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HANSARDNational Wealth Fund: Opportunities for IndustryThe national wealth fund is an essential part of our clean energy and growth missions. Recent investments include £20 million of investment into XLCC, a subsea cable manufacturer,…04 Feb 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend asks a really important question. The whole point of our clean industry bonus is to incentivise British manufacturing. That is so important for the country, and it…04 Feb 2025HANSARDUNFCCC: UK's 2035 Nationally Determined Contribution TargetUnder the Paris agreement, all parties are required to communicate their nationally determined contributions to the United Nations framework convention on climate change every 5…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe are already seeing the benefits of our energy superpower mission and investment in jobs. Since the start of November, we have seen a £1 billion investment in Hull by Siemens…17 Dec 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am very glad that the hon. Gentleman has asked that question, as the shadow Secretary of State has asked me about that. [ Interruption. ] I will answer the question. Page 77 of…17 Dec 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThese are more fantasy numbers from the right hon. Lady. The truth is that the North sea has lost a third of its employment in the past decade. The only future for the North sea…17 Dec 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. Great British Energy—headquartered in Aberdeen—is already up and running. Our plans for Great British Energy will be rolled out in the new…17 Dec 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am very sympathetic towards this issue, and we are in discussions with our colleagues across Government. Watch this space.17 Dec 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe truth is that there is only one way to get bills down sustainably in this country, which is to drive towards clean energy. The Conservatives used to believe that, too; then,…17 Dec 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI will not answer the hon. Gentleman directly, but I will say that I am working with my colleagues across Government on this crucial issue. We will do everything we can to drive…17 Dec 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is right about this. We must not have short memories here, because the truth is that the cost of living crisis that we saw after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine not…17 Dec 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe will look at the scheme in the spending review. I believe that it is important not just to Scotland but to the whole UK, but I want to level with the hon. Gentleman and,…17 Dec 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI have great respect for the right hon. Gentleman. The truth is that we need to build the grid, regardless of whether the target is 2030 or 2035. This Government are being honest…17 Dec 2024HANSARDMineworkers’ Pension Scheme: Living StandardsI know from my constituency that there is a strong feeling about the BCSSS. That is why my hon. Friend the Minister for Industry has moved at speed to meet the trustees. The…17 Dec 2024HANSARDMineworkers’ Pension Scheme: Living StandardsMy hon. Friend is right about the read-across and the sense that the injustice that has been remedied in the MPS needs to be remedied in the BCSSS. There is also a real need for…17 Dec 2024HANSARDMineworkers’ Pension Scheme: Living StandardsThis is actually to do with the disastrous economic legacy that was left by the Conservative party. The truth is that, even in tough times, the Labour Government are showing with…17 Dec 2024HANSARDMineworkers’ Pension Scheme: Living StandardsEvery constituency has members of the MPS who are benefiting from this. I hope the Conservative party welcomes a Labour Government acting on this injustice—there is not much sign…17 Dec 2024HANSARDMineworkers’ Pension Scheme: Living StandardsMy hon. Friend makes his point with customary eloquence. I know from personal experience that there were people who were waiting for the injustice to be remedied but unfortunately…17 Dec 2024HANSARDMineworkers’ Pension Scheme: Living StandardsI should say that the praise all goes to the Minister for Industry, my hon. Friend the Member for Croydon West (Sarah Jones), for the progress that has been made. She is in sole…17 Dec 2024HANSARDMineworkers’ Pension Scheme: Living StandardsThe hon. Member and I both have constituency interests in this matter, and he is right to say that. None the less, I say gently to him that no action was taken on this for a very,…17 Dec 2024