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Leaving the EU: Airbus Risk Assessment — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Mixed Topics
Giacomo Lopresti (Conservative, Centre-right): If Airbus makes good on its ridiculous threats—and I do not think it will for one minute—how much of the billions of pounds of taxpayer subsidy, paid for by the British taxpayer, would it have to pay back?
Leaving the EU: Airbus Risk Assessment — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Mixed Topics
Gregory David Clark (Conservative, Centre-right): My experience gives me confidence that the evidence and the facts will ultimately determine the outcome of the negotiations; respect for the facts on both sides of the negotiations will be what determines a solution in the interests of both sides. That is what I am determined to pursue. When companies offer evidence, as others are completely free to do, it should be considered in a serious and sober way, and used to inform those discussions.
Leaving the EU: Airbus Risk Assessment — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Mixed Topics
Gregory David Clark (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend is absolutely right. Our right hon. Friend the Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Mr Duncan Smith) pointed out earlier that companies invest here because it is a good place to invest. My hon. Friend’s constituency and the area around it have proved successful because there is a critical mass—a cluster—of related firms. It is important that we do everything we can to ensure that we maintain and add to the strength of that cluster, and I am absolutely determined to do so.
Leaving the EU: Airbus Risk Assessment — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Domestic Commerce
Gregory David Clark (Conservative, Centre-right): Day in, day out, I meet businesses and persuade them of the advantages of this country. I have to report that one of their concerns is the policies of the hon. Lady’s Front Benchers, which are a very significant deterrent to investment in this country.
Leaving the EU: Airbus Risk Assessment — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Mixed Topics
Mark Gino Francois (Conservative, Centre-right): Some months ago, when I visited Airbus at Broughton, I was briefed in detail about its considerable investment in both capital and skills for specialised wing work. Is it not a fact that it would be extremely expensive for Airbus if it were ever to contemplate trying to relocate that work, be it to Hamburg or Toulouse?
Leaving the EU: Airbus Risk Assessment — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Mixed Topics
Gregory David Clark (Conservative, Centre-right): Companies in the aerospace sector—big and small—report very similar requirements: we should avoid frictions and tariffs. That is consistent with many other employers who create valuable jobs in this country. It is important that we listen to not just one voice but them all.
Leaving the EU: Airbus Risk Assessment — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Mixed Topics
Gregory David Clark (Conservative, Centre-right): We need an agreement. The right hon. Gentleman is right that regulatory standards are increasingly international, but the idea that we would find ourselves unable to operate to the standards required for aircraft produced in Europe would be unacceptable not only to Airbus, but to Bombardier in Northern Ireland, which communicated in very similar terms its requirements for the future.
Leaving the EU: Airbus Risk Assessment — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Mixed Topics
Gregory David Clark (Conservative, Centre-right): I agree with my hon. Friend. I hope that the House can tell that I regard the prospect of a good agreement as being within our grasp. That is our objective, and it is what this company and many others want from us.
Leaving the EU: Airbus Risk Assessment — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Mixed Topics
Gregory David Clark (Conservative, Centre-right): That is precisely what the Prime Minister set out in her Mansion House speech: we want and need to secure an agreement such that we will not require a different set of regulatory standards. I am confident that we will be able to agree that.
Leaving the EU: Airbus Risk Assessment — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Mixed Topics
Gregory David Clark (Conservative, Centre-right): I am glad that the hon. Lady refers to the 500 apprenticeships because, as she will acknowledge, the sector has prospered as never before during the last few years, during which we have had a fantastic programme of joint investment in skills and in the technology of the future. That has been this Government’s deliberate policy. Through the industrial strategy, we are taking that forward, and I am determined that we will be able to create markets around the world—including the European Union—for those products to be exported to.
Leaving the EU: Airbus Risk Assessment — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Mixed Topics
Jeremy John Elton Lefroy (Conservative, Centre-right): I thank my right hon. Friend for his comments and for his support for businesses on all sides that wish to make their views known, because it is important that our constituents’ jobs are protected. Will he adopt the same pragmatic attitude towards his input into the negotiations and encourage that from all sides, including Brussels?
Leaving the EU: Airbus Risk Assessment — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Mixed Topics
Gregory David Clark (Conservative, Centre-right): As I have said to colleagues across the House, Airbus and other companies in the sector, like many other companies, have been very consistent in their approach for many months, including in evidence to Select Committees on which some Members in the Chamber sit. This has caught the country’s attention now, but it is consistent with what the company has been saying for some time.
