Industry

(asked on 28th June 2021) - View Source

Question to the Wales Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of a new industrial strategy.


Answered by
Simon Hart Portrait
Simon Hart
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip)
This question was answered on 5th July 2021

This Government is keen to ensure we build back better in a way that supports the whole economy and delivers for all parts of the UK. Our Plan for Growth sets out the opportunities we will seize across the UK to drive economic growth, create jobs and support British industry.

The Plan for Growth will support our efforts to unite and level up the country: tackling geographic disparities; supporting struggling towns to regenerate; ensuring every region and nation of the UK has at least one globally competitive city; and strengthening the Union.

In addition, I recently launched the Plan for Wales, which outlines the UK Government’s ambitious plans for Wales, which aim to deliver thousands of skilled jobs and ensure Wales’ place as a hub for innovation and the green industries of the future. Over the next 12 months, the Wales Office will continue to work with BEIS on a vision for high growth sectors, an Innovation Strategy, as well as strategies for net zero, hydrogen and space.

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