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MP Spellar in call to ‘buy British’

A Black Country MP has urged public bodies to “buy British” to support the country’s workers in the wake of Brexit.

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Warley MP John Spellar

Labour MP John Spellar says government departments and public bodies including police forces should “take the opportunity” to buy UK-made goods now Britain has left the EU.

In Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales, Warley MP Mr Spellar pointed out that Welsh police forces have spent “very heavily” on vehicles from France and Germany in recent years.

He added: “Given that we've come out of the European Union, shouldn't we be taking that opportunity, with those vehicles, but right the way across public procurement to be supporting British jobs and British workers?”

Welsh Secretary Simon Hart agreed with Mr Spellar and said the opportunity to buy British was “now simpler” due to Brexit.

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