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HANSARD Net Zero Strategy and Heat and Buildings StrategyNobody should doubt the Government’s commitment to getting a switch to electric vehicles. I certainly hope that the shadow Secretary of State has been taking an interest in that…19 Oct 2021HANSARD Net Zero Strategy and Heat and Buildings StrategyThe hon. Lady has packed a lot into that question, but let me come back to her with two points. First of all, we have shared an advance copy of the plans with the Welsh Government…19 Oct 2021HANSARD Net Zero Strategy and Heat and Buildings StrategyPart of this announcement is of taxpayers’ money exactly for this sector. My understanding is that the UK is a real leader in heat pump technology, but if the hon. Gentleman wants…19 Oct 2021HANSARD Net Zero Strategy and Heat and Buildings StrategyI welcome the hon. Gentleman’s approach. As I said earlier, this strategy is going to need all of us—central Government, our key city and regional Mayors, the devolved…19 Oct 2021HANSARD Net Zero Strategy and Heat and Buildings StrategyUpskilling is very much part of the Government’s agenda. On how the heat pump ready programme will be operating, if I understand it correctly, that is a Northern Ireland-only…19 Oct 2021HANSARD Net Zero Strategy and Heat and Buildings StrategyThe hon. Gentleman might have been here at the beginning of the statement; if a Member wishes to participate in a statement, it is common practice to be here at the start. As he…19 Oct 2021HANSARDCarbon Capture, Usage and StorageI am today providing an update on the UK’s CCUS cluster sequencing process which was launched in May this year. Carbon capture, usage and storage, or CCUS, will be essential to…19 Oct 2021HANSARD Net Zero Strategy and Heat and Buildings StrategyI am absolutely committed to that. My BEIS colleagues who look after research and development are absolutely committed to making sure that British ceramics are not sold short when…19 Oct 2021HANSARD Net Zero Strategy and Heat and Buildings StrategyI agree with some of the points that the hon. Lady makes about the importance of skills, but I do not think that it is about our delivering the message late. This Government’s…19 Oct 2021HANSARD Net Zero Strategy and Heat and Buildings StrategyWith permission, Mr Speaker, I will make a statement on the net zero strategy and the heat and buildings strategy—but first, if I may, I will congratulate my right hon. Friend the…19 Oct 2021HANSARD Net Zero Strategy and Heat and Buildings StrategyI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his warm words of congratulation to the Secretary of State and for his intention to join us in showing real leadership. I agree with him that…19 Oct 2021HANSARD Net Zero Strategy and Heat and Buildings StrategyI thank my right hon. Friend for, as always, putting his question very directly, which I have appreciated over many years in the House. I have mentioned our commitment to nuclear…19 Oct 2021HANSARD Net Zero Strategy and Heat and Buildings StrategyThe chair designate of COP26 says that carbon border adjustment mechanisms will not be part of the discussions at COP26, but the UK is closely watching that debate. We are looking…19 Oct 2021HANSARD Net Zero Strategy and Heat and Buildings StrategyI get tired of the politics of division that we hear from the SNP all the time. It is the politics of pitting Scotland against, in this case, the north of England. We are a…19 Oct 2021HANSARD Net Zero Strategy and Heat and Buildings StrategyMy hon. Friend makes some excellent points. I spent part of my childhood in Cornwall and I thought that where I lived then was pretty far from here, but his constituency is yet…19 Oct 2021HANSARD Net Zero Strategy and Heat and Buildings StrategyMy hon. Friend makes a good point. Of course, gas has a substantial future in our energy supply, certainly in the short term. Currently, 50% of our gas comes from the UK…19 Oct 2021HANSARD Net Zero Strategy and Heat and Buildings StrategyWe remain absolutely committed to our existing target of 600,000 homes per annum having a heat pump by 2028, and the scheme announced today shows that direction of travel. We are…19 Oct 2021HANSARD Net Zero Strategy and Heat and Buildings StrategyMy hon. Friend makes a good point on the importance of the construction sector. Obviously, there has to be a read-across between Government policies, our commitment to…19 Oct 2021HANSARD Net Zero Strategy and Heat and Buildings StrategyWe already have, as I mentioned in the statement, our commitment to a decarbonisation of our electricity system by 2035. However, may I take issue with her about renewables…19 Oct 2021HANSARD Net Zero Strategy and Heat and Buildings StrategyMy hon. Friend is tireless in his ability and desire to get to the bottom of what lies behind Government figures. Perhaps I might commit to meet him, as, having taken on this…19 Oct 2021