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HANSARDVauxhall at Ellesmere Port and Battery Manufacturing StrategyI think the hon. Gentleman is quite right. Levelling up is clearly heart and centre of what the Government are trying to do. We are doing all we can to get the right result for…01 Mar 2021HANSARDVauxhall at Ellesmere Port and Battery Manufacturing StrategyWe are absolutely committed to that. When I was energy Minister, people like the hon. Member were saying, “When is the energy White Paper going to come out? What is the plan?” We…01 Mar 2021HANSARDVauxhall at Ellesmere Port and Battery Manufacturing StrategyThe Faraday battery challenge is a key part of the industrial strategy, which my right hon. Friend the Member for Tunbridge Wells (Greg Clark) had a key role in implementing. It…01 Mar 2021HANSARDVauxhall at Ellesmere Port and Battery Manufacturing StrategyI agree with a lot of what the hon. Gentleman says. What I would say, and how I would slightly re-tilt the emphasis, is that there is Government investment, which we have—and we…01 Mar 2021HANSARDVauxhall at Ellesmere Port and Battery Manufacturing StrategyMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. The midlands, the Black Country and his constituency are a key part of this story. I have mentioned the 10-point plan many times. It was…01 Mar 2021HANSARDVauxhall at Ellesmere Port and Battery Manufacturing StrategyThe hon. Lady is absolutely right. I pay tribute particularly to the hard work of her constituents to make the Vivaro vehicles; they have ensured that the Vauxhall plant in Luton…01 Mar 2021HANSARDVauxhall at Ellesmere Port and Battery Manufacturing StrategyI commend my hon. Friend for that question, which is of great importance. As I have said in earlier answers, we are absolutely committed to exploring and developing lithium mining…01 Mar 2021HANSARDVauxhall at Ellesmere Port and Battery Manufacturing StrategyIt would be a great outcome, and I am not going to make a partisan point about it. There are MPs of different political stripes across the hon. Gentleman’s region, as we have seen…01 Mar 2021HANSARDVauxhall at Ellesmere Port and Battery Manufacturing StrategyThat issue, which is critical for the United Kingdom, is something on which I am willing and happy to engage with Members across the House of Commons. It is too important an issue…01 Mar 2021HANSARDVauxhall at Ellesmere Port and Battery Manufacturing StrategyThe Government are committed to exploring opportunities that will support the next generations of clean technologies, and we are looking very much at the field of critical raw…01 Mar 2021HANSARDVauxhall at Ellesmere Port and Battery Manufacturing StrategyMy hon. Friend is quite right. The UK Government are absolutely committed not only to the manufacturing of these critically important batteries, but to recycling. We want to see a…01 Mar 2021HANSARDVauxhall at Ellesmere Port and Battery Manufacturing StrategyWe are talking about it—we are talking with the company directly to secure vital investment. We want those jobs, and we have said time and again that we are 100% committed to the…01 Mar 2021HANSARDVauxhall at Ellesmere Port and Battery Manufacturing StrategyI would be happy to meet my hon. Friend to discuss the potential siting of a gigafactory. He will appreciate that through the getting building fund the Government have already…01 Mar 2021HANSARDVauxhall at Ellesmere Port and Battery Manufacturing StrategyI recall that I gave that pledge during questions on the Floor of the House, and I am delighted that I will be seeing the hon. Gentleman, and others, on Thursday, to see what can…01 Mar 2021HANSARDVauxhall at Ellesmere Port and Battery Manufacturing StrategyI am happy to give my right hon. and learned Friend that assurance—that is exactly what we are trying to do. We are talking to local communities and local leaders about various…01 Mar 2021HANSARDVauxhall at Ellesmere Port and Battery Manufacturing StrategyAs the hon. Lady will have seen from these questions, we are looking at a number of sites. We are absolutely committed to having at least one gigafactory site, if not more—I think…01 Mar 2021HANSARDVauxhall at Ellesmere Port and Battery Manufacturing StrategyMy hon. Friend raises a crucial point. Clearly, without a successful roll-out of charging points we will struggle to meet the targets we have set ourselves. We have committed £90…01 Mar 2021HANSARDVauxhall at Ellesmere Port and Battery Manufacturing StrategyI am delighted to answer that question, because it relates to an earlier answer that I gave. There are new jobs and opportunities in this