Nissan in Sunderland

Debate between Lord Hamilton of Epsom and Lord Birt

Tuesday 5th February 2019 Lords Chamber

[Lord Hamilton of Epsom (Con)]

My Lords—

[Lord Birt (CB)]

My Lords—

[Lord Hamilton of Epsom]

No, it is not the turn of the Cross-Benches. We have just heard the noble Lord, Lord Hannay.

Does my noble friend accept that Nissan would have been absolutely mad to have gone ahead with the programme for the X-Trail when the whole of the market for diesel vehicles has collapsed? Does he accept that this is largely to do with the overreaction of European Governments, including our own, to the diesel emissions scandal, which was started by Volkswagen in Germany?