Speeches by McDonald.

“Motion made, and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 52(1)(a)),”

“Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill (Ways and Means)”

“Question agreed to.”

“King’s recommendation signified.”

“I commend the hon. Lady for championing the chemicals sector in the House. I am extremely concerned about the sector, including chlorine, because it is vital to the UK economy, as she says. This Government are taking action through our industrial strategy to focus on heavy industry and energy-intensive industries. I mi…”

“Question agreed to.”

“My hon. Friend is right that automotive manufacturing is a key part of our advanced manufacturing sector, and she has done a huge amount here in the House to champion the sector in her area nationally. One area we are focusing on is supporting the sector with the development of new technology, such as autonomous vehicl…”

“(6) Any other proceedings on the Bill may be programmed.—(Gen Kitchen.)”

“Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill (Money)”

“At the time that the industrial strategy was established, the Government carefully selected those sectors that had the greatest growth potential for the economy, but we were also extremely clear in communicating that that does not mean that sectors that were not identified as having high growth potential were not impor…”

“My hon. Friend knows that when he talks about reindustrialisation and improving the manufacturing base of this economy he finds a very sympathetic ear in me. Certainly, we have all seen over the course of the past few years, through multiple crises, how the resilience of global supply chains has been reduced. Increasin…”

“We have just heard from the Secretary of State about our active industrial strategy. This question is timely, because we are one year on from setting out our industrial strategy. We have announced our British industrial competitiveness scheme, expanding its scope to support 10,000 businesses with their energy costs, a …”

“I thank my hon. Friend for raising issues with businesses in Stourbridge when we met earlier this week; I am happy to continue to work with her. The measures we have introduced, which are primarily to protect the UK steel industry, are targeted at steels that are made or can be made in the UK. There are sometimes diffi…”

“That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill, it is expedient to authorise the payment out of money provided by Parliament of any expenditure incurred by the Secretary of State under or by virtue of the Act.—(Gen Kitchen.)”

“ProceedingsTime for conclusion of proceedingsFirst dayClauses 1 to 51; new Clauses relating to Part 1; new Schedules relating to Part 1.The moment of interruption on the first day.Second dayClauses 52 to 57; new Clauses relating to Part 2; new Schedules relating to Part 2; Clauses 58 to 60; new Clauses relating to Part…”

“(4) Any proceedings on Consideration and proceedings on Third Reading shall be taken on the second day and shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on that day.”

“Programming committee”

“(5) Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to proceedings in Committee of the whole House, to any proceedings on Consideration or to proceedings on Third Reading.”

“Other proceedings”

“Motion made, and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 52(1)(a)),”