Extract from second reading debate (Commons) of the Air Travel Organisers’ Licensing Bill - July 3
Tuesday, 4 July 2017 08:10
Eddie Hughes (Walsall North) (Con):...What a privilege it is now to
be the MP for Walsall North. I will be building on some bostin’
work that is already going on in my constituency. For example, I
recently met Peter Shirley—the irrepressible Peter—who started the
Midland Food Group in 1976 on his own. Today, that business turns
over in excess of £50 million a year and employs more than 250
people. It sources quality meats and cheeses locally, and its
export market includes...Request free
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(Walsall North)
(Con):...What a privilege it is now to be the MP for
Walsall North. I will be building on some bostin’ work that is
already going on in my constituency. For example, I recently met
Peter Shirley—the irrepressible Peter—who started the Midland Food
Group in 1976 on his own. Today, that business turns over in excess
of £50 million a year and employs more than 250 people. It sources
quality meats and cheeses locally, and its export market includes
the Falkland Islands. Similarly, Walsall
Housing Group—I am proud to chair the board—recently signed a deal
for a joint venture to build 400 new houses in the Goscote Lane
corridor. Indeed, according to a recent edition of Inside Housing,
within the next two years, Walsall Housing Group will complete just
over 1,100 new houses. That is what is going on under the
Government: creating high-quality affordable houses and the jobs
that go with their construction...
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