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Rachel Hopkins

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Ukraine: Military Equipment
Tuesday 27th February 2024

(2 months, 2 weeks ago)

Commons Chamber
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Andrew Bowie Portrait Andrew Bowie
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The Secretary of State will be happy to engage with my hon. Friend, and I too would be delighted to visit the site to look into the issues that he has raised.

Rachel Hopkins Portrait Rachel Hopkins (Luton South) (Lab)
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T8. At last we have heard the excellent news from Stellantis that it is to build electric vans at Luton’s Vauxhall plant from 2025, as a result of the tireless efforts of both management and workforce in pursuit of efficiency and quality. What plans have the Government to invest in electric vehicle charging infrastructure to help to stimulate the EV consumer market?

Graham Stuart Portrait Graham Stuart
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The hon. Lady is right to salute the astonishing investments that we are seeing throughout the automotive sector, and I am delighted that the Government have been able to help to bring them about. As she knows, we are committed to spreading more and more charging across the United Kingdom, not least in motorway service areas, so that we have the infrastructure to facilitate the decarbonisation of transport alongside all our other emitters.

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