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David Nuttall Excerpts
Tuesday 13th December 2016

(7 years, 4 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Nick Hurd Portrait Mr Hurd
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High-value manufacturing is extremely important to our future—it presents many opportunities but also presents risks that we have to manage—and so will be an important part of our industrial strategy. On the broader concerns about tariffs, the hon. Gentleman has heard it often enough, so he should start believing it: the Government are listening carefully, as I witnessed yesterday, to manufacturing and other sectors about their priorities and concerns as we shape and finalise our negotiating position.

David Nuttall Portrait Mr David Nuttall (Bury North) (Con)
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Will the Minister, or one of his ministerial colleagues, meet me and representatives from M+W Group and DBD from my constituency, which are part of a consortium bidding for a vitrification project in China’s nuclear sector? It would give them a lot of confidence if he and his team could meet them and help them to win the contract, which would create hundreds of jobs in this country.

Nick Hurd Portrait Mr Hurd
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The Government are committed to supporting successful British business to win contracts and generate jobs, so the answer is yes.