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HANSARDEnergy Intensive Industries: DecarbonisationThe Government are investing billions to support the development and deployment of carbon capture, utilisation and storage, hydrogen and other decarbonisation technologies, and…04 Jul 2023HANSARDEnergy Intensive Industries: DecarbonisationAs the hon. Gentleman knows well, this Government do support the UK steel industry. On his broader point, which he mentioned in his original question, UK industrial emissions have…04 Jul 2023HANSARDEnergy Intensive Industries: DecarbonisationI thank my right hon. Friend for his question. There is enormous enthusiasm on the Government side of the House for the potential of nuclear, including small modular reactors. We…04 Jul 2023HANSARDEnergy Intensive Industries: DecarbonisationI thank the Chair of the Energy Security and Net Zero Committee. He is right that as well as top-down Government policy, we must unlock the huge public desire of people to play…04 Jul 2023HANSARDEnergy Intensive Industries: DecarbonisationMy hon. Friend is right, and he is right to champion those industries that are working so hard to decarbonise already. As my hon. Friend says, we have the net zero hydrogen fund,…04 Jul 2023HANSARDFloating Offshore Wind: Supply ChainI thank the hon. Gentleman for his question. We are the world leader in floating offshore wind and we are determined to stay there in order to realise the industrial benefits,…04 Jul 2023HANSARDFloating Offshore Wind: Supply ChainMy hon. Friend puts it so well. It is so true: whatever the generation, if we cannot get the electrons where they need to go, we are frustrated. That is why we are determined to…04 Jul 2023HANSARDNet Zero Target: Population IncreasesPopulation growth is taken into account when setting our decarbonisation goals. Specifically, it is accounted for in our baseline emissions projections, which help determine the…04 Jul 2023HANSARDNet Zero Target: Population IncreasesAs my hon. Friend knows, the Prime Minister is absolutely determined to bring net migration down to sustainable levels. I would also point out to him that the UK does not set…04 Jul 2023HANSARDNet Zero Target: Population IncreasesThe hon. Gentleman is right, both to enthuse about the importance of smart metering and the benefits it can bring—even more so as we move forward in the coming years—and to…04 Jul 2023HANSARDClean Energy Technology: Private Sector InvestmentOur “Powering up Britain” plan seizes opportunities from the transition to a decarbonised energy system. Our policies, backed by billions of pounds of Government funding—but more…04 Jul 2023HANSARDClean Energy Technology: Private Sector InvestmentI thank my hon. Friend, and I am delighted to join her in welcoming this new investment, which will be a huge asset to her community as well as having positive national…04 Jul 2023HANSARDClean Energy Technology: Private Sector InvestmentThere is no greater champion than—or anyone in this House with half the knowledge of this, as far as I can tell—my hon. Friend in supporting the potential of deep geothermal. When…04 Jul 2023HANSARDClean Energy Technology: Private Sector InvestmentI thank the hon. Lady for her question, and she is right to be frustrated because of the enormous potential both to decarbonise and to unlock industrial benefits for the area. We…04 Jul 2023HANSARDClean Energy Technology: Private Sector InvestmentI am not an expert in the hon. Gentleman’s history on this topic, but I hope it has been consistently in favour of tidal energy, and therefore different from so many other areas…04 Jul 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe estimate that the net cost excluding air quality and emissions-saving benefits will be equivalent to about 1% to 2% of GDP in 2050. As my hon. Friend knows, emissions are…04 Jul 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Gentleman is right to be frustrated about progress. But as the Secretary of State said, when the right hon. Member for Doncaster North (Edward Miliband), who is…04 Jul 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI share the hon. Lady’s enthusiasm. We are taking steps to support this technology, and I would be delighted to meet her to discuss it further.04 Jul 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsUnfortunately, we do not have public data by constituency and do not yet have the full data for 2022. However, I can tell my hon. Friend that in 2021, north Northamptonshire…04 Jul 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI could only just hear my hon. Friend’s question, as the shadow Secretary of State made it quite hard to hear. The Government recently completed a call for evidence on this very…04 Jul 2023