Jonathan Reynolds
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(10 years, 6 months ago)
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Jo Swinson
The universal service is particularly valuable to rural areas, where it can be a lifeline. That is why it is important for it to be entrenched in the Postal Services Act 2011. For other postal services such as access to posting parcels and so on, the Government have promised to ensure that we maintain the network of more than 11,500 post offices. That is in stark contrast to the closure of thousands of post offices across the country by the previous Government, including in rural areas. We are ensuring that people across the country have good access to postal services.
Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde) (Lab/Co-op)
10. What representations he has received from manufacturers on the case for continued UK membership of the EU with regard to their business and investment plans.
The Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (Vince Cable)
Ministers and the Department frequently receive representations from manufacturers, and others, in support of continued UK membership of the European Union and the single market. A recent example is the report by the Engineering Employers Federation, “Manufacturing: Our future in Europe”.
Jonathan Reynolds
Manufacturing is vital to my constituency, the country, and to increasing exports and getting our economy back on stronger ground. Does the Secretary of State agree that the constant doubts cast over our relationship with the EU by Members of his Government are harmful to our manufacturing industry, which wants certainty so that we can invest and grow for the future?