Monday and Tuesday this week were spent in North Wales with the Welsh Affairs Select Committee, as part of its inquiry into globalisation and its impact on Wales.
The tour concluded with a visit to the Airbus factory at Broughton. It was the second time I have been there and I was just as bowled over by the sheer scale of the project as I was on my first visit, some four years ago.
Airbus is the jewel in the crown of Welsh industry – and of British industry, for that matter. It is smart, high-tech and high value. It is exactly the sort of industry we must encourage if we are to have a future in manufacturing – which I believe is essential to the wellbeing of our country.
Important as they are, we can’t rely on the service industries as the foundation of our national wealth. We need to make things.
The tour concluded with a visit to the Airbus factory at Broughton. It was the second time I have been there and I was just as bowled over by the sheer scale of the project as I was on my first visit, some four years ago.
Airbus is the jewel in the crown of Welsh industry – and of British industry, for that matter. It is smart, high-tech and high value. It is exactly the sort of industry we must encourage if we are to have a future in manufacturing – which I believe is essential to the wellbeing of our country.
Important as they are, we can’t rely on the service industries as the foundation of our national wealth. We need to make things.
1 comments:
Agree,
but what is it costing to build these planes in kit form?
Why not do a boeing and build them on purpose built site,instead of a bit here and a bit there?
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