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David Nuttall

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Point of Order
Tuesday 13th September 2016

(8 years, 3 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Greg Clark Portrait Greg Clark
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I will certainly take that point away, and I am happy to meet the hon. Lady if she would like to inform me about that outside the Chamber.

David Nuttall Portrait Mr David Nuttall (Bury North) (Con)
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Does the Department intend to develop a single industrial strategy for the whole country or different industrial strategies for different parts of the country?

Greg Clark Portrait Greg Clark
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My hon. Friend makes a good point. It seems essential to me that we should have a strategy for the whole country, but place is incredibly important, and the challenges of places such as Greater Manchester are different from those of Cornwall. We should reflect more clearly the different strengths and opportunities of different places in how we do business as a Government.

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