Exiting the European Union

Diana Johnson Excerpts

Monday 5th September 2016 Commons Chamber

[Mr Davis]

I will personally draw this to the attention of the Treasury, and I will make sure that we think about it as we go through this process.

[Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North) (Lab)]

I congratulate my parliamentary neighbour on his appointment. As he knows, the Humber estuary is fast becoming the UK energy estuary, with Siemens investing massively in Hull and having the potential to export to the single market. Trade deals with Australia will not really cut it in Hull, so will the Secretary of State agree to meet a delegation from the Humber to make sure that the green energy industry benefits from the huge and exciting opportunities that he has talked about?

[Mr Davis]

How could I say no to meeting a delegation from the Humber? Siemens was one of the companies that said that it would continue investment in the UK, which was something of a change from what appeared to be the case before the referendum. Yes, of course.