Vauxhall at Ellesmere Port and Battery Manufacturing Strategy Debate
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Baroness Fookes
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Vauxhall at Ellesmere Port and Battery Manufacturing Strategy
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Lord Callanan (Con)
A bid from Coventry, bids from the north-west, a bid from the Wirral as well—we totally understand that. The noble Lord will understand that these are commercial decisions. We are willing to stand behind companies and help them develop their proposals, but there are a number of exciting proposals in different parts of the country. I have outlined the financial support that is available. With regard to the future of Vauxhall, or Stellantis as it now is, we are in discussions with it; my right honourable friend the Secretary of State has had a number of meetings with it, and senior officials are meeting it. Those discussions remain confidential at the moment but we are doing all that we can to assist.
The Deputy Speaker (Baroness Fookes) (Con)
All supplementary questions have been asked.