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HANSARDGreen Industries: Supply Chain JobsThe hon. Lady raises an important issue. Later this year, we will publish a clean energy skills plan to address precisely this question: how do we make sure we equip workers with…15 Jul 2025HANSARDRenewable Energy: Private Sector InvestmentThe hon. Lady raises an important issue, which was also raised by the right hon. and learned Member for Kenilworth and Southam (Sir Jeremy Wright). She is right about the virtues…15 Jul 2025HANSARDRenewable Energy: Private Sector InvestmentMy hon. Friend, who I have talked to on a number of occasions about these wider issues, raises a really important point. I was just talking to the Energy Minister about it. Let me…15 Jul 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThat sounds incredibly exciting, and I look forward to finding out more.15 Jul 2025HANSARDRenewable Energy: Private Sector InvestmentSince the election last year, we have secured over £50 billion of investment into the UK’s clean energy industries. Last year’s renewables auction for allocation round 6 was the…15 Jul 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsOn the first point, I completely respect the right hon. Lady’s decision to be with her young baby, and there was no offence intended. I think it is very important that we…15 Jul 2025HANSARDClean Power: JobsGB Energy will create thousands of jobs across the country, including in Aberdeen. Here is why GB Energy really matters: we have chosen to put its headquarters in Aberdeen, as we…15 Jul 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend makes an important point. That is why the strategic spatial energy plan will set out where we need our energy infrastructure, so that we can have a planned system…15 Jul 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI made a comprehensive statement to the House on this last Thursday, and the grounds for the decision are these: first, there is the question of fairness, and secondly, there is…15 Jul 2025HANSARDClean Power: JobsThis is an important issue that we need to take seriously. At the moment, it comes under the health and safety regime, but we are consulting on the best arrangements to ensure…15 Jul 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsSince the last oral question time for the Department, the spending review announced the largest investment in clean energy in our country’s history—investment in new nuclear; in…15 Jul 2025HANSARDClean Power: JobsLet me first say how much I love Cornwall. I love Cornwall for many reasons, but one reason I love it is the opportunity it offers to drive the jobs of the future. I know from my…15 Jul 2025HANSARDClean Power: JobsThe answer is that we are not. As the right hon. Gentleman knows, the reality is that the North sea has been a basin in decline and that 70,000 jobs were lost under the previous…15 Jul 2025HANSARDClean Power: JobsSince coming to office, the Government have shown how clean power can create jobs across our country, with thousands of jobs in nuclear, through our investments in Sizewell C and…15 Jul 2025HANSARDClean Power: JobsI warmly congratulate Steve Willis Training on its 25 years in operation and on the work it is doing. The hon. Lady makes an important point: we can help to create jobs in the…15 Jul 2025HANSARDState of Climate and NatureI will be honest, Mr Speaker: I just feel incredibly sad when I listen to the hon. Gentleman—and not in a good way. The trouble is that we are now in a situation in which the…14 Jul 2025HANSARDState of Climate and NatureWith permission, Mr Speaker, I would like to make a statement about the climate and nature crisis. On the day that the Met Office publishes its “State of the UK Climate” report…14 Jul 2025HANSARDState of Climate and NatureMy hon. Friend speaks about an important subject. We are dealing with the grid zombies and the zombie queue. The reordering of the queue is designed to open it up to projects like…14 Jul 2025HANSARDState of Climate and NatureOn that last bit, that is very much part of our mission to tackle net zero. The first part of the hon. Member’s question was very important. We hear what some folks say in the…14 Jul 2025HANSARDState of Climate and NatureMy hon. Friend raises an important issue about the role of the City of London. There is also its potentially positive role. We are consulting on a mandatory transition plan for…14 Jul 2025