Childhood Obesity Strategy: Chapter 2 — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Other
Stephen Charles Brine (Conservative, Centre-right): I thought for one fleeting moment that the hon. Lady and I were going to agree. I do not recognise that that six-year-old will have to wait another 12 years for the measure to be consulted on and put in place, so I think the hon. Lady might need to check her math.
Childhood Obesity Strategy: Chapter 2 — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Mixed Topics
Stephen Charles Brine (Conservative, Centre-right): I have been very aware of that throughout the drawing together of this plan. For instance, we do not propose to ban "children eat free" offers. We are talking about food and drink price promotions, such as two-for-one multi-buy deals in the retail and the out-of-home sector, to prevent needless consumption and to help parents with pester power—with which I am incredibly familiar, as I have a 10-year-old and a seven-year-old.
Childhood Obesity Strategy: Chapter 2 — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Public Lands
Stephen Charles Brine (Conservative, Centre-right): Especially tennis, Mr Speaker. I know my hon. Friend is keen on social prescribing, as am I. I recently signed an accord between National Parks England and Public Health England to use the brilliant natural resource of our national parks. They are clearly part of the social prescribing mix that we increasingly see across our country, and I want to see more of it. She is right to raise that.
Childhood Obesity Strategy: Chapter 2 — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Mixed Topics
Kevin John Foster (Conservative, Centre-right): Community sports clubs, such as the Cary Park tennis club in Torquay, play a large role in making children active and encouraging them to participate in activity. Will the Minister confirm that looking at these sorts of groups will be part of the strategy—to get people active, not just to tackle what they are eating?
Childhood Obesity Strategy: Chapter 2 — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Mixed Topics
Stephen Charles Brine (Conservative, Centre-right): I think it is very ambitious. Our first plan was world-leading and I outlined some of the things it has achieved. I think this plan is ambitious enough at the moment. We say in the plan that it is chapter 2 and that there will be a chapter 3—and no doubt there will be.
Childhood Obesity Strategy: Chapter 2 — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Domestic Commerce
Stephen Charles Brine (Conservative, Centre-right): I spoke earlier about the Government’s doubling of the primary PE and sport premium to £320 million per year, which is very important. My hon. Friend is absolutely right to raise the issue. I will of course work with all my colleagues across Government to implement the plan and to do even better than we currently are.
Energy Policy — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Mixed Topics
Gregory David Clark (Conservative, Centre-right): My right hon. Friend is correct to point to the amortisation. As someone who has spent a career in finance, he is aware that in discounting the value of earnings in future generations, the great majority of the value is in the earlier years, and that has been the standard basis of the assessment made. What has not been taken into account is the prospective decommissioning cost of the proposed lagoon, which has been estimated at £1 billion. That has not been included in the analysis, but it would be a further liability for the taxpayer.
Energy Policy — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Mixed Topics
Gregory David Clark (Conservative, Centre-right): The commitment given was to enter into discussions to see whether the project could be financed. We have done that rigorously, including with the Welsh Government. I think there have been more than 10 meetings with the Welsh Government this year alone to consider whether this was possible and to make sure we were looking at every possibility. The conclusion we have drawn is that it cannot be justified in terms of value for money. It was right to work with the Welsh Government to look at all the possibilities, but we have to abide by the conclusions of a serious analysis.
Energy Policy — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Mixed Topics
Gregory David Clark (Conservative, Centre-right): With any proposal, it is important to do due diligence and check the basis of the calculations, and in this case, in so doing, as my hon. Friend stated, we found the gap to be so wide that the proposal could not be responsibly backed. As I have said to hon. Members, however, any proposal that is competitive will be welcomed.
National Policy Statement: Airports — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Mixed Topics
Christopher Stephen Grayling (Conservative, Centre-right): This project, including the development hub concept that Heathrow has been promoting, will make a contribution to the economy of all parts of the United Kingdom. I know the hon. Gentleman has a keen eye on making sure that the hub goes to Ballymena; I cannot make any promises to the airport on the plan, but I know the hon. Gentleman will carry on making that argument very robustly.
National Policy Statement: Airports — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Other
Eleanor Fulton Laing (Conservative, Centre-right): Order. Before the Secretary of State answers the two questions in that intervention, may I say that interventions should be short and should make one point? Otherwise, it is not fair to Members at the end of the incredibly long list of speakers I have here. Those making interventions now at great length are taking time away from the Members who will be trying to speak, having sat here until after 9 o’clock tonight Also, there are lots of conversations going on around the Chamber; perhaps Members are negotiating which way they are going to vote this evening. If they are, will they do so either more quietly or somewhere else? The rest of the House wishes to hear the Secretary of State.
