To ask Her Majesty's Government what sites in the United Kingdom they recommended to GE and Siemens as potential locations for wind turbine manufacture.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what sites in the United Kingdom they recommended to GE and Siemens as potential locations for wind turbine manufacture.

My right hon. Friend makes an important point, which touches on Government concern for a good environment and more housing. He has raised the matter on several occasions and is campaigning on it. I will bring it to the attention of the relevant Ministers.

My right hon. Friend makes an important point, which touches on Government concern for a good environment and more housing. He has raised the matter on several occasions and is campaigning on it. I will bring it to the attention of the relevant Ministers.

May we have a debate on the development of housing on brownfield sites, following the decision of General Electric, one of the biggest companies in the world, to sell its site in Rushy Mead in Leicester but to put a restrictive covenant on it so that it can be used...

May we have a debate on the development of housing on brownfield sites, following the decision of General Electric, one of the biggest companies in the world, to sell its site in Rushy Mead in Leicester but to put a restrictive covenant on it so that it can be used...

Indeed. I was just about to come to my right hon. Friend’s remarks, but the final point that I wanted to spell out was that the Secretary of State for Education and Skills recently announced the establishment of a national skills academy for manufacturing, to ensure that we maintain the...

Indeed. I was just about to come to my right hon. Friend’s remarks, but the final point that I wanted to spell out was that the Secretary of State for Education and Skills recently announced the establishment of a national skills academy for manufacturing, to ensure that we maintain the...

My right hon. Friend paints a very positive picture of what is happening in the UK economy. It may well be that GE is unaware of all those initiatives. Will she agree to meet Mr. Salekovics when he comes to London to meet me?

My right hon. Friend paints a very positive picture of what is happening in the UK economy. It may well be that GE is unaware of all those initiatives. Will she agree to meet Mr. Salekovics when he comes to London to meet me?

I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for Leicester, East (Keith Vaz) on securing the last debate before we adjourn for Christmas. I know from my discussions with him on the issues that he has raised that he is working extremely hard on behalf of his constituents to represent...

I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for Leicester, East (Keith Vaz) on securing the last debate before we adjourn for Christmas. I know from my discussions with him on the issues that he has raised that he is working extremely hard on behalf of his constituents to represent...

I am grateful for the opportunity to bring to the House’s attention the matter of the proposed closure in December 2007 of the General Electric lighting factory in Leicester. This is our last debate of 2006 and it really is an eleventh hour appeal to get the factory’s corporate management...

I am grateful for the opportunity to bring to the House’s attention the matter of the proposed closure in December 2007 of the General Electric lighting factory in Leicester. This is our last debate of 2006 and it really is an eleventh hour appeal to get the factory’s corporate management...

Adjournment debate on the proposed closure of the General Electric lighting factory in Leicester.

Adjournment debate on the proposed closure of the General Electric lighting factory in Leicester.

May we have an urgent debate on the state of manufacturing in the United Kingdom following the decision by GE to close its lighting factory in Leicester, which has been in existence for 60 years, putting at risk almost 400 jobs? The proposal is to move the work to Hungary....

May we have an urgent debate on the state of manufacturing in the United Kingdom following the decision by GE to close its lighting factory in Leicester, which has been in existence for 60 years, putting at risk almost 400 jobs? The proposal is to move the work to Hungary....

I hope that my right hon. Friend is able to raise that matter and take one of the many opportunities for debate on it. Of course, we understand and share his concern, and I know that the manufacturing advisory service and other Department of Trade and Industry agencies are already...

I hope that my right hon. Friend is able to raise that matter and take one of the many opportunities for debate on it. Of course, we understand and share his concern, and I know that the manufacturing advisory service and other Department of Trade and Industry agencies are already...

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his Department's involvement was in approving the GEC-BAE merger in 1999.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his Department's involvement was in approving the GEC-BAE merger in 1999.

To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the dates of meetings he held with representatives of GEC in (a) 1997, (b) 1998 and (c) 1999, broken down by subjects discussed.

To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the dates of meetings he held with representatives of GEC in (a) 1997, (b) 1998 and (c) 1999, broken down by subjects discussed.