Department for Business and Trade written question – answered at on 27 March 2023.
Bill Esterson
Shadow Minister (Business and Industrial Strategy)
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to Budget Report 2023, HC 1183, published in March 2023, whether she has had discussions with the Chancellor of the exchequer on public funding for the automotive sector.
Nusrat Ghani
Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade) (jointly with the Cabinet Office)
The Department for Business and Trade Secretary of State and her ministerial team regularly engage with ministerial colleagues to discuss the successful transition to electric vehicles in the UK automotive industry.
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