Richard Burden welcomes Jaguar Land Rover announcement
Birmingham Northfield Labour MP and Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Motor Group, Richard Burden, has welcomed today's announcement that Tata is to purchase Jaguar Land Rover.
Richard said:
'I welcome today's announcement of Tata's purchase of the Jaguar and Land Rover brands. Both Jaguar and Land Rover are parts of the fabric of the manufacturing base of the West Midlands. They
produce quality products in the high value segment of the motor industry – an area in which the UK excels.
'Tata is a forward-looking global company. All the indications are that Tata recognises the huge potential of Jaguar and Land Rover to become part of its group in a way that maintains the pace of investment and product development at the same time as retaining the essential Britishness of the Jaguar and Land Rover brands. That will be vital to safeguarding thousands of jobs in the Midlands and elsewhere.
'As well as celebrating the link up between Tata and Jaguar Land Rover, we should also emphasise the value which British companies bring to the Jaguar and Land Rover supply chain. Companies in the UK's components industry have already done a great deal to improve quality and encourage innovation across the motor industry and beyond. Tata's ownership of Jaguar and Land Rover brings both new opportunities and new challenges to those companies. It is important that we back the UK components industry to seize the opportunities and rise to the challenges ahead.'
