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Proceeding contribution from Guy Opperman (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 21 May 2024. It occurred during Backbench debate on Zero-emission Buses.


Zero-emission Buses

I am told that the companies Yutong and BYD are not state-owned. That is the first key point. The second is that there is a degree to which we debate in this House the extent to which the state supports individual companies in their individual country. I take the hon. Gentleman’s point. Clearly, on one simple basis, a worker in China is not paid the rate or salary that a worker in this country is paid, with automatic-enrolment pensions and all the welfare support and other bits that come on top of that. That is clearly a difference in scale. But I want to try to address a couple of the key points.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
750 c294WH 
Session
2023-24
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
Subjects
Buses China Human rights Infrastructure Imports Electric vehicles Manufacturing industries Procurement World Trade Organization Carbon emissions Batteries Hydrogen Supply chains
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on hansard.parliament.uk