87WH (Link to this contribution) I add my congratulations to the hon. Member for Chorley (Mr. Hoyle). I requested this debate on 28 J...

Charles Hendry | 469 c89-90WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to follow the upbeat speech by the hon. Member for Solihull (Lorely Burt). I join o...

Richard Burden | 469 c88WH (Link to this contribution) We have paid credit to a number of companies, and it would be remiss if the debate concluded without...

Baroness Burt of Solihull | 469 c88-9WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for mentioning Honda. I totally concur with his point. Jaguar a...

Ashok Kumar | 469 c91WH (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

Lindsay Hoyle | 469 c90WH (Link to this contribution) Those are great brands, and there has been great investment by Ford. The company has driven things s...

Charles Hendry | 469 c90-1WH (Link to this contribution) If there is a silver lining in this story, it is that these brands will now be central to the goals ...

Speaker | 469 c95WH (Link to this contribution) Order. It is time for the next debate.

Stephen Timms | 469 c92-5WH (Link to this contribution) This has been an excellent debate, and I, too, congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Chorley (M...

Charles Hendry | 469 c92WH (Link to this contribution) I hope that the hon. Gentleman will forgive me, but I will not give way, because time is short. Eng...

Baroness Burt of Solihull | 469 c73WH (Link to this contribution) I understand that Ford is selling the classic marques of Land Rover and Jaguar because elsewhere in ...

Peter Luff | 469 c72-3WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman paints a slightly depressing picture. If I were an employee of Ford, Land Rover o...

Lindsay Hoyle | 469 c73WH (Link to this contribution) I have great respect for the Chairman of the Trade and Industry Committee, but we can agree on one t...

Lindsay Hoyle | 469 c71-2WH (Link to this contribution) I am pleased that this important debate is taking place today. It is about the manufacture of cars, ...

Lindsay Hoyle | 469 c72WH (Link to this contribution) Absolutely. Uncertainty is what it is all about and especially for the workers, whether in Coventry ...

Jim Cunningham | 469 c72WH (Link to this contribution) I am sure that my hon. Friend will agree that there is a certain amount of uncertainty about Ford, b...

Lindsay Hoyle | 469 c72WH (Link to this contribution) I cannot disagree with my right hon. Friend. He is spot on. In fact, I shall come to that very point...

Lord Spellar | 469 c72WH (Link to this contribution) Although protectionism may not be the answer, is it not extraordinary that the Government, unlike th...

Subjects

Cars Exhaust emissions Motor vehicles Manufacturing industries Pollution control Production

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