Urgent Question on Grangemouth refinery
23 October 2013
Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Edward Davey, responded to an Urgent Question from Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Caroline Flint, on the Government’s contingency planning in the light of the closure of the Grangemouth refinery, on Wednesday 23 October 2013.
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