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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 24 Apr 2019
GKN Aerospace, Kings Norton

"My hon. Friend is making an important point, because this matter is not restricted to the defence industry. Asset stripping has a wider impact across our manufacturing base, and if this Government are serious about growing this country’s industrial base and manufacturing capability, they had better get a grip on …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 24 Apr 2019
GKN Aerospace, Kings Norton

"The Minister is making a fair point about the potential for mergers and takeovers to be positive. He also mentioned foreign direct investment, but does he recognise that there are two types of foreign direct investment—developmental and dependent—and that the bulk of the FDI activity in the UK is dependent? …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 23 Apr 2019
Climate Change Policy

"The nature of this emergency necessitates a national mission-orientated approach, the same sort of vigorous approach that the Americans adopted in the 1960s when they had a national mission to put a man on the moon. That requires the Government to be much more proactive, and much more active, in …..."
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Written Question
Whirlpool Corporation: Tumble Dryers
Tuesday 23rd April 2019

Asked by: Paul Sweeney (Labour (Co-op) - Glasgow North East)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will reopen the Office for Product Safety and Standards review into Whirlpool tumble dryer safety issues.

Answered by Kelly Tolhurst

The role of the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) is to hold businesses to account for their responsibility for consumer safety. OPSS will continue to scrutinise Whirlpool’s compliance with all of its obligations in regard to the affected tumble dryers.

The Government published the findings of the review on 4th April and OPSS issued a Decision Letter setting out further actions for Whirlpool to take. We do not plan to reopen this review which formed part of OPSS ongoing work to hold Whirlpool to account.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 10 Apr 2019
Constitutional Law

"I do not plan to detain the House for long, as the order before us is purely technical in nature. It is necessary to amend previous legislation with regards to the Scottish section of the renewable energy zone and to correct amendments that were previously made to the Electricity Act …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 10 Apr 2019
Constitutional Law

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 10 Apr 2019
Constitutional Law

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 10 Apr 2019
Constitutional Law

"We should not tempt fate.

The Minister has made an important point: it is frustrating that the Secretary of State for Scotland is not here to make his comments directly and, perhaps, shed more light on the issues that Members have raised. She also made an important point about the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 06 Mar 2019
Leaving the EU: Protection for Workers

"Has the Secretary of State secured the endorsement of any trade unions for his proposed course of action? If not, what does he propose to do to secure it?..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 05 Mar 2019
Solar Industry

"The hon. Lady is making a powerful speech about the benefits of the feed-in tariff scheme and why it ought to be maintained. However, does she recognise that there are flaws in the way it has been applied, particularly in relation to the green deal scheme, such that many people …..."
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