Industrial Strategy Consultation

Nicholas Dakin Excerpts
Monday 23rd January 2017

(7 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Greg Clark Portrait Greg Clark
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My hon. Friend is absolutely right. That is one of the reasons why much of the proposals are cross-cutting, rather than about particular firms. It is also why there is a particular emphasis on helping small businesses to grow and new businesses to be set up.

Nicholas Dakin Portrait Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe) (Lab)
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Steel is a key product for all the infrastructure projects that the Secretary of State mentioned, including Hinkley C, Heathrow and High Speed 2, so I welcome his statement that there is likely to be a sector deal for steel. What does the steel industry need to do to make sure that it achieves that deal?

Greg Clark Portrait Greg Clark
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The steel industry is already embarking on a consideration of how it can plan out its future. I have encouraged it to do that—although it needed no encouragement, because it is keen to do so—and I look forward to seeing the fruits of that during the weeks ahead.