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Lord Woodley (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 9 September 2026

Debate

UK Automotive and Components Sector

Contribution

My Lords, Jaguar partly blames the ZEV mandate for these job cuts, a situation that I am glad to say the Government acknowledge with their current consultation aimed at reducing this mandate to protect up to 200,000 automotive jobs. However, do the Government regret the recent announcement that Jaguar is going to build the new Freelander—originally built in Halewood—in China, where Chery, whose sister company, Jaecoo, the top-selling Chinese brand in Britain, is making and selling Range Rover lookalikes for less than a third of the Range Rover price? Stealing the family silver is one thing; giving it away is another. How is that good for British jobs?

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