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Tuesday 3rd March 2020

(4 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Amanda Solloway Portrait Amanda Solloway
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Yes, absolutely. We need to do that for research and development in all technologies, and I will welcome the opportunity to meet the hon. Gentleman in the future.

Alan Brown Portrait Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun) (SNP)
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The Minister says the UK is a world leader in offshore wind, but the reality is that too many manufacturing and supply chain jobs go abroad following the award of contracts for difference. Will she look seriously at including a quality assessment mechanism in the bid process to incentivise companies to use UK firms such as CSWind and BiFab?

Amanda Solloway Portrait Amanda Solloway
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We are making sure that we get to 60% UK employment in manufacturing by investing in R&D. We are committed to doing that.

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