Oil Refining Sector

Debate between Edward Leigh and Lee Anderson
Thursday 11th December 2025

(6 days, 7 hours ago)

Westminster Hall
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Lee Anderson Portrait Lee Anderson (Ashfield) (Reform)
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It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Western. Of course, we have been here before with industry in this country. I remember what happened to the coal mines back in the 1980s. I worked in the coal mines in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, and the whole industry was decimated by the Conservative Government at the time—

Edward Leigh Portrait Sir Edward Leigh
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You were a Conservative once!