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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 17 Jun 2021
Covid-19: Children

"I thank my noble friend Lady Morris, for her debate and acknowledge the conviction and rightness of her remarks, and in the true voice of the great city of Manchester. I served in three Administrations alongside two Morris brothers in another place, a father and an uncle to the noble …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 15 Jun 2021
Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]

"I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Black, on her speech.

Over half a century in Westminster’s Houses, I have seen countless Bills, presented by successive Governments— Bill after Bill—and today we have the noble Baroness’s Bill. Britain is still striving to find the holy grail of skills and it is …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 12 May 2021
Queen’s Speech

"My Lords, I offer my congratulations on the maiden speeches and say farewell to the right reverend Prelate.

Britain needs a clear-eyed, long-term, ruthlessly executed industrial strategy. Surely early 21st-century Britain still needs manufacturing industries. We are certainly post-imperial but not necessarily post-industrial—not yet. So, I say yes to AI, …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Thu 29 Oct 2020
Education (Exemption from School and Further Education Institutions Inspections) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020

"My Lords, I thank the Minister for her introduction, clarity and brevity, and for a helpful Explanatory Memorandum. The inspectorate has been a ubiquitous, necessary and often feared power and presence for many generations. For context, I refer to the great Education Reform Bill—the GERB, as it was called—from the …..."
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Written Question
Manufacturing Industries: Exports
Thursday 3rd August 2017

Asked by: Lord Jones (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

Her Majesty's Government what is the value of exports from the UK that is accounted for by (1) the areospace industry, and (2) the motor industry.

Answered by Lord Price

In 2016, the value of UK goods exported by the aerospace industry (CPA category 30.3) was £29.6 billion and by the motor industry (CPA category 29) was £40.1 billion. Data on services exported by the aerospace and motor industries are not available.

Source: ONS UK trade in goods by classification of product by activity (CPA), published 14 June 2017.

Written Question
Aerospace Industry: Exports
Thursday 27th October 2016

Asked by: Lord Jones (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the estimated value of UK aerospace exports in the last five years for which figures are available.

Answered by Lord Price

Estimates of the value of UK exports of Aerospace products for the last five years are provided below:

Year

Exports (Current prices, £million)

2011

20,728

2012

22,328

2013

24,275

2014

22,580

2015

24,864

Source: ONS Trade in Goods Classified by CPA