Manufacturing industries
This page highlights some of the current parliamentary material available on manufacturing industries. This includes select committee reports, briefing papers on current legislation and other subjects produced by the parliamentary research services, and the latest Early Day Motions put down by MPs.
Standard Notes
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 01.08.2013 | Manufacturing: Economic Indicators page |
| This page includes data on maufacturing jobs, output and producer confidence. | |
| 30.07.2013 | Business and Consumer Confidence: Economic Indicators page |
| This page provides latest information on business and consumer confidence surveys, which is generally released ahead of official statistical data and can indicate changes to the economic outlook as well as turning points in the economic cycle. | |
| 30.04.2013 | Industries in the UK since 1970 |
| This note presents data on the value and relative contribution of major industries to the UK economy since 1970. | |
| 20.11.2012 | The Aerospace Industry |
| The Government consider the aerospace industry a 'phenomenal success story' and a sector that offers 'tremendous opportunities for growth'. According to an industry survey the UK has a 17% global market share in aerospace industry revenues, making it the largest in Europe and second only to the US worldwide. | |
| 06.08.2012 | The Motor Industry |
| In 2010 the manufacture of motor vehicles contributed £6.5 billion of gross value added (GVA) to the UK economy. This accounted for 0.7% of total gross value added and 4.5% of total manufacturing GVA. |
Select Committee Reports
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 12.05.2011 | Is Kraft working for Cadbury? |
| Business, Innovation and Skills Select Committee report [Commons] | |
| 08.03.2011 | Sheffield Forgemasters. |
| Government response. Business, Innovation and Skills Select Committee; Department for Business, Innovation and Skills report [Commons] | |
| 30.11.2010 | Sheffield Forgemasters. |
| Business, Innovation and Skills Select Committee report [Commons] | |
| 07.04.2010 | Teesside Cast Products. |
| Government response. North East Select Committee report [Commons] | |
| 06.04.2010 | Full speed ahead: maintaining UK excellence in motorsport and aerospace. |
| Government response. Department for Business, Innovation and Skills report [Commons] |
Early Day Motions
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 19.12.2011 | PROCUREMENT OF ELECTRIC MULTIPLE UNIT RAIL VEHICLES FOR SOUTHERN RAILWAY |
| That this House welcomes the decision of the Secretary of State for Transport to bring forward the procurement of approximately 130 additional electric multiple unit rail vehicles for ... | |
| 01.11.2011 | BANKRUPTCY OF ALLIED STEEL AND WIRE |
| That this House notes the bankruptcy of Allied Steel Wire (ASW) in 2002 and the deficits of its company pension schemes; recognises the dedicated campaign of John Benson, Denis Kelleher ... | |
| 19.10.2011 | HIGH VALUE MANUFACTURING |
| That this House welcomes Sheffield University's Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) initiative, in partnership with Rolls-Royce and Boeing, to promote the development and ... | |
| 10.10.2011 | MANUFACTURING IN WALSALL AND THE MADE BY BRITAIN PROJECT |
| That this House welcomes the Associate Parliamentary Manufacturing Group's Made by Britain project which highlights the importance of specialist manufacturing to the British economy; ... | |
| 06.09.2011 | GEOFF WATERFIELD AND STEELMAKING ON TEESSIDE |
| That this House notes the huge contribution of Geoff Waterfield, the late Community Union branch secretary and Multi Union chair at Teesside Cast Products steelworks, in the campaign ... |
POST Papers
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 10.09.2012 | Advanced Manufacturing |
| Advanced manufacturing is a key part of the Government's 'Plan for Growth'. This POSTnote looks at the opportunities for growth through advanced manufacturing and related new business models. Policy initiatives to encourage advanced manufacturing, barriers to its adoption and the skills required for the advanced manufacturing workforce are also considered. | |
| 25.05.2012 | Assessing Energy Efficiency |
| This POSTnote examines definitions of energy efficiency, looks at methods to measure and verify achieved energy savings and summarises UK and EU polices to promote energy efficiency. | |
| 01.07.2008 | New anti-infectives, July 2008 |
| New anti-infectives, July 2008. POSTnote July 2008. | |
| 01.01.2008 | Synthetic biology, January 2008 |
| Synthetic biology, January 2008. POSTnote 08/298. | |
| 01.01.2008 | Smart materials and systems, January 2008 |
| Smart materials and systems, January 2008. POSTnote 08/299. | |
| 01.06.2007 | Better brains, June 2007 |
| Better brains, June 2007. POSTnote 07/285. |
