Opel/Vauxhall: Sale to PSA Group Debate
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Desmond Swayne
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Opel/Vauxhall: Sale to PSA Group
Desmond Swayne Excerpts(7 years, 11 months ago)
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Greg Clark
I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his engagement over the past few weeks. He knows the workforce in Luton well and what he says about them is absolutely right. There is a big opportunity across the automotive sector to increase the supply chain. It is one of the areas where we can make further progress in what is already a successful sector. We will do that through the industrial strategy and it will have my personal engagement.
Sir Desmond Swayne (New Forest West) (Con)
Might that opportunity to increase the UK component of the component supply chain be increased if there is to be a change in our relationship with the internal market?
Greg Clark
We want to make sure that we have the best possible trading relationship with the rest of the single market, but whether we were leaving or staying in the EU the opportunity to get more suppliers in this country is there, and I am determined that we should take it.