Oral Answers to Questions
Debate between Nigel Adams and Ian C. Lucas(5 years, 2 months ago)
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Nigel Adams
The aerospace and defence industries are in very good health in Wales. In the financial year 2017-18, the UK Government spent £960 million with the Welsh defence industry and commerce; that is up from £946 million. This supports an estimated 6,300 jobs in Wales and the half a billion pound F-35 contract is to be welcomed right across this House.
Ian C. Lucas (Wrexham) (Lab)
Will the Minister meet with aerospace businesses such as Tritech, Magellan and Solvay in Wrexham to ensure that in the event of a no-deal Brexit we maximise spend within the UK to benefit our businesses?
Nigel Adams
I certainly would agree to meet with the aerospace industry. I have already visited a number of companies. I am also committed to holding a roundtable on this very subject and I am more than happy to meet the hon. Gentleman as well to discuss this further.
Oral Answers to Questions
Debate between Nigel Adams and Ian C. Lucas(5 years, 5 months ago)
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Nigel Adams
We are certainly not in the business of denigrating the Welsh Government, as the hon. Lady should know, but we cannot take a one-size-fits-all approach. I have read in the Welsh press in the past few weeks that some free hospital car parks are being used incorrectly by shoppers. We have to be mindful, but I assure her that we are not denigrating anyone.
Ian C. Lucas (Wrexham) (Lab)
I counsel the right hon. Member for Harlow (Robert Halfon) that this is not a silver bullet to hospital transport issues. In Wrexham Maelor Hospital, car parking is a major issue. The focus should be on providing public transport solutions in public services, and in hospitals in particular.
Shared Prosperity Fund: Wales
Debate between Nigel Adams and Ian C. Lucas(5 years, 6 months ago)
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Ian C. Lucas
I will give way to the Minister if he wants to give me that commitment.
Nigel Adams
The hon. Gentleman will appreciate that the exact amount must be considered as part of the comprehensive spending review in due course.
Ian C. Lucas
It is pretty fundamental that we do not want Wales to lose out. I think I speak for everyone who participated in the debate when I ask the Minister to convey to the Government, on behalf of Wales, that the sum must not be less than it is currently. As we heard, there are different views about how the fund—