Manufacturing does matter and we have to protect those workers. My hon. Friend is right, because if workers are on half the salary that they were on and they are working half their hours, it is right that we introduce a wage subsidy scheme. It would help those people and we ought to be doing that.
The Economy
Proceeding contribution from
Lindsay Hoyle
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 31 March 2009.
It occurred during Debate on The Economy.
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