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North Wales Economy

Secondary information

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

512 c207-14WH 

Session

2010-12

Department

Wales Office

Chamber / Committee

Westminster Hall

Proceeding contributions

Chris Ruane | 512 c207WH (Link to this contribution) This afternoon, I hope to illustrate the progress that has been made under 13 years of a Labour Gove...

Albert Owen | 512 c207-8WH (Link to this contribution) The decision on Sheffield Forgemasters may have an impact on nuclear development and indeed on wind ...

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Speaker | 512 c208WH (Link to this contribution) Order. That intervention is stretching a debate on Wales quite considerably.

Lord Hanson of Flint | 512 c207WH (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend agree that one of the key issues that we must address is ensuring that future wo...

Chris Ruane | 512 c207WH (Link to this contribution) I back my right hon. Friend on that issue. I give credit to the Government—I do not want to be too n...

Elfyn Llwyd | 512 c210WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing this important debate. I appreciate fully what he is s...

Chris Ruane | 512 c209-10WH (Link to this contribution) Dolgellau is another one; I thank the hon. Gentleman for that intervention. So we have done well. I...

Elfyn Llwyd | 512 c209WH (Link to this contribution) And Dolgellau.

Chris Ruane | 512 c208-9WH (Link to this contribution) Nevertheless, I back my hon. Friend on that issue. The vision of an ““energy island””—the term he cr...

Susan Elan Jones | 512 c211WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend mentioned that the previous Conservative Government did not claim objective 1 funding...

Chris Ruane | 512 c210-1WH (Link to this contribution) It is déjà vu all over again. It is back to the future—back to the 1980s, when whole communities wer...

Albert Owen | 512 c211-2WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend for mentioning the energy island concept. North Wales can be a centr...

Speaker | 512 c212WH (Link to this contribution) Order. Mr Ruane, I point out that a number of issues have been raised. If you are to give the Minist...

Chris Ruane | 512 c212WH (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Mr Hancock. In conclusion, north Wales has an excellent story to tell. The fastest growin...

Chris Ruane | 512 c211WH (Link to this contribution) I concur on both points. The right hon. Member for Wokingham returned £120 million to Whitehall whil...

Lord Hanson of Flint | 512 c213WH (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend the Member for Coventry North East (Mr Ainsworth) signed a contract for 22 plan...

David Jones | 512 c212WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for Vale of Clwyd (Chris Ruane) on securing the debate, which is, of ...

David Jones | 512 c212-3WH (Link to this contribution) Given that the hon. Gentleman has already taken 19 minutes for his opening comments, I feel that I h...

Chris Ruane | 512 c212WH (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

David Jones | 512 c214WH (Link to this contribution) If the hon. Gentleman would like to listen, he might actually be pleased with what I am about to say...

David Jones | 512 c214WH (Link to this contribution) No, I will not take the hon. Gentleman's intervention, but—

Albert Owen | 512 c214WH (Link to this contribution) Why not?

Albert Owen | 512 c214WH (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister give way?

David Jones | 512 c213-4WH (Link to this contribution) Yes, but as the right hon. Gentleman knows, a number of projects were signed up to—including the She...

Subjects

Agriculture Coastal areas Capital investment Housing Employment schemes Higher education Economic situation EU grants and loans Manufacturing industries Mining Redundancy Wales Renewable energy Unemployment Regeneration North Wales Denbighshire Rhyl

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