Bicentenary of the founding of Robert Stephenson & Co. – the importance of celebrating our city and region’s industrial heritage – I asked what the Government was doing to support this

On the bicentenary year of the founding of Robert Stephenson and Company's factory in Newcastle, the world's first locomotive factory, I led a debate on the importance of celebrating our city and region's industrial heritage, asking what the Govt was doing to support this.

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HANSARD links:

https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2023-07-05/debates/2D66C520-B5D5-4EE6-9E4D-7E3FE4D4130B/RobertStephensonAndCompany200ThAnniversary#contribution-C547B1B0-D32F-48C9-AEC6-63DD452CC987

 

https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2023-07-05/debates/2D66C520-B5D5-4EE6-9E4D-7E3FE4D4130B/RobertStephensonAndCompany200ThAnniversary#contribution-31EEDFAE-5B12-4D88-AA7F-FDF2D50BEEC9

 

https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2023-07-05/debates/2D66C520-B5D5-4EE6-9E4D-7E3FE4D4130B/RobertStephensonAndCompany200ThAnniversary#contribution-872A0CAF-1DEA-4615-B265-17BD6DBBA413

https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2023-07-05/debates/2D66C520-B5D5-4EE6-9E4D-7E3FE4D4130B/RobertStephensonAndCompany200ThAnniversary#contribution-84F0A225-C8A8-403E-A547-AFFBD6EC188F