. >> thank you, good morning, prmgs, we certainly welcome your comments. today, also, there was a survey on manufacturing saying only 17% of northwest manufacturers believe the government is adopting the right strategies to help develop the sector and nearly half are not confident that manufacturing in the next decade, given the government's points, i wonder what your response would be. sorry, from inside a magazine, we're a regional business publication, thank you. >> i think manufacturing is absolutely an essential part of the community and we should stop talking down the good parts of the economy we have that we can build on. we are one of the world's top ten manufacturers, and if you take the car industry, for years people thought britain had stopped making cars. well, today we are making and exporting more cars than we import, and it's difficult to find a car manufacturer in britain that isn't investing or expanding. i've been to almost all the major plants over the year. nissan, great new orders of cars there, honda, again, fantastic business full of