Industry (Government Support)

Debate between Jack Dromey and Christopher Pincher

Wednesday 16th June 2010 Commons Chamber

[Jack Dromey]

A Labour Government in the most difficult times did not do what a Conservative Government did in the 1980s—abandon people to their fate. The Labour Government stood on the side of ordinary people and took the necessary strategic long-term decisions to rebuild our manufacturing economy.

[Christopher Pincher (Tamworth) (Con)]

I am obliged to the hon. Gentleman. We are both Members of Parliament in the west midlands, and he waxes eloquent about public investment being the only panacea for the problems that we have in the west midlands. There is an organisation that he will know about called Advantage West Midlands. I am sure the shadow Secretary of State also knows about it, because he appointed the board when he was a Minister. I have business men in Tamworth queuing up to tell me how inefficient and how ineffective that organisation is. One of them is a former Labour councillor who went to AWM, asked for investment, did not get it and lost his business—

[Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Nigel Evans)]

Order. Interventions should be short.