David Tredinnick (Bosworth) (Con):...In his speech, my hon. Friend
the Member for Solihull (Julian Knight), who has 9,000 car workers,
explained the problems of the supply chain, as did my right hon.
Friend the Member for Sutton Coldfield (Mr Mitchell). I have to
tell the House that in my Hinckley and Bosworth constituency we
make things. It has the largest supplier of tractors worldwide,
Caterpillar, with sales of $45 billion—the first UK factory was set
up in Hinckley in 1952, and it now...Request free trial
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(Con):...In his speech, my hon. Friend the Member for
Solihull (Julian Knight), who has 9,000 car workers, explained the
problems of the supply chain, as did my right hon. Friend the
Member for Sutton Coldfield (Mr Mitchell). I have to tell the House
that in my Hinckley and Bosworth constituency we make things. It
has the largest supplier of tractors worldwide, Caterpillar, with
sales of $45 billion—the first UK factory was set up in Hinckley in
1952, and it now has over 1,500 employees—and 72% of its inbound
components come from the EU, while 31% of outbound sales go to the
EU. JJ Churchill, a supplier of Rolls-Royce, is in my constituency: fans are
assembled into engine parts. I am told that there are dire problems
if we do not have proper arrangements for leaving. MIRA, with its
autonomous vehicles technology, is also in my constituency, as is
DPD, the biggest parcel sorting operation in Europe, which has a
depot the size of 14 football pitches and ships 80,000 items per
hour, 20% of which go to the EU...
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