Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Chris Davies and Preet Kaur Gill

Tuesday 12th February 2019 Commons Chamber

[Chris Davies (Brecon and Radnorshire) (Con)]

13. What plans he has to support manufacturing in the UK.

[Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston) (Lab/Co-op)]

20. What steps he is taking to support manufacturing after the UK leaves the EU.

[The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (Richard Harrington)]

Our modern industrial strategy for our whole country will ensure that the UK remains one of the most competitive locations in the world for manufacturing investment. We are investing over £600 million in the high-value manufacturing Catapult, and up to £167 million in our “Made Smarter” industrial digitalisation programme. I hope and believe that this will help UK manufacturers develop, adopt and exploit new technologies to make us really successful in the future.