17th Report - Industrial Strategy: Sector Deals
- HC No.
- HC 663
- Published
- 19 Mar 2019
- Items
- 0
- Government response
- Government response published 7 June 2019. Read the government's response ↗
Select committee: Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Committee
Industrial Strategy: Sector Deals and Productivity inquiry
Closed
Opened 6 Dec 2017
Closed 6 Dec 2017
Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Committee Inquiry on parliament.uk ↗
Inquiry scope (the committee's words)
Scope of the inquiry Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee inquiry into the role of sector deals in the Government's Industrial Strategy and the impact they will have on the UK's weak productivity. The inquiry will initially focus on four sectors: off-shore wind, construction, retail, and hospitality. The Committee will look at how sector deals are agreed, what benefits they bring both locally and nationally, and how success is measured by industry and government.
Where it stands
The inquiry is closed, opened 6 December 2017.
The committee has published 1 report, most recently 17th Report - Industrial Strategy: Sector Deals on 19 March 2019.
The government's response
Published 7 June 2019.
Summary written by Accountability Index from the government's response. It is not the government's own words.The government responds to the Committee's report by setting out its approach to Sector Deals, stating that deals are "open to every sector" but will progress where proposals best meet its six expectations.
- On steel, the government says it "remain[s] open to discussing a Sector Deal" and did not agree one earlier because it considered the sector "was not proposing a deal but an ask".
- It does not accept that funding or engagement should be guaranteed to every proposal, stating the open offer "does not place any expectations on the government to simply agree to lobbying demands" that do not align with its six expectations.
- It confirms that £170m for the Transforming Construction Programme "is proceeding", and that the Construction Leadership Council will provide a progress update in July 2019.
- It states it is "supportive" of skills proposals in future Deals, but says the six expectations retain flexibility because "excessive prescription could preclude some sectors".
Reports
- 17th Report - Industrial Strategy: Sector Deals19 March 2019
Evidence
- 5 oral evidence sessionsLatest 13 November 2018
Recent activity
- 19th Special Report - Industrial Strategy: sector deals: Government Response to the Seventeenth Report of the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee7 June 2019, Report published
- Letter from Minister for Business and Industry to Chair, regarding West Midlands local industrial strategy - dated 16 May 201921 May 2019, Correspondence
- 17th Report - Industrial Strategy: Sector Deals19 March 2019, Report published
Reports
Oral evidence sessions
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| 13 Nov 2018 |
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| 17 Oct 2018 |
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| 12 Sep 2018 |
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| 17 Jul 2018 |
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| 28 Feb 2018 |
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Correspondence
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| Published | Direction | Letter |
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| 21 May 2019 | To committee | Letter from Minister for Business and Industry to Chair, regarding West Midlands local industrial strategy - dated 16 May 2019 |
| 12 Mar 2019 | Not recorded | A Steel Sector Deal: Executive Summary, dated September 2017 |
| 12 Mar 2019 | To committee | Letter from UK Steel to the Chair, regarding Steel sector deal, dated 26 November 2018 |