Dagenham Diesel Engine Production

The following is an extract from the Adjournment debate on Dagenham diesel engine production on Friday 27 April 2018.

We want the men and women of the Dagenham plants and plants around the country to have the investment and skills to lead the manufacturing of a new generation...

Dagenham Diesel Engine Production

The following is an extract from the Adjournment debate on Dagenham diesel engine production on Friday 27 April 2018.

We want the men and women of the Dagenham plants and plants around the country to have the investment and skills to lead the manufacturing of a new generation...

It is good to see you, Mr Deputy Speaker.

I rise to make the case for modern diesel engine production at the Ford Dagenham plant and to support the men and women who work there. The Dagenham plant has a proud history. It was built in 1929 and proved vital to...

It is good to see you, Mr Deputy Speaker.

I rise to make the case for modern diesel engine production at the Ford Dagenham plant and to support the men and women who work there. The Dagenham plant has a proud history. It was built in 1929 and proved vital to...

May I start by congratulating the hon. Member for Dagenham and Rainham (Jon Cruddas) on securing a really important debate, the subject of which is very much front and centre of the discussions that we are having with industry and with colleagues across the parties? We are all trying to...

May I start by congratulating the hon. Member for Dagenham and Rainham (Jon Cruddas) on securing a really important debate, the subject of which is very much front and centre of the discussions that we are having with industry and with colleagues across the parties? We are all trying to...

Agreed to on question.

Agreed to on question.

I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing this important debate, and what he is saying rings a bell. In Solihull, we have just lost 1,000 diesel engine jobs. Does he agree that cleaner diesels are much less polluting than petrols and that the potential targeting of these vehicles by some...

I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing this important debate, and what he is saying rings a bell. In Solihull, we have just lost 1,000 diesel engine jobs. Does he agree that cleaner diesels are much less polluting than petrols and that the potential targeting of these vehicles by some...

I support precisely what the hon. Gentleman has said; indeed, I was going to mention those 1,000 job losses and cover some of the issues he has raised in my remarks.

The number of 3,000 at the Dagenham plant sits alongside 1,500 UK engineers dedicated to the development of Ford’s latest...

I support precisely what the hon. Gentleman has said; indeed, I was going to mention those 1,000 job losses and cover some of the issues he has raised in my remarks.

The number of 3,000 at the Dagenham plant sits alongside 1,500 UK engineers dedicated to the development of Ford’s latest...

I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing the debate, which is very relevant to me. In my constituency, we have a large company called Delphi Diesel Systems, and we will lose 500 jobs in Sudbury. It points to precisely what he is talking about—the forecast falling demand in Europe because...

I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing the debate, which is very relevant to me. In my constituency, we have a large company called Delphi Diesel Systems, and we will lose 500 jobs in Sudbury. It points to precisely what he is talking about—the forecast falling demand in Europe because...

That shows the cross-party agreement on some of the points I am making today. The trouble is that in the UK, Germany, France and Spain—the markets

where anti-diesel rhetoric is highest—diesel consumption is declining fastest. Sales of diesel cars have slumped as regulators and politicians announce plans for bans, levies...

That shows the cross-party agreement on some of the points I am making today. The trouble is that in the UK, Germany, France and Spain—the markets

where anti-diesel rhetoric is highest—diesel consumption is declining fastest. Sales of diesel cars have slumped as regulators and politicians announce plans for bans, levies...

The hon. Gentleman is being very kind in giving way. He talks about older diesel, but actually this is about very recent diesel—my own diesel, for instance, is from 2013. It has fallen in value by 70%, which will probably mean that it is more sensible to run it into...

The hon. Gentleman is being very kind in giving way. He talks about older diesel, but actually this is about very recent diesel—my own diesel, for instance, is from 2013. It has fallen in value by 70%, which will probably mean that it is more sensible to run it into...

That is precisely the point that I will make, and I totally agree with the hon. Gentleman about the paradoxes that create incentives to retain older, dirtier diesel technology on our roads, resulting in great harm to our economy, possibly to our future consumers, and to British workforces.

Given all this,...

That is precisely the point that I will make, and I totally agree with the hon. Gentleman about the paradoxes that create incentives to retain older, dirtier diesel technology on our roads, resulting in great harm to our economy, possibly to our future consumers, and to British workforces.

Given all this,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of the success of the Dagenham wind turbines in providing cost-effective energy for the local area.

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To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of the success of the Dagenham wind turbines in providing cost-effective energy for the local area.

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To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many (a) homes and (b) commercial premises are served by the Dagenham wind turbines.

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To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many (a) homes and (b) commercial premises are served by the Dagenham wind turbines.

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I congratulate the hon. Member for Harlow (Robert Halfon) on securing this Adjournment debate and on the very passionate and lucid way in which he set out his case. He has been an assiduous constituency MP when faced with a major closure and a lot of personal hurt. I very...

I congratulate the hon. Member for Harlow (Robert Halfon) on securing this Adjournment debate and on the very passionate and lucid way in which he set out his case. He has been an assiduous constituency MP when faced with a major closure and a lot of personal hurt. I very...

I am particularly grateful to the Speaker for granting me this debate, which relates to the closure of the Tesco distribution centre in Harlow. I appreciate the help I have received from Councillor Jackie Cross, Councillor Phil Weight, David Foreman from Harlow trades council and, in particular, Simon Vincent, the...

I am particularly grateful to the Speaker for granting me this debate, which relates to the closure of the Tesco distribution centre in Harlow. I appreciate the help I have received from Councillor Jackie Cross, Councillor Phil Weight, David Foreman from Harlow trades council and, in particular, Simon Vincent, the...

Motion to adjourn agreed to on question.

Motion to adjourn agreed to on question.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many people in (a) Dagenham and (b) Romford constituency have taken cases to the small claims court in the latest period for which figures are available;

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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many people in (a) Dagenham and (b) Romford constituency have taken cases to the small claims court in the latest period for which figures are available;

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Application documents, environmental statement maps and plans.

Application documents, environmental statement maps and plans.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the (a) causes, (b) extent and (c) consequences were of the recent incident of Thames Water polluting a stretch of Dagenham Brook in Waltham Forest; what remedial activity was undertaken; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the (a) causes, (b) extent and (c) consequences were of the recent incident of Thames Water polluting a stretch of Dagenham Brook in Waltham Forest; what remedial activity was undertaken; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average spending per capita on policing in the Dagenham constituency has been in each year since 1996-97. - Inc table.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average spending per capita on policing in the Dagenham constituency has been in each year since 1996-97. - Inc table.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers were employed in the Dagenham constituency in (a) 1997, (b) 2001 and (c) 2004. - Inc table.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers were employed in the Dagenham constituency in (a) 1997, (b) 2001 and (c) 2004. - Inc table.