Tuesday 29th November 2022

(1 year, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Grant Shapps Portrait Grant Shapps
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My hon. Friend will be interested and happy to learn that I met two apprentices at Sizewell yesterday, who have two of what we expect to be 1,500 new apprentice jobs. He is right to mention 10,000 jobs in the immediate area—perhaps there will be 20,000 across the country—and we expect more than 70% of investment in the project to come to the UK. I will gladly meet him and his colleagues to discuss that further.

Tim Farron Portrait Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale) (LD)
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Cumbria’s energy coast, including nuclear, wind, wave and tidal, also has the capacity to create thousands of jobs in our county. When will the Secretary of State make an announcement in respect of his engagement with Cumbria’s energy coast to make best use—

Lindsay Hoyle Portrait Mr Speaker
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Order. That is not a fair representation of the question. It is a poor effort, so I am going to let it go.