Industry (Government Support) Debate

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Industry (Government Support)

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Wednesday 16th June 2010

(14 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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I inform the House that I have selected the amendment in the name of the Prime Minister.

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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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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.

Pat McFadden Portrait Mr McFadden
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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.

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