{"value":{"id":677054,"memberId":1578,"member":null,"memberRole":"Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy ","uin":"HCWS429","dateMade":"2017-01-23T00:00:00","answeringBodyId":201,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy","title":"Industrial Strategy Consultation","text":"<p>The Government is today publishing a Green Paper: “Building our Industrial Strategy”.</p><p>This signals a new and collaborative approach to Industrial Strategy in the United Kingdom, helping to deliver an economy that works for everyone.</p><p>We are working from a position of strength. We have built an open, dynamic and competitive economy since the financial crisis, with a record number of people in work. We have more businesses than ever, industry sectors that are world leading, a strong science and research base, and have seen significant growth.</p><p>But there are challenges that the United Kingdom must face up to now and in the years ahead. Specifically we must:</p><ul><li>Build on our strengths and extend excellence into the future;</li><li>Close the gap between the UK’s most productive companies, industries, places and people and the rest; and</li><li>Make the UK one of the most competitive places in the world to start or grow a business.</li></ul><p>“Building our Industrial Strategy” sets out our approach to addressing these challenges in order to attain our objective: to improve living standards and economic growth by increasing productivity and driving growth across the whole country.</p><p>In order to endure, our strategy should reflect the considerable contribution of a wide group of people and bodies who share our ambitions. That is why this is a Green Paper – a set of proposals for discussion and consideration, and an invitation to others to contribute collaboratively to their development. I have placed copies of the document in the libraries of the House.</p>","house":"Commons","noticeNumber":1,"hasAttachments":false,"hasLinkedStatements":true,"linkedStatements":[{"linkedStatementId":677052,"linkType":"JointStatement","linkDate":"2017-01-23T00:00:00"}],"attachments":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Statements/677054","method":"GET"}]}