National Policy Statement: Airports — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Mixed Topics
Christopher Stephen Grayling (Conservative, Centre-right): I absolutely understand my right hon. Friend’s concerns and will make two points to him. First, we intend to move ahead quickly with setting up the independent noise monitoring body, which is needed to make sure the rules are kept to. In addition, I believe the modernisation of air space, and proper enforcement of the way air space operates, will mean we can use it in a smarter way, give communities more relief and avoid the kind of change that affected my right hon. Friend’s constituency. I give him the assurance that I will work with him, and make sure that NATS and others work with him, to ensure that the issue he is concerned about is addressed in the future.
National Policy Statement: Airports — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Other
Michael Louis David Fabricant (Conservative, Centre-right): On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I would have expected better from the hon. Lady. She claims that I have said that I want to cover the whole of the country in concrete. Not only is that deliberately untrue but I think she should withdraw that falsehood.
National Policy Statement: Airports — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Other
Eleanor Fulton Laing (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Lady has made her point, and the hon. Lady—I mean the hon. Gentleman—[Laughter.] I will start again. The hon. Lady has made her point. The hon. Gentleman has made his point, which is not a point of order for me, but the matter is dealt with, I think.
National Policy Statement: Airports — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Other
Christopher Stephen Grayling (Conservative, Centre-right): I thank my right hon. Friend for the important point that he is making. Will he join me in paying tribute to Scotland’s best representatives—the team of Conservatives who would not play party games like those we have just heard and who are acting truly in the interests of Scotland and the Scottish people?
National Policy Statement: Airports — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Housing
Christopher Stephen Grayling (Conservative, Centre-right): Will the hon. Lady confirm that if there is a point of disagreement between us, it is simply that we accepted the Committee’s recommendations but also said that the appropriate moment to insert them would be at the development consent order stage, rather than the NPS stage? Will she confirm that we have very clearly said that we will insert those at the DCO stage?
National Policy Statement: Airports — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Mixed Topics
Lee Benjamin Rowley (Conservative, Centre-right): I am grateful for the opportunity to speak in this important debate. I support the proposed expansion of Heathrow and will vote accordingly. I will do so not because I do not accept there are many real and heartfelt reasons why Members feel, as they have explained today, they cannot support it, but ultimately because I believe that, on balance, it is in the national interest that we progress as a country by building a third runway at Heathrow. Frankly, as someone who can remember these debates growing up in the ’80s, we need to get on with it There are two points I want to talk about. A number of Members have referred to emissions and carbon reduction targets, outlining that they do not think we will be able to achieve those targets. I think it was the hon. Member for Wakefield (Mary Creagh) who asked for a plan on carbon reduction targets. Plans from this place or from Whitehall will not allow us to meet our carbon reduction targets. Those targets will be achieved due to the innovations that are occurring at Boeing, Airbus, Embraer and so on. It is the planes on which we travel on our holidays this summer that will ensure, through the use of carbon fibre and biofuels, that we start to meet those targets. A Boeing 737 that took us on holiday in the 1980s produced 36% more emissions than the Boeing 737s that will take us on holiday right now. The next generation of Boeing 737s will be 20% more efficient still. That is exactly how we deal with the emissions problem Members have rightly talked about economics. When I took my economics class, economics 101 was about monopolies. We have a clear monopoly in Heathrow. A small number of operators have, for whatever historical reasons, got hold of a number of slots and are using them. Less than 0.5% of new slots—taking off or coming down—have been given to new operators in the past few years. The situation is also seen in the frankly extortionate cost of the secondary market in the trading of those slots. Scandinavian Airlines System sold two slots to American Airlines for £75 million just so that American Airlines could take off and land twice a day. An old airline, GB Airways, was sold in 2008 for £100 million. It had 15 aircraft, 36 destinations and hundreds of people. It also had five slots at Heathrow, which went for another £100 million. If that is not the epitome of a monopoly and a market that does not work, I do not know what is. It is for that reason, and for the national interest, that I support Heathrow expansion. I look forward to voting for the motion.
