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Antoinette Sandbach Excerpts
Tuesday 12th June 2018

(6 years, 4 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Greg Clark Portrait Greg Clark
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We work very closely with the industry with great success. Engine production in this country was up over 17% last year, reaching 1 million engines. That is a record. Never in the history of the British motor industry were more engines produced than last year. Over the past year, the net number of jobs that are being created—note the word “created”—in the automotive sector in this country is 9,000.We have a very good record of working closely with the industry to support an industry that is not only very successful today, but will continue to flourish in the future.

Antoinette Sandbach Portrait Antoinette Sandbach (Eddisbury) (Con)
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5. What steps he is taking to support vulnerable consumers with their energy bills.

John Lamont Portrait John Lamont (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk) (Con)
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20. What steps he is taking to tackle rising energy prices.

Greg Clark Portrait The Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (Greg Clark)
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The Government are committed to helping energy consumers. We have brought forward the price cap Bill, and more than 2 million low-income households receive £140 a year through the warm home discount.

Antoinette Sandbach Portrait Antoinette Sandbach
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Does the Secretary of State agree that a wide-reaching energy efficiency programme would help vulnerable customers in Eddisbury and elsewhere, as well as helping the UK meet its climate change targets?