Debates between Lord Henley and Lord Sterling of Plaistow during the 2017-2019 Parliament

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Nissan in Sunderland

Debate between Lord Henley and Lord Sterling of Plaistow
Tuesday 5th February 2019

(5 years, 3 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Oh!

Lord Sterling of Plaistow Portrait Lord Sterling of Plaistow (Con)
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My Lords, in April last year the percentage of people buying diesel cars was 70.2%; it is now precisely 31%. That answers most of the questions today. Nissan is a very fine company. We have wonderful engineers in this country but if I were the chairman of Nissan today, I would have made exactly the same decision, which is most sensible. We will catch up when we have agreements in the future with countries such as Japan.

Lord Henley Portrait Lord Henley
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I am very grateful to my noble friend for underlining what has happened to diesel sales, which is obviously a major factor in the decisions in this matter.

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