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Anthony Mangnall

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Tuesday 12th July 2022

(1 year, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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The Secretary of State was asked—
Anthony Mangnall Portrait Anthony Mangnall (Totnes) (Con)
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1. What recent steps his Department has taken to help support the photonics industry. [R]

Kwasi Kwarteng Portrait The Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (Kwasi Kwarteng)
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My hon. Friend will be aware that photonics is one of the seven technology families highlighted in the innovation strategy with the absolute intention of showing and developing its domestic potential and the exports possibilities.

Anthony Mangnall Portrait Anthony Mangnall
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I thank the Secretary of State for his response, but he will know that photonics is completely undervalued across the United Kingdom and that south Devon is home to a large contingent of the photonics sector. With that in mind, can I invite him or presumably his successor, if I am allowed to say that, to the iMAPS—International Microelectronics Assembly and Packaging Society—conference on 18 October to safeguard and flag up the photonics sector?

Kwasi Kwarteng Portrait Kwasi Kwarteng
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My hon. Friend will appreciate that in the current circumstances 18 October is a very long time away, but of course I will do my best to attend that conference.

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