I am happy to sit down with my hon. Friend and discuss whether we can bring forward specific proposals that would redress the imbalance, but I must note that my party is more committed to supporting businesses than his.

I thank my hon. Friend for raising this issue. The Government are fully committed to doing all they can to supporting the UK car industry to grow, invest and provide employment in constituencies such as his and in other important sites across the country. Specifically on the employee car ownership scheme, we should be clear that private use of a company car is a valuable benefit to an employee but it is also right that company car tax is paid on it, ensuring fairness with other taxpayers who pay tax on cars provided by their employers. That said, I would be happy to meet my hon. Friend and the interested parties to discuss this further.