Priorities for Government Debate

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Priorities for Government

Jack Dromey Excerpts
Thursday 25th July 2019

(4 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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One sentence of fewer than 30 words. I call Jack Dromey.

Jack Dromey Portrait Jack Dromey (Birmingham, Erdington) (Lab)
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Yesterday, 50 representatives of 2 million workers in manufacturing came to Parliament to detail their grave and growing concerns over the threat of a no-deal Brexit. They asked whether the Prime Minister would meet them, so that he could hear at first hand just how serious a no-deal Brexit would be for them. Will the Prime Minister agree to do that?

Boris Johnson Portrait The Prime Minister
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I am grateful, and I thank the hon. Gentleman for what he is doing to work with manufacturing industry. I give him my absolute assurance that we will do everything we can to protect just-in-time supply chains. As he may know, my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is now in charge of making those preparations. I am sure that he would be only too happy to meet the hon. Gentleman and the representatives that he mentioned.