National Policy Statement: Airports — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Mixed Topics
Alexander Jesse Norman (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend is absolutely right to say that the opportunities lie not only in the increased connectivity but in the potential for hubs across the UK Both the independent Airports Commission’s analysis and our own show that a new runway can be delivered in line with our obligations under the Climate Change Act 2008. That position has been strengthened by a recent communication with the chair of the Committee on Climate Change. The Government’s clean growth strategy published last year also sets out how the UK will reduce carbon emissions across all sectors, including transport, across the 2020s We must also recognise the continued progress that industry has made in this area—[Interruption.] My colleagues have had a chance to make speeches, and it is right that we should recognise them. I was pleased to hear support from many Members across the House, and I wish that we could have had the support of the hon. Member for Nottingham South (Lilian Greenwood), the Chair of the Transport Committee. She rightly said that the economic benefits were compelling, and I noted that other members of her Committee did not share her concern and will be supporting the proposal. I am delighted that the Committee supported the proposal at such a crucial moment earlier in the debate Our work on air quality shows that Heathrow can be delivered in line with our air quality obligations. It is a central requirement of the NPS that expansion will not go ahead—[Interruption.] I can tell the hon. Member for Middlesbrough (Andy McDonald) that expansion will not go ahead unless the scheme meets strict legal standards. Any application to build a new runway will have to show how air quality issues will be addressed. This could include an emissions-based charge to reach the airport, as the majority of air quality issues at airports stem from cars, not from planes The NPS also sets out specific measures to address noise impacts, including the provision of more predictable periods of respite through a runway alternation programme, an expected six and a half hour scheduled night flight ban, and clear noise performance targets. The details of these measures will be developed through consultation with local communities and will become legally binding through the development consent process. This is a historic moment for this country. It is the moment when we call on the Government and all Members across the House to show leadership. Any failure to support this NPS will have detrimental effects across the whole country. I am delighted, therefore, to urge all Members to support the motion Question put.
National Policy Statement: Airports — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Other
Justine Greening (Conservative, Centre-right): On a point of order, Mr Speaker. Even though this was a monumentally important vote, the House has had less than four hours to debate it, and in practice there were just over three hours for Back Benchers to contribute. Given how important the vote was, is that acceptable?
National Policy Statement: Airports — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Other
John Simon Bercow (Conservative, Centre-right): The determination of time available is not a matter for the Chair. The right hon. Lady has expressed her own view in characteristically succinct terms, leaving us in no doubt as to her dissatisfaction. All I would say to her and to other Members, on whichever side of the argument, who feel similarly, is that I have a sense that there will be a great many more debates on this important matter, in which we will hear from the right hon. Lady and from others similarly aggrieved this evening. I hope that that is helpful to the right hon. Lady.
National Policy Statement: Airports — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Other
John Simon Bercow (Conservative, Centre-right): Surprise, surprise, the right hon. Gentleman has not communicated with me today and I feel sure that he has other pressing matters on his agenda. I have received no notification that he will not be present and correct for Foreign Office questions, so I feel sure that he will be. I anticipate that the hon. Gentleman will look forward to those exchanges with eager anticipation and bated breath.
Veterans and Soldiers: Statute of Limitations — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Other
John Simon Bercow (Conservative, Centre-right): Order. Before I call the hon. Member for Aldershot (Leo Docherty), I remind those speaking, or hoping to intervene in the debate, that, in line with the sub judice resolution agreed by the House, no reference may be made to cases that are active before the courts.
Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2018-09-05
Topic: Mixed Topics
Shailesh Lakhman Vara (Conservative, Centre-right): I make it absolutely clear to the hon. Lady that it is our intention that there will be no hard border and no physical infrastructure. The people of this country voted in the referendum, and this Government’s intention is to make sure that we are not part of the single market or the customs union. The whole United Kingdom, including Northern Ireland, will be leaving those two institutions.
Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2018-09-05
Topic: Mixed Topics
Andrew William Murrison (Conservative, Centre-right): On 27 June, Mr George Hamilton, the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland, told the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee: "We do not know who is leading the multiagency response to the land border" What has been done to give clarity in the weeks since he made that statement? In particular, what proportion of the uplift to Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs and the UK Border Force, as announced by the Government, will be assigned to Northern Ireland?
Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2018-09-05
Topic: Other
Shailesh Lakhman Vara (Conservative, Centre-right): I assure the right hon. Gentleman that we will issue guidance in the future. We are working on it at the moment and working with all the stakeholders. It will be forthcoming in the not-too-distant future, I hope.
Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2018-09-05
Topic: Mixed Topics
Philip Thomas Hollobone (Conservative, Centre-right): The Government are right to reject the EU’s proposals for a customs border in the Irish sea. Will the Minister remind the House of the balance of trade between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, and the Republic and Great Britain?
Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2018-09-05
Topic: Mixed Topics
Shailesh Lakhman Vara (Conservative, Centre-right): Clearly we have a responsibility as a Government to business people in respect of what we will do or what we intend to do, but we cannot speak for other countries. It therefore of course makes eminent sense for businesses in Northern Ireland that do deals across the border to consult so that they find out what is happening with other EU countries. The UK Government cannot speak for the Irish Government, so that dialogue is important.