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HANSARDElectric Vehicle Battery ProductionMy hon. Friend would never miss an opportunity to promote Scunthorpe steel, and I applaud that. That is why she is rightly seen as a champion for her constituents, protecting…18 Jan 2023HANSARDElectric Vehicle Battery ProductionThe hon. Gentleman is right to highlight the importance of charging infrastructure. We need to do more and we need to do it faster. We are absolutely focused on delivering that.18 Jan 2023HANSARDElectric Vehicle Battery ProductionWe are engaging with the Department for International Trade—as I hope the presence in the Chamber of my right hon. Friend the Minister for Trade Policy indicates—to make that case…18 Jan 2023HANSARDElectric Vehicle Battery ProductionMy hon. Friend is a shining example of how the trade envoy programme can allow Members of this House to gain a deep understanding of other countries, engage with their…18 Jan 2023HANSARDElectric Vehicle Battery ProductionI thank the hon. Gentleman for his—as ever—courteous question. He is right about the importance of Northern Ireland playing its part in the automotive industry as we move to…18 Jan 2023HANSARDElectric Vehicle Battery ProductionBritishvolt entering into administration is a regrettable situation, and our thoughts are with the company’s employees and their families at this time. The Government are entirely…18 Jan 2023HANSARDElectric Vehicle Battery ProductionI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his question and his consistency, but if he looks at energy costs at the moment he will find that it is the sky-high prices of fossil fuels…18 Jan 2023HANSARDElectric Vehicle Battery ProductionThe hon. Gentleman is right about one thing: there is a tremendous opportunity. That is why we have the automotive transformation fund. That is why we did thorough due diligence…18 Jan 2023HANSARDElectric Vehicle Battery ProductionI thank my right hon. Friend, whose economic insights I always value and appreciate. However, we are committed to electric and zero-emission vehicles and we will not stimulate…18 Jan 2023HANSARDElectric Vehicle Battery ProductionI share the hon. Gentleman’s enthusiasm for the opportunities that come from net zero. That is why we are moving so hard on nuclear, which of course anybody who is not a prisoner…18 Jan 2023HANSARDElectric Vehicle Battery ProductionI thank my right hon. Friend, before whom I appeared this morning on the subject of delivering nuclear power, for which I noticed there were no Scottish nationalists present. He…18 Jan 2023HANSARDElectric Vehicle Battery ProductionThe hon. Gentleman, who is himself a distinguished Chair of a Select Committee, is right to highlight some of the pressures from IRA in the United States and the response from the…18 Jan 2023HANSARDElectric Vehicle Battery ProductionAs ever in this area, I know my hon. Friend’s insights on security issues more broadly and specifically on critical minerals are well founded. The critical minerals strategy sets…18 Jan 2023HANSARDElectric Vehicle Battery ProductionThe hon. Gentleman is right to highlight the importance of this and of ensuring that we get policies that put us on track for that kind of transformative change; we are not…18 Jan 2023HANSARDElectric Vehicle Battery ProductionThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right that it is a fantastic site, and we will continue to work with investors and encourage them to go in that direction. As a champion of…18 Jan 2023HANSARDElectric Vehicle Battery ProductionI thank my hon. Friend for his question. Britishvolt is in the best position to judge what happened with its investors. We set milestones, as I have said, for our funding, and we…18 Jan 2023HANSARDElectric Vehicle Battery ProductionI thank the hon. Lady for her question. The Government have prioritised securing investment in battery cell gigafactories. As Members have been right to say, this is key in…18 Jan 2023HANSARDElectric Vehicle Battery ProductionI entirely agree with my hon. Friend on the importance of the site, and we are absolutely committed to working with potential investors to ensure that it is developed.18 Jan 2023HANSARDElectric Vehicle Battery ProductionI am grateful to my hon. Friend and I would be delighted to have that meeting. As I say, as part of the green finance strategy, about which I had a cross-Whitehall ministerial…18 Jan 2023HANSARDElectric Vehicle Battery ProductionMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. I am working closely with the Department for International Trade, the Minister with responsibility for investment and others, and I am…18 Jan 2023