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HANSARDBritain’s Industrial FutureThe reason it was not on the list is that I was listing all the industries of tomorrow. I will come to the specific points he makes. The biggest customer for steel in this country…15 Nov 2022HANSARDBritain’s Industrial FutureI do not have that figure at my fingertips, but I have a funny feeling that the hon. Gentleman does. The Under-Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, my…15 Nov 2022HANSARDBritain’s Industrial FutureIndeed, fantastic things are happening at NETPark. One would think that the Labour party, which dominated County Durham politics for decades and seemed to indulge in the poverty…15 Nov 2022HANSARDBritain’s Industrial FutureI will deal with the specific point. Our ongoing support for the steel industry this year includes more than £800 million in relief for electricity costs, in addition to the…15 Nov 2022HANSARDBritain’s Industrial FutureThat brings me to steel, and the hon. Gentleman makes an important point. There has been real pressure on the steel industry in the past 15 to 20 years. Global economic conditions…15 Nov 2022HANSARDBritain’s Industrial FutureLet me just deal with this point. We are investing more than £600 billion to transform our country’s infrastructure—roads, rail, broadband and more—and we plan to procure 8.5…15 Nov 2022HANSARDBritain’s Industrial FutureI would point out that last week, Green Lithium announced the UK’s first large-scale merchant lithium refinery and the first such refinery in Europe, to be built in Teesport,…15 Nov 2022HANSARDBritain’s Industrial FutureMy hon. Friend, as ever, makes a very interesting policy observation; as Minister for science, I will not accept it at the Dispatch Box, but I will raise it with the Ministers for…15 Nov 2022HANSARDBritain’s Industrial FutureHow interesting to hear the SNP take issue with— [ Interruption. ] The hon. Member asked the question, so I will answer it. We are determined to make sure that, unlike parties on…15 Nov 2022HANSARDBritain’s Industrial FutureNo, I shall make some progress on this point about the automotive sector, which is also mentioned in the motion. The UK’s auto sector is hugely competitive globally. It is…15 Nov 2022HANSARDBritain’s Industrial FutureI will have to check the exact number. I am surprised that the hon. Gentleman did not mention Aberdeen’s leadership. With our support, Aberdeen is a hydrogen hub and there has…15 Nov 2022HANSARDBritain’s Industrial FutureMy right hon. Friend makes an important point about ensuring that, as we lead on the delivery of the net zero automotive sector, we get the balance right, so that we are not…15 Nov 2022HANSARDFracking: Local ConsentI very much welcome the debate and congratulate the hon. Lady on securing it. I just want to make it clear that there is somebody from the Government Front Bench here: I am…15 Nov 2022HANSARDFracking: Local ConsentIt is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Paisley, in the absence of the Minister for Climate, my right hon. Friend the Member for Beverley and Holderness…15 Nov 2022HANSARDFracking: Local ConsentThe hon. Lady makes an excellent point. Indeed, that is why the former Prime Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip (Boris Johnson), used to…15 Nov 2022HANSARDFracking: Local ConsentI do not want to steal the thunder of my ministerial colleague, my right hon. Friend the Member for Beverley and Holderness, who is looking at that issue right now. The pandemic…15 Nov 2022HANSARDFracking: Local ConsentThe hon. Member has made an important point. I will not attempt to answer it because I am not the Minister for Climate, but I will flag it with him and ask that the hon. Member…15 Nov 2022HANSARDFracking: Local ConsentThe hon. Member makes an important point, which I personally agree with and the Government are sensitive to. Again, our constituents would think it perverse if, at the very time…15 Nov 2022HANSARDFracking: Local ConsentI am not sure it is a myth; it is a mixed bag. There are areas where solar has been deployed very effectively, with happy sheep grazing around it and very little reduction in the…15 Nov 2022HANSARDFracking: Local ConsentThe hon. Lady makes a very important point. In some ways, the two are linked, because there are plenty of examples of deployment of solar and wind onshore that do not undermine…15 Nov 2022