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Manufacturing and Employment

Secondary information

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

493 c161-84WH 

Session

2008-09

Department

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Chamber / Committee

Westminster Hall

Proceeding contributions

Viscount Thurso | 493 c177-9WH (Link to this contribution) May I say what a pleasure it is to serve under your chairmanship, Mr. Fraser? May I also congratulat...

Mark Prisk | 493 c179-81WH (Link to this contribution) I welcome you to the Chair, Mr. Fraser. This is the first occasion on which you have chaired a debat...

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Lindsay Hoyle | 493 c175WH (Link to this contribution) I totally agree. This is about using the same rules as our European counterparts. In the case of Jap...

Tony Lloyd | 493 c175-7WH (Link to this contribution) We all agree with that. We want the rules to be used judiciously and carefully to the advantage of o...

Lord Brennan of Canton | 493 c183WH (Link to this contribution) I cannot at this point. I will write to the hon. Gentleman later, if he will allow me, given that I ...

Lindsay Hoyle | 493 c183-4WH (Link to this contribution) Much has been made of our not helping and supporting the automotive industry. I can tell hon. Member...

Lord Brennan of Canton | 493 c182-3WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to serve for the first time under your chairmanship, Mr. Fraser; I welcome you to t...

Mark Prisk | 493 c183WH (Link to this contribution) On that point, can the Minister tell me how many British companies have actually received funds unde...

Tony Lloyd | 493 c175WH (Link to this contribution) In the little time that is available, I wish to make several brief points. I congratulate my hon. Fr...

David Drew | 493 c172-4WH (Link to this contribution) I note the desire of my hon. Friend the Member for Manchester, Central (Tony Lloyd) to speak and con...

Lord Brennan of Canton | 493 c184WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his intervention, which was, as ever, very helpful, fair and rea...

Lindsay Hoyle | 493 c163WH (Link to this contribution) I do not disagree. My hon. Friend listens carefully, so he will have heard that I am asking Toyota t...

David Leslie Taylor | 493 c163WH (Link to this contribution) The car components industry, which feeds Toyota and others, is a significant employer in North-West ...

Lindsay Hoyle | 493 c163WH (Link to this contribution) I cannot disagree. This country is unique in its gold-plating—it is absolutely gold-plated all the w...

David Leslie Taylor | 493 c163WH (Link to this contribution) I would be cautious about focusing entirely on Toyota. It has a plant in south Derbyshire that emplo...

Lindsay Hoyle | 493 c162-3WH (Link to this contribution) How could I disagree with the Chairman of our Committee? He is a great man, and I accept the knowled...

Bob Spink | 493 c163WH (Link to this contribution) I am delighted that the hon. Gentleman has brought this subject to the House. He has the vast majori...

Lindsay Hoyle | 493 c162WH (Link to this contribution) May I say congratulations and well done? The Minister needs a preservation order on him! He must be ...

Peter Luff | 493 c162WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is a very distinguished member of the Select Committee on Business and Enterprise...

Lindsay Hoyle | 493 c161-2WH (Link to this contribution) It is good to see that you are the Chairman of the day, Mr. Fraser, and may I add that I am disappoi...

Lord Brennan of Canton | 493 c162WH (Link to this contribution) I know that it is unusual to intervene at this point, but I can tell my hon. Friend that it is a Vau...

Speaker | 493 c172WH (Link to this contribution) I remind hon. Members that I intend to commence the wind-ups at 10.30 am and that there are at least...

David Leslie Taylor | 493 c166WH (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend share the caution of many environmental and economic campaigners over the scrapp...

Lindsay Hoyle | 493 c166-8WH (Link to this contribution) That is a worry. However, other jobs are created on the back of the scheme, for example in the deale...

Bob Spink | 493 c168WH (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman agree that to build for the future of the manufacturing sector, there must b...

Lindsay Hoyle | 493 c168-72WH (Link to this contribution) I am happy to join in that praise for the Government's action on what I call traditional, real appre...

Bob Spink | 493 c164WH (Link to this contribution) I am sure that the hon. Gentleman will agree that small and medium-sized enterprises are a most impo...

Lindsay Hoyle | 493 c164-5WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is absolutely correct. Procurement contracts could be broken down into smaller pi...

Peter Luff | 493 c165WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is being generous in giving way. I am sure that he would not want to leave the Ho...

Lindsay Hoyle | 493 c165-6WH (Link to this contribution) I do not disagree. As I go on, I will mention some of the benefits. The hon. Gentleman is anticipati...

Lindsay Hoyle | 493 c164WH (Link to this contribution) I cannot disagree. There is a big question for all parties when people are driven to the fringes in ...

Subjects

Business Employment Government assistance Motor vehicles Manufacturing industries Public sector Procurement Training Trade competitiveness Train to gain programme

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