Green Investment Bank Debate

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Henry Smith

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Green Investment Bank

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Tuesday 24th May 2011

(12 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Vince Cable Portrait Vince Cable
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Yes I will fight, and do fight, resolutely for manufacturing industry, which of course is now seeing significant growth. It is leading this country out of recession, and the CBI has very strongly made the point to me about the need for the manufacturing sector in green industries, and the need to safeguard the industries with energy-intensive plants, too.

Henry Smith Portrait Henry Smith (Crawley) (Con)
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I, too, very much welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement. How will larger organisations be encouraged through the process to work with smaller, innovative technology companies, such as Ceres Power and Riomay in my constituency?