manufacturers are being unfairly affected by the government's carbon policy, an MP has claimed.
Labour MP for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland Tom Blenkinsop told the House of Commons that the floor price policy for carbon will undermine growth in the chemicals manufacturing and steel industries, Process Engineering reports.
Addressing his fellow MPs, Mr Blekinsop said that the government's reassurance over the future of the effect of these policies on the chemical manufacturing industry had been "weak and unconvincing".
"I have had regular dialogue with industrialists working in the chemical and steel industry and they are very concerned that this government does not understand or particularly care about manufacturing," the publication reports him as saying.
He added that the government ignoring the "highly-skilled industrialists" who keep the economy moving.
The Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply recently highlighted the importance of the manufacturing sector, pointing out it has experienced record growth in recent months, despite the economy as a whole shrinking.
Typical Guttridge equipment used in the chemicals manufacturing industry includes:
