Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Oral Answers to Questions

Markus Campbell-Savours Excerpts
Tuesday 3rd November 2026

(1 day, 22 hours ago)

Commons Chamber
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Emma Reynolds Portrait Emma Reynolds
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The hon. Gentleman will know that an EU summit is coming up on 20 November, and we are still negotiating with the EU. We are putting right the botched Brexit that we inherited from the Conservative party, which put frictions at our border and increased costs for farmers, family businesses and others.

Markus Campbell-Savours Portrait Markus Campbell-Savours (Penrith and Solway) (Lab)
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While the Government look to boost economic growth in Cumbria, businesses in the county are frustrated at losing staff to Sellafield and the wider nuclear sector, not just engineers and project managers, but business administrators, trades people, nurses and teachers. Will the Secretary of State consider a review of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority’s social impact duties under the Energy Act 2004, and its impact on the growth and diversity of the wider Cumbria economy?