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Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill

Proceeding contribution from Iain Wright (Labour) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 17 October 2012. It occurred during Debate on bills on Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill.

Absolutely, and that is why the hon. Gentleman will be supporting our amendment 77 and rejecting Government amendments 1 and 3.

If our economy has sectoral strengths, it is right, in an active industrial strategy, for the Government to be looking to maximise those strengths. They also need to seek to develop further capabilities, as the hon. Gentleman rightly said, that could lead to greater investment, growth and employment opportunities here in the UK and, we hope, to the exporting, for commercial gain, of some of the work, expertise and capability here. We want economic benefits to flow to companies within the United Kingdom. That is not to defend protectionism, or to deny the need for competition and foreign direct investment, but to ensure that the Government, as part of a fundamental, active, industrial strategy, work with business to see how this country can gain and maintain market advantage.

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Reference

551 c380 

Session

2012-13

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber
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