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Ms Walley
To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will visit Stoke on Trent to assess developments in the ceramic industry. [6938]
Mr. Page
My right hon. Friend has no current plans to visit Stoke on Trent. I was pleased to note the recent publication of the interim report of the ceramic industry's tableware strategy group. This sets out for wider consultation a series of issues likely to affect this sector's global prospects in the long term. I welcome this initiative and hope that it will lead to an agreed agenda of competitiveness issues on which my Department can work with the industry.