Clause 7 — Increase in rate of supplementary charge

Part of Planning (Green Belt Protection) – in the House of Commons at 1:30 am on 3 May 2011.

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Photo of Andrew Gwynne Andrew Gwynne Shadow Minister (Transport) 1:30, 3 May 2011

That is precisely the point. The jobs in a lot of the support industries for the gas and oil industry are high-skill, high-tech and pretty well-paid jobs. Once we lose those skills in areas such as the north-west and north-east of England, they are gone for good. We need to support those industries, as well as the wider oil and gas industry.