Scotland and North-east England Post-2014 - 4th March 2014

Here are the climate-related sections of speeches by MPs during the Commons debate Scotland and North-east England Post-2014.

Full text: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2014-03-04/debates/14030447000001/ScotlandandNortheastEnglandPost2014

09:49 Phil Wilson

The north-east is the only region in the country with a positive balance of trade in the export market, exporting £14 billion-worth of goods every year; its manufacturing industry is worth £7.5 billion; we have a strong and successful advanced engineering sector, leading the way in low-carbon technology and sustainable energy solutions; we have world-class research and engineering capabilities in wind, wave, tidal and solar power; we are home to successful knowledge-based economies, with 40,000 skilled individuals employed in the supply chain and more than 65,000 people working in the oil and gas sector; and more than 70% of the oil and gas platforms operating in the North sea are built in the north-east of England. On top of all that, a third of the north-east is designated as an area of outstanding natural beauty or is part of a national park. Why does the SNP want to put an international border between itself and an area as fantastic as the north-east?

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