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Nissan: Sunderland — House of Commons, 2016-10-31
Topic: Foreign Trade
Gregory David Clark (Conservative, Centre-right): The right hon. Gentleman is wise enough to know that it is not in my gift to offer tariff-free access to the single market. I was describing what would be a positive outcome from the negotiations, which therefore relates to the demeanour that we should take in those negotiations. My right hon. Friend the Member for Loughborough (Nicky Morgan) paid me a personal compliment, but my team shares my vigour in talking to companies up and down the land to ensure that we understand what is important to them and to inform our negotiations. That seems an eminently sensible thing to do.
Nissan: Sunderland — House of Commons, 2016-10-31
Topic: Foreign Trade
Anna Mary Soubry (Conservative, Centre-right): I warmly congratulate my right hon. Friend and the Prime Minister on securing this fantastic new deal with Nissan, which will benefit not only the good people of the north-east. Thanks to the supply chain, the benefits will extend throughout the whole country, helping many tens of thousands of people and their families I met a constituent on Saturday who runs a small IT business employing 14 people and he, too, wants certainty on tariffs. He told me that if tariffs are imposed on his business, he will have to get rid of it, meaning that 14 people will lose their jobs. Big companies, small companies and huge companies from all sectors need certainty. Does my right hon. Friend agree that it is right that this House has a debate and a vote on the underlying principles of our negotiations as we leave the EU in order to give the Government a true mandate?
Nissan: Sunderland — House of Commons, 2016-10-31
Topic: Foreign Trade
Gregory David Clark (Conservative, Centre-right): I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his question. I am happy to answer any questions that the House has, and I am looking forward to appearing before the Select Committee. I have been pretty candid, describing each of the four aspects of the reassurances that I was able to give, but if companies that are considering an investment here describe commercial plans that they may not want to fall into the hands of their competitors, it is reasonable that they should have that confidence when dealing with the UK Government.
Nissan: Sunderland — House of Commons, 2016-10-31
Topic: Labor
Gregory David Clark (Conservative, Centre-right): I am touched by the hon. Lady’s statement; it is very kind and very good of her. When we were having these discussions, I always had in mind the fact that this is not a theoretical investment, and that we are talking about real people who work hard and do brilliant work. They are the best regarded in the world in the international system; they are the most productive in the world and go to Japan to help train some of the auto workers there. I am proud of that, as is she; the whole House should be proud of the workforce there.
Nissan: Sunderland — House of Commons, 2016-10-31
Topic: International Affairs
Gregory David Clark (Conservative, Centre-right): As I have said to other hon. Members, what I was able to say is how we would go into a negotiation, which seems to me to be to find common ground. We certainly did not get into any discussions of particular models, as my right hon. Friend would expect. One can overcomplicate these things; to be clear about one’s intention to find common ground and to pursue discussions in a rational and civilised way is not a bad thing to be able to convey.
Nissan: Sunderland — House of Commons, 2016-10-31
Topic: Macroeconomics
Mark Julian Francis Pawsey (Conservative, Centre-right): This great news continues the work of this Government to rebalance our economy. It also provides an incentive to continue to improve skills and to encourage innovation. Does the Secretary of State agree that our catapult centres, including the Manufacturing Technology Centre in my constituency, have a big part to play in that role?
Nissan: Sunderland — House of Commons, 2016-10-31
Topic: Macroeconomics
Gregory David Clark (Conservative, Centre-right): I do indeed. One of the enticing things that we can offer companies looking to locate here is the excellence of our research and our science, whether it is in universities or, increasingly, in institutions such as catapults that help translate those skills into the wider market. Through our industrial strategy, we want to increase the focus on this very important area of strength, so that other firms can invest and see Britain as the go-to place for advanced manufacturing and for other sectors, too.
Nissan: Sunderland — House of Commons, 2016-10-31
Topic: Foreign Trade
Richard Michael John Ogilvie Graham (Conservative, Centre-right): The desperate search for a commercial bung in this announcement by some Members of the Opposition is, frankly, insulting to Britain, Japan, Nissan and Sunderland. Does my right hon. Friend agree that, rather than talking the country down, we should be celebrating the recent inward investment successes, not least from the far east, which demonstrate that the Government are living up to their commitment to making a success of Brexit?
Nissan: Sunderland — House of Commons, 2016-10-31
Topic: Foreign Trade
Gregory David Clark (Conservative, Centre-right): I thank the hon. Gentleman for his words. I do believe in being active and vigorous and in meeting companies and understanding the challenges that they face; I make no apology for that. My whole ministerial team will be active in securing investments for this country.
Nissan: Sunderland — House of Commons, 2016-10-31
Topic: Macroeconomics
James Roger Cartlidge (Conservative, Centre-right): This fantastic news makes us proud of British industry. Does my right hon. Friend agree that many factors make this country attractive to companies such as Nissan? A key one is our competitive rate of corporation tax. Will he ensure that in the coming autumn statement, our rate not only stays competitive, but perhaps gets even more competitive?
Nissan: Sunderland — House of Commons, 2016-10-31
Topic: Foreign Trade
Gregory David Clark (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend needs to direct that request to the Chancellor—I will pass it on when I see my right hon. Friend in Cabinet tomorrow—but he is right to remind the House that there is a range of attributes and strengths that makes this country attractive to overseas and domestic investors. It is important that, across the whole range, we get them right.
Nissan: Sunderland — House of Commons, 2016-10-31
Topic: Macroeconomics
Gregory David Clark (Conservative, Centre-right): I am grateful for the backhanded compliment. I am not sure that I would agree that this is new Labour-style industrial activism. The hon. Gentleman will know that it was a Conservative Government 30 years ago who secured Nissan for the UK, and I am proud that it is a Conservative Government who have secured its future in Britain.
Nissan: Sunderland — House of Commons, 2016-10-31
Topic: Macroeconomics
Gregory David Clark (Conservative, Centre-right): I certainly do, and my hon. Friend is right to point out the wave of benefits across the economy, one example of which was given by the hon. Member for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland (Tom Blenkinsop). The consequences of such positive news extend to other important sectors. That is why it is important that we should be active and vigorous in attracting these investments.
Nissan: Sunderland — House of Commons, 2016-10-31
Topic: Macroeconomics
Gregory David Clark (Conservative, Centre-right): It is nice to hear the right hon. Lady being able to speak from the Back Benches; she does so compellingly. As colleagues who know my interests in these matters would expect me to say, I believe that our regions, towns, cities and counties have an important role to play in our industrial strategy. I do not know whether she has been elected to the new Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee, but I am sure she will be able to attend its sittings, because I hope that we will be discussing precisely this during the next few weeks.
Nissan: Sunderland — House of Commons, 2016-10-31
Topic: Energy
Jason McCartney (Conservative, Centre-right): It is Offshore Wind Week, so will the Secretary of State join me in welcoming this fantastic news for Nissan and confirm that it will play a key role in a low-carbon future for British industry?
Nissan: Sunderland — House of Commons, 2016-10-31
Topic: Energy
Gregory David Clark (Conservative, Centre-right): I am delighted that my hon. Friend has mentioned that. One of the great opportunities in industrial strategy is to combine our world leadership in offshore wind renewable energy with our commanding position in the automotive sector, and to bring them together so that when it comes to electrical vehicles and battery storage, we can lead the world, which is what we intend to do.
Nissan: Sunderland — House of Commons, 2016-10-31
Topic: International Affairs
Philip Thomas Hollobone (Conservative, Centre-right): I congratulate my right hon. Friend on what is undoubtedly a huge personal achievement, and the people of the north-east on creating in the Sunderland plant a globally competitive powerhouse. Is not this deal a signal to those remainers who have become remoaners that they should recalibrate their doom and gloom and become far more optimistic about the future of this country outside the European Union?
Nissan: Sunderland — House of Commons, 2016-10-31
Topic: Foreign Trade
Gregory David Clark (Conservative, Centre-right): This is a day for celebration rather than debating such issues. We should all celebrate this big success, which shows that Britain is and can be competitive, and that some of the world’s biggest companies are backing us very vigorously.
Nissan: Sunderland — House of Commons, 2016-10-31
Topic: Macroeconomics
Gregory David Clark (Conservative, Centre-right): The approach that I have set out across our economy is to meet those businesses that are part of my responsibility and to have sensible discussions so that I understand from them what they need. That informs our negotiating mandate. That is my commitment to all the businesses—large and small—that I meet.
Nissan: Sunderland — House of Commons, 2016-10-31
Topic: Macroeconomics
Thomas Christopher John Pursglove (Conservative, Centre-right): This announcement clearly shows the world that Britain is open for business. I hope that our supply chains will get a boost from this too, particularly UK steel. Will my right hon. Friend say a little about the wider involvement of the UK automobile sector in the forthcoming industrial strategy and how the announcement fits into that?
Nissan: Sunderland — House of Commons, 2016-10-31
Topic: Macroeconomics
Gregory David Clark (Conservative, Centre-right): I certainly will. With any industrial strategy, we should build on our strengths and not be complacent, but recognise that in order to continue to be strong, we need to look at the underlying conditions for promoting that. The presence of a vigorous supply chain is important for the automotive sector. It is important to be at the cutting edge of research and development, and to have skills in the workforce on which expanding companies can count in order to fulfil their order books. Those are all important enabling conditions, and the Government have a role to play by working with companies to make sure that they are all met.
Nissan: Sunderland — House of Commons, 2016-10-31
Topic: Macroeconomics
Gregory David Clark (Conservative, Centre-right): It is certainly part of a strategy: it is part of our industrial strategy to make sure that Britain is competitive in the future, as it is now and it has been in the past. We are taking a strategic approach. As the hon. Lady might imagine, I meet businesses large and small almost every day of the week, and in all the conversations I have, we discuss what is important, what challenges they face and what their strategic ambition is, so that I can be informed about that.
Nissan: Sunderland — House of Commons, 2016-10-31
Topic: Education
Gregory David Clark (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Gentleman seems to think that my discussions went broader than they did, but with everything I have said about research and development, our universities are key to that. As a former universities Minister, and now once again with responsibility for science, I will do everything I can to promote our research excellence and make sure it continues.
Nissan: Sunderland — House of Commons, 2016-10-31
Topic: Macroeconomics
Gregory David Clark (Conservative, Centre-right): I have had the pleasure of meeting the First Minister at least twice since I took up this job. What I have said to her, personally and directly, is that, as we develop our industrial strategy, Scotland will have a big place in that. Of course it is important that all parts of the United Kingdom need to benefit from our industrial success in the future. The hon. Gentleman may know that, in terms of the city deals that have been negotiated between the UK Government, the Scottish Government and the various councils, we have, and I personally have—I think he would acknowledge this—a track record in making those discussions work.
Nissan: Sunderland — House of Commons, 2016-10-31
Topic: International Affairs
Gregory David Clark (Conservative, Centre-right): We are at a point where we have not begun the negotiations with the European Union, much less concluded them, but the demeanour I think we should take is one of looking positively to find common ground and interests. That, always and everywhere, is the basis of a good deal—identifying that common ground and, through civility and patience, establishing relationships that can lead people to conclude something that is in their mutual interest. That seems to be a good way to approach these discussions.
Nissan: Sunderland — House of Commons, 2016-10-31
Topic: Labor
Gregory David Clark (Conservative, Centre-right): We have been discussing a fantastic new investment that not only will safeguard jobs in Nissan and across the country, through the supply chain, but will, no doubt—especially with more of the supply chain coming to locate in the United Kingdom—create new opportunities. Those opportunities will be for young people right across the country. There will be apprenticeships, traineeships and careers available that would not have happened if we had not secured this investment, so the hon. Gentleman should welcome it.
