UK Modern Industrial Strategy
Debate between Tom Hayes and Jim Shannon
Monday 23rd June 2025
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Jim Shannon
My bronchitis is starting to get to me a little, Madam Deputy Speaker.
Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East) (Lab)
The CBI says that our net zero economy grew by 9% in 2023, and that it was 40% more productive and wages in the sector were 15% higher than the UK average, so I am pleased to say that this industrial strategy is betting on a winner with clean energy. I am also pleased to hear the announcement that the Government will be slashing the cost of energy for industry, but will the Secretary of State tell me, my constituents in Bournemouth and people across the south-west what the industrial strategy will do for the south-west?