Extracts from Commons debate on the European Union (Withdrawal) Act - Dec 6

Friday, 7 December 2018 07:54

Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East) (Lab):...I think back to Sheffield in the 1970s and 1980s, when we lost 45,000 jobs in steel and engineering in the Don Valley alone. Now, with the advanced manufacturing research centre, we have Rolls-Royce coming in, and Boeing and McLaren, and, building on the companies that are left, such as Forgemasters and Outokumpu, we have created new, high-tech, advanced jobs. I will not vote for any deal that puts those at risk. That is the fundamental...Request free trial