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HANSARD Net Zero by 2050I thank the hon. Lady, but that takes some gall when the Labour party left the proportion of energy-efficient homes in this country at 14% and we have taken it to 50%. I have set…16 Oct 2023HANSARD Net Zero by 2050We are not rolling back from our targets at all; I agree with the Climate Change Committee’s assessment that there is no material difference between the projections in June and…16 Oct 2023HANSARD Net Zero by 2050The point of our proposals is to make sure that people have choice, that we can bring people with us and that people can live their lives in the way they want to. We can enable…16 Oct 2023HANSARD Net Zero by 2050I thank my right hon. Friend for that question—we have spoken about this issue before. We will be consulting on synthetic fuels, in particular for aviation, and we are looking at…16 Oct 2023HANSARD Net Zero by 2050The most important thing that we can do to turbocharge that is get the grid working and look at both transition and distribution, which is exactly what we are planning to do in…16 Oct 2023HANSARD Net Zero by 2050The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right to articulate the potential of carbon capture and storage. Earlier in the year, we set out the £20 billion package—a large package by…16 Oct 2023HANSARD Net Zero by 2050We have set out our position on the zero-emission mandate. However, we are also looking at synthetic fuels. As I said, we are consulting on them for aviation, and we can look at…16 Oct 2023HANSARD Net Zero by 2050My hon. Friend is a doughty campaigner for all the industries in her area. Our ambition is to tackle the challenge with the grid. We will be setting out for the first time a…16 Oct 2023HANSARD Net Zero by 2050I completely agree with my hon. Friend’s points about the grid. Every single person in the sector I have spoken to has said that the announcements we have made about the grid are…16 Oct 2023HANSARD Net Zero by 2050I set out earlier the amount that we are spending on insulation: £6 billion in this Parliament, with a further £6 billion to 2028 and an additional £5 billion through the energy…16 Oct 2023HANSARDEnergy-intensive Industries: DecarbonisationAs the Business and Trade Secretary set out, the Government’s deal has provided long-term security for at least 5,000 steel jobs. The investment will grow UK domestic green steel…19 Sept 2023HANSARDRenewable Energy Sector: High-skilled JobsMy hon. Friend raises an interesting point about the job opportunities presented by AI, which will undoubtedly have an effect across the country and a beneficial effect in this…19 Sept 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my right hon. Friend for raising this issue today. I understand that concerns have been raised by local communities about the National Grid electricity transmission plans…19 Sept 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsSince my appointment a fortnight ago, the Energy Bill—which will deliver cheaper, cleaner, more secure energy—was given a Third Reading in this House. We have funded a record 95…19 Sept 2023HANSARDRenewable Energy Sector: High-skilled JobsThe right hon. Gentleman asks an interesting question. We have explored his suggestion of legislating to make certification mandatory. We have no such plans at this time, as there…19 Sept 2023HANSARDRenewable Energy Sector: High-skilled JobsThanks to Government policy and spending, we will support another 480,000 jobs in the green sector by 2030. As I said, we are leading the way in decarbonising faster than any…19 Sept 2023HANSARDEnergy-intensive Industries: DecarbonisationI refer the hon. Lady to my previous comments. The investment will provide long-term security for at least 5,000 steel jobs. We have had record investment of £4 billion in the…19 Sept 2023HANSARDContracts for Difference SchemeI am absolutely focused on getting investment into offshore wind. One of the first things I did after AR5 was speak to investors from across the board, to make sure I was…19 Sept 2023HANSARDCarbon Capture, Usage and StorageWe have committed £20 billion to the early deployment of carbon, capture, utilisation and storage, which will deliver economic growth and decarbonisation of our industrial…19 Sept 2023HANSARDContracts for Difference SchemeI struggle to see how that was directly related to the question, but let me tell the hon. Gentleman what I have been doing. I was here for the Third Reading of the Energy Bill;…19 Sept 2023