(Bristol North West)
(Lab):...In Bristol North West, we have one of Europe’s
largest hospitals; workers and supply chain businesses for
advanced manufacturing at Airbus, GKN, Rolls-Royce, Boeing and
the Ministry of Defence; world-leading researchers and academics
at Bristol University and the University of the West of England;
one of the largest digital economies in the UK outside of London;
a port managing imports and exports across the world, including
tens of thousands of motor vehicles each year; and 40,000 homes,
35% of which are owned with a mortgage and 35% rented. In the
face of a hard Brexit, the economic reality for my constituents
is a disaster. We will see delays at Bristol port causing
gridlock on our roads, with re-directed car imports and exports
due to leaving the customs union; waiting times rocketing due to
departing EU doctors and nurses; clinical scans and cancer
treatments potentially postponed due to impending deadlines on
importing medical isotopes from the continent; the loss of
investment and jobs due to the possibility of advanced
manufacturing leaving the UK; and families left with little money
each month due to increases in rent and mortgage payments
following Bank of England increases in the base rate to try to
control Brexit-induced inflation—all this, alongside no
additional core funding for our schools, our police or our social
care at a time when Brexit is costing billions and
billions...
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