Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Mims Davies and Antoinette Sandbach

Thursday 31st January 2019 Commons Chamber

[Mims Davies]

That sounds like another bid. It is right that we should host international sporting opportunities across our great country. Perhaps my hon. Friend is bidding to be part of the future UK major sports events strategy, which is coming up shortly. We have seen that, with the announcement of the rugby cities, we are looking beyond London, and it is right that Stafford plays its part.

[Antoinette Sandbach (Eddisbury) (Con)]

9. What steps he is taking to improve broadband and mobile phone coverage in rural areas.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Mims Davies and Antoinette Sandbach

Wednesday 24th October 2018 Commons Chamber

[Mims Davies]

The hon. Lady is absolutely right to highlight the jobs and opportunities around the avionics sector in Wales. We are aware of the benefits of collaboration, and seek that as part of the overall deal. It is something that Switzerland—a non-EU member—enjoys, and we will continue to look for it as part of our overall deal.

[Antoinette Sandbach (Eddisbury) (Con)]

Airbus employs a number of constituents in Eddisbury. Can the Minister confirm the Government’s commitment to striking a deal that provides for frictionless trade in this sector?

[Mims Davies]

I thank my hon. Friend for highlighting how important this sector is in her constituency. As an assiduous constituency Member, she raises the challenges ahead, but a good deal that works to support jobs in the supply chain is absolutely the primary focus of discussions, and a pragmatic, frictionless deal is what the Government are working for.