Oral Answers to Questions

Adam Thompson Excerpts

Wednesday 2nd April 2025 Commons Chamber

[Adam Jogee (Newcastle-under-Lyme) (Lab)]

1. What discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on the development of a new UK industrial strategy.

[Adam Thompson (Erewash) (Lab)]

4. What discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on the development of a new UK industrial strategy.

[Chris Vince (Harlow) (Lab/Co-op)]

8. What discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on the development of a new UK industrial strategy.

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[Adam Thompson]

Does the Secretary of State agree that the UK industrial strategy is of deep importance to residents of Northern Ireland, as it is to residents of Erewash, where we are currently in the process of redeveloping New Stanton Park to form a new industrial future from the rubble of our famous former ironworks?

[Hilary Benn]

I do indeed, and I wish my hon. Friend every success with the New Stanton Park redevelopment. At the roundtable that I co-chaired last week, we had representatives from manufacturing, from cyber, from small businesses such as Alchemy, and from the chambers of commerce for Derry/Londonderry and for Causeway Coast. Those businesses can see the industrial strategy resulting in great opportunities for the people and businesses of Northern Ireland.