75th Anniversary of Formula 1
Debate between Lord Magan of Castletown and Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent
Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent (Lab)
I thank the noble Baroness for sharing her story and put on record our thanks to Ferrari for making sure that she did not get stranded. I think we can see that our collective teams want to help as many people as possible, and it was great they were able to do so in that instance.
Lord Magan of Castletown (Con)
My Lords, should we not also be celebrating the extraordinary global success of the often-denigrated Milton Keynes? Milton Keynes is the global engineering and technological hub of Formula 1.
Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent (Lab)
I think we celebrate everyone involved with the development of Formula 1. Across “Motorsport Valley”, we have 25,000 highly skilled engineers working to support it, which is why Formula 1 is so effective. We have 45,000 people working in the pipeline for Formula 1 and wider motorsport in the UK. This is to celebrate all parts of the UK and their contribution. As someone who goes past Milton Keynes on the train every week, I think we should always celebrate Milton Keynes.