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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 28 Feb 2017
The Government’s Productivity Plan

"I hope the hon. Lady will forgive me for interrupting her in her stride—she is making an interesting argument—but the largest proportion of the Chancellor’s £23 billion productivity innovation plan is for house construction. How does that add to productivity?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 28 Feb 2017
The Government’s Productivity Plan

"Is my hon. Friend aware that Macquarie Bank wants to buy the Green Investment Bank for the brand name, so that it can exclude competitors from taking part in local authority environmental investment schemes? Selling the bank will mean less competition in environmental investment, which in turn means reduced productivity …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 28 Feb 2017
The Government’s Productivity Plan

"On that point, there is perhaps a third reason why manufacturing areas such as hers find it difficult to compete with European levels of productivity, which is that we have a very small equity market for medium-scale industrial firms. They have to rely on bank financing, which is very inefficient. …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 28 Feb 2017
The Government’s Productivity Plan

"I presume that the hon. Gentleman is aware that when Harold Macmillan was Chancellor of the Exchequer, the national debt was double what it is now. Even though it has doubled in the past 10 years, it was double the current figure as a proportion of GDP, and the economy …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 25 Jan 2017
Green Investment Bank

"It is, as ever, a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Owen. I join colleagues on both sides of the Chamber in commending the hon. Member for Edinburgh West (Michelle Thomson) for securing the debate. I underline the fact that she is a well known entrepreneur in Scotland. She …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 25 Jan 2017
Green Investment Bank

"Will the Minister give way?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 23 Jan 2017
Industrial Strategy Consultation

"How does the Secretary of State reconcile his commitment to innovation and insurgency with the wholesale pillage of the cream of British high-technology firms through foreign takeover, not least the current takeover by Mastercard of VocaLink and the prospective sale by the Government themselves of the Green Investment Bank to …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 11 Jan 2017
Green Investment Bank

"Last year, Macquarie—to cite a company at random—made its largest ever profit, and it did so, as the markets will tell the Minister, by selling off Moto, Britain’s largest motorway service company, taking the cash out of the company and giving it to shareholders. Will the Minister tell us what …..."
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Written Question

European Community Urgent Radiological Information Exchange

Tuesday 8th November 2016

Asked by: George Kerevan (Scottish National Party - East Lothian)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether it is his policy that the UK will remain part of the European Community Urgent Radiological Information Exchange after the UK leaves the EU.

Answered by Jesse Norman - Shadow Leader of the House of Commons

The Government is assessing the legal and policy implications of the public’s vote to leave the EU. This assessment includes implications for the UK’s membership of the European Atomic Energy Community and participation in the European Community Urgent Radiological Information Exchange.