Air Quality Debate

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Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Tom Pursglove

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SELECT COMMITTEE ON HEALTH

Air Quality

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Business of the House
Thursday 3rd November 2016

(8 years ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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It is a very good headline: “Minister wants more questions”. The hon. Lady is setting a splendid precedent.

Tom Pursglove Portrait Tom Pursglove (Corby) (Con)
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I am very happy to oblige the Minister on that. Does she agree that supporting British industries wherever possible, rather than importing cheap, poorly produced products from elsewhere, is good not only for jobs, but for air quality in this country?

Thérèse Coffey Portrait Dr Coffey
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As I have just been reminded, Nissan will continue to manufacture cars in this country; we have Toyota in Derbyshire, in the constituency of my hon. Friend the Member for South Derbyshire (Heather Wheeler); and we are already leading the way on ultra-low emission vehicles. Long may that continue.

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