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Richard Arkless Excerpts
Monday 12th September 2016

(8 years, 2 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Harriett Baldwin Portrait Harriett Baldwin
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Those were certainly not my words, and I pay tribute to the many businesses in Huddersfield and South Yorkshire that do such wonderful work in supplying the Ministry of Defence.

Richard Arkless Portrait Richard Arkless (Dumfries and Galloway) (SNP)
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On Wednesday I raised the issue of an engineering company in my constituency that had gone into administration. I place on record my appreciation of the Minister, who, at very short notice, scrambled around and rearranged her diary to meet the administrators, who are in the Gallery today. We thank her very much. In advance of that meeting, will she agree to work with me and the administrators to leave no stone unturned, so that we can do our best to save valuable jobs and engineering experience at Penman?

Harriett Baldwin Portrait Harriett Baldwin
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The hon. Gentleman is working hard to represent the interests of his constituents; not only did he raise this case last week at Prime Minister’s questions but I am pleased to say that we will be able to meet him and the administrators later today.