Foreign Direct Investment

Part of International Trade – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 15 November 2018.

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Photo of Graham Stuart Graham Stuart Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for International Trade) 12:00, 15 November 2018

I can confirm that the hon. Gentleman does live in a parallel universe, but it is one that he shares with his Front Benchers. His parallel universe is entirely divorced from the reality that investors are coming to the UK. We are the No. 1 foreign direct investment destination in Europe. We have the largest stock, and that is why we have been able to support more than half a million new jobs since 2010. The biggest threat, investors tell me, is that of Labour coming to power.