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HANSARDZero-carbon EconomyI entirely agree with my hon. Friend the Member for St Ives (Derek Thomas) that when it comes to looking at how we should be creating new schemes, this is the direction in which…16 Jul 2019HANSARDZero-carbon EconomyNo. If anything, I think that my legacy will be as the Minister who signed the legislation ensuring that we were the first country to achieve net zero by 2050. I also hope that…16 Jul 2019HANSARDZero-carbon EconomyThis is what it always comes down to. Here we are in BEIS questions talking about clean growth and, yes, about how the Government need to make more progress on net zero, but what…16 Jul 2019HANSARDZero-carbon EconomyIn fact, it is being within the United Kingdom that has allowed Scotland to benefit from 16 contracts for difference projects recently, allowing for 2.6 GW of green energy. Also,…16 Jul 2019HANSARDZero-carbon EconomyI will half-agree with the TUC on this point. It is concerned about reaching net zero through a just transition. We are living through a revolution, and we are going to need to…16 Jul 2019HANSARDZero-carbon EconomyThe hon. Lady seems obsessed with talking about the 20th century. I want to talk about the 21st century—about what will be going on when we get to 2030. Why did she not talk about…16 Jul 2019HANSARDSustainable Energy: SomersetI thank my hon. Friend for his local interest in taking action on climate change. I am pleased to say, as I mentioned earlier, that we have recently reopened the £10 million rural…16 Jul 2019HANSARDSustainable Energy: SomersetThe feed-in tariff scheme achieved its objectives in support of over 3,000 installations in my hon. Friend’s constituency. Its successor, the smart export guarantee, will be a…16 Jul 2019HANSARDSustainable Energy: SomersetI thank the hon. Lady for that suggestion. I would be happy to come and visit during the recess. I pay tribute to her leadership on this issue locally and nationally. She has made…16 Jul 2019HANSARDOnshore Wind: ScotlandBEIS Ministers regularly discuss a range of issues with their counterparts in the Scotland Office, and just last week I met with the Scottish Minister for Energy, Connectivity and…16 Jul 2019HANSARDOnshore Wind: ScotlandIt is a little known fact that we have 13.8 GW of onshore wind capacity installed in the UK already—enough to power over 7.6 million UK homes—which includes 8.1 GW in Scotland. I…16 Jul 2019HANSARDOnshore Wind: ScotlandI understand that the hon. Gentleman has a particular issue with the Scottish Secretary of State; and I am sure that he will be happy to take up some of those issues with him at…16 Jul 2019HANSARDOnshore Wind: ScotlandBoosting local and national content is a key issue, and, taking up the point raised by the hon. Member for Salford and Eccles (Rebecca Long Bailey), the Government are determined…16 Jul 2019HANSARDOnshore Wind: ScotlandWhen it comes to renewables, we now have a record high of 52% of our electricity being generated from low-carbon sources, with 33% from renewables. We have seen with offshore wind…16 Jul 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is not the Treasury’s rise; it is the European Union’s rise. In considering the reasons why he supports staying in the European Union, the right hon. Gentleman has to address…16 Jul 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am happy to take away that specific issue. I want to make sure that the curry industry in Glasgow continues and that local businesses continue to thrive. I am happy to take away…16 Jul 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe recently announced £26 million for, I think, 11 carbon capture, utilisation and storage projects across the UK, including Project Acorn in Scotland. I visited Tata Chemicals in…16 Jul 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am certainly happy to meet those chief executives. We are working on projects to deliver sustainable packaging when it comes to looking at future research and innovation on…16 Jul 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is nice to be top of the menu for once. Yes, at 2.32 pm, we will have the 50th anniversary of the launch of the Apollo 11 moon mission. On the Government’s commitment to space,…16 Jul 2019HANSARDZero-carbon EconomyWe have made world-leading progress, cutting our emissions by 42% while growing the economy at the fastest rate of any G20 country since 2000—a point recognised by the…16 Jul 2019