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Rob Marris
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(7 years, 5 months ago)
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Mr Speaker
Order. This is supposed to be about an industrial strategy, rather than an electoral strategy, but there you go.
Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West) (Lab)
In passing, may I say that it was the black country that was the birthplace of the industrial revolution, not Coalbrookdale? However, on transport spending, which is key to the industrial strategy for the west midlands, when does the Secretary of State expect to persuade his colleague the Secretary of State for Transport to spend as much per capita in the west midlands as in London?
Greg Clark
The hon. Gentleman, who is an assiduous reader of these things, will see that, in the industrial strategy, we propose a commitment to upgrade infrastructure right across the country. I hope he will respond to that so that when we have the Budget later in the year, we will be in a position to make further such announcements.