Nissan: Sunderland — House of Commons, 2016-10-31
Topic: Macroeconomics
Gregory David Clark (Conservative, Centre-right): As the hon. Gentleman knows, we have not targeted an exchange rate for some time. That policy is, first, not my remit and, secondly, not the way we approach the economy. However, it is true that there are many contributors to the competitiveness of the economy. What I need to do, and what I will do, is to take those things over which I do have influence and make them work for Britain.
Nissan: Sunderland — House of Commons, 2016-10-31
Topic: Macroeconomics
Gregory David Clark (Conservative, Centre-right): I have already met the Economy Minister in Northern Ireland and had a very constructive discussion with him. I had that discussion to invite him to help us as we develop our industrial strategy so that it includes an appreciation of the different needs of different places to which the hon. Gentleman refers.
Nissan: Sunderland — House of Commons, 2016-10-31
Topic: Energy
Gregory David Clark (Conservative, Centre-right): They are indeed vital, and I am delighted that the hon. Gentleman makes that point. One of the advantages of having responsibilities for energy and climate change within the business and industrial strategy set of responsibilities is that these conversations can be joined up. The Minister for Climate Change and Industry and I share an interest in making sure that we maintain our leadership in green technology to the great advantage of our industrial future.
Cultural Property (Armed Conflicts) Bill [Lords] — House of Commons, 2016-10-31
Topic: International Affairs
David John Barrington Burrowes (Conservative, Centre-right): I warmly congratulate my right hon. Friend. Six years has been a long wait, but it has been well worth it, and we have now got there. Is it not ironic that part of the topicality of this Bill, and the reason for people’s enthusiasm for it, comes from seeing the horrors of Daesh in Syria and elsewhere, yet it does not fully cover the activities of Daesh because it covers only unlawfully exported cultural property from occupied territories? Without being too greedy, are the Government supportive of looking at future conventions to try to make sure that Daesh comes within the provisions, although the Iraqi and Syrian sanction orders cover the gap?
Cultural Property (Armed Conflicts) Bill [Lords] — House of Commons, 2016-10-31
Topic: International Affairs
Timothy Paul Loughton (Conservative, Centre-right): I am genuinely impressed by the hon. Gentleman’s knowledge of Mesopotamian and other archaeology. Indeed, his own party’s Ed stone at the last election could be seen as an homage to the stele of Hammurabi, the great lawgiver of Mesopotamia in the 18th century BC. I want to query his last point, because it may well take another change to the UNESCO convention to take into account the modern phenomena of ISIL and other terrorist groups. Would he support our negotiating internationally to try to get the law brought up to date?
Cultural Property (Armed Conflicts) Bill [Lords] — House of Commons, 2016-10-31
Topic: Law and Crime
Edward Garnier (Conservative, Centre-right): At least I am right about that. [Laughter.] It states: "A person is guilty of an offence if he dishonestly deals in a cultural object that is tainted, knowing or believing that the object is tainted." This Bill says that it is "an offence for a person to deal in unlawfully exported cultural property, knowing or having reason to suspect that it has been unlawfully exported." For the reasons that I have been briefly explaining, I suspect that the 2003 Act provides the better wording. The provision in this Bill is not following well-established principles relating to the prosecution of offences of dishonesty. I am concerned that the Bill, which is concerned with the same issues, fails properly to take into account that set of principles. As drafted, it may result in the prosecution and conviction for an offence of dishonesty of a defendant who has, or may have, acted in good faith It is one thing for a defendant to be convicted of handling stolen goods where they have been shown to have known or believed the goods were stolen—the law is clear and the defendant knows when he is convicted that the jury was sure he knew or believed the goods were stolen—but under this Bill, as currently framed, a convicted defendant cannot be sure that his conviction reflects his actual state of knowledge or belief and that he was not convicted simply for lacking curiosity. Absence of curiosity may be regrettable and sometimes stupid or negligent, but it should not lead to a conviction, with all the reputational damage that flows from it Beyond that, I urge the Government to consider what effect this provision will have on the art market here in London. As was said by my hon. Friend the Member for Newark, who speaks with the advantage of being not only a lawyer, but a former director of Christie’s, this will have a stifling effect. It may be that there will not be many convictions or many arrests, but the mere threat of the reputational damage caused by this possibility is enough to put the mockers on this valuable and entirely legitimate aspect of the London art market. The art market will go elsewhere and the crooks will get away with it. If we want to catch the bad boys, and if we want to inhibit this wrong and immoral market, why not stick to the 2003 wording or something similar to it, rather than allowing this Bill to contain an error of principle which could confound the interests of all of us who wish to see the destruction and the dealing in cultural objects that have been stolen brought to an end?
COMMITTEES — House of Commons, 2016-10-31
Topic: International Affairs
John Simon Bercow (Conservative, Centre-right): We now come to motions 5 and 6, which relate to new Committees of the House. I suggest that they be taken together Ordered, Exiting the European Union That Alistair Burt, Mr Alistair Carmichael, Maria Caulfield, Joanna Cherry, Jonathan Edwards, Michael Gove, Peter Grant, Andrea Jenkyns, Jeremy Lefroy, Mr Peter Lilley, Karl MᶜCartney, Mr Pat McFadden, Craig Mackinlay, Seema Malhotra, Dominic Raab, Emma Reynolds, Stephen Timms, Mr John Whittingdale and Sammy Wilson be members of the Exiting the European Union Committee International Trade That Liam Byrne, James Cleverly, Mr Nigel Evans, Marcus Fysh, Mr Ranil Jayawardena, Sir Edward Leigh, Chris Leslie, Shabana Mahmood, Toby Perkins and Sir Desmond Swayne be members of the International Trade Committee.—(Bill Wiggin, on behalf of the Committee of Selection.)
COMMITTEES — House of Commons, 2016-10-31
Topic: Government Operations
John Simon Bercow (Conservative, Centre-right): We now come to motions 7 to 25. I understand that there is a wish to take motion 18 on the Justice Committee separately. With the leave of the House, we will therefore take motions 7 to 17 together Backbench Business Ordered, That Wendy Morton be discharged from the Backbench Business Committee and Dr Poulter be added Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy That Paul Blomfield and Jonathan Reynolds be discharged from the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee and Albert Owen and Anna Turley be added Communities and Local Government That Liz Kendall and Jim McMahon be discharged from the Communities and Local Government Committee and Rushanara Ali and Melanie Onn be added Defence That Richard Benyon be discharged from the Defence Committee and Jack Lopresti be added Education That Stephen Timms be discharged from the Education Committee and Lilian Greenwood be added Environment, Food and Rural Affairs That Valerie Vaz be discharged from the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee and Kerry McCarthy be added Environmental Audit That Jo Churchill and Rebecca Pow be discharged from the Environmental Audit Committee and Glyn Davies and Matthew Offord be added. Foreign Affairs That Yasmin Qureshi be discharged from the Foreign Affairs Committee and Ian Murray be added Health That Julie Cooper, Andrew Percy, Emma Reynolds and Paula Sherriff be discharged from the Health Committee and Heidi Alexander, Luciana Berger, Rosie Cooper and Andrew Selous be added Home Affairs That Victoria Atkins be discharged from the Home Affairs Committee and Byron Davies be added International Development That Mrs Helen Grant be discharged from the International Development Committee and Paul Scully be added.—(Bill Wiggin, on behalf of the Committee of Selection.)
Justice Committee — House of Commons, 2016-10-31
Topic: Government Operations
William David Wiggin (Conservative, Centre-right): I beg to move, That Chris Elmore and Dr Rupa Huq be discharged from the Justice Committee and Kate Green and Keith Vaz be added This motion is the decision of the Committee of Selection. It respects the wish of the Labour party in electing those Members to this Committee.