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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 22 Oct 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"Sedgefield is home to the largest business park in the north-east of England, with 500 companies and 10,000 to 12,000 jobs. More than 50% of the jobs and businesses there rely in some way on trade with the EU. If the Secretary of State has her way and there is …..."
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Written Question
Manufacturing Industries
Tuesday 22nd October 2019

Asked by: Lord Wilson of Sedgefield (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

What recent assessment she has made of the effect on manufacturing industry of the UK leaving the EU.

Answered by Andrea Leadsom

I have met with manufacturing businesses at roundtables across the country to encourage them to get ready for Brexit and the opportunities beyond.

The recent opening of Jaguar Land Rover’s £500 million Advanced Product Creation Centre is a real vote of confidence in the UK’s future as a stronger, greener economy after we have left the European Union.

Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 05 Jun 2019
Industrial Strategy: North-East of England

"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Betts. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for North Tyneside (Mary Glindon) for introducing this debate.

Sedgefield is home to the largest business park in the north-east. Between 10,000 and 12,000 people work there, in about 500 companies, from …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 05 Jun 2019
Industrial Strategy: North-East of England

"We do. All I can say is that that is where the train was assembled, where the ticket office is and where the train set off from...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 05 Jun 2019
Industrial Strategy: North-East of England

"No, no, but I know that Stockton had the first passenger railway in the world. We have a lot to be proud of in our area.

NETPark, a science park just outside Sedgefield village is leading the way in all kinds of technologies, including light-based technology. It produces masks that …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 05 Jun 2019
Industrial Strategy: North-East of England

"That is right, and to abolish One North East was an act of economic vandalism. It was a kind of ideology gone mad—“If it is public sector, we should abolish it.” We now see the impact of its loss, to the detriment of the north-east of England. We have got …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 04 Feb 2019
Nissan in Sunderland

"Does the Secretary of State agree that big multinational companies want to enter the transitional period detailed in the withdrawal agreement to work out whether they are going to stay or leave? They can make that choice—the transitional period is their breathing space—but the small and medium-sized companies and our …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 31 Oct 2018
Budget Resolutions

"I want to take this opportunity to raise three issues that are of particular importance to my constituents. First, however, we have a Budget that still predicts lower economic growth over the coming years and puts us near or at the bottom of the international growth leagues—and that is without …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 11 Oct 2017
Royal Mail Delivery Office Closures

"I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing the debate. I want to make an observation that I hope she will agree with. There is a general decline in our parcel service, which is exacerbated by the closures of facilities. I think 38% of parcels arrive late, 28% of parcels are …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 17 Nov 2016
Backbench Business

"Order. May I respectfully remind the hon. Gentleman that he has been on his feet for nine minutes, and quite a few other Members want to get into the debate? If he is nearing the end of his speech, I think that everyone will appreciate that...."
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