UK Manufacturing Sector Debate

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UK Manufacturing Sector

John Robertson Excerpts
Wednesday 5th June 2013

(11 years, 5 months ago)

Westminster Hall
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John Robertson Portrait John Robertson (in the Chair)
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Order. I point out that interventions should be short.

Jim Sheridan Portrait Jim Sheridan
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I welcome this debate, which is long overdue. The hon. Lady may be aware of the National Audit Office report on the contract that Bombardier lost to Siemens and the resulting loss of jobs. There is still time to retrieve that contract, so can she do anything to convince her Government that it should stay in the UK?