Industry (Government Support) Debate
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John Bercow
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(14 years, 1 month ago)
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Mr Speaker
I inform the House that I have selected the amendment in the name of the Prime Minister.
Mr Speaker
Order. So that I do not interrupt the flow of the right hon. Gentleman, I should say now that there have been a number of interventions whose eloquence—this is the fairest that can be said of them—has been matched only by their length. Interventions do need to be a bit shorter.
Mr McFadden
The hon. Gentleman sums up the problem with the attitude of the Liberal Democrats. They are determined to say that we are no longer a strong manufacturing country, but I have news for him: we are the sixth biggest manufacturing economy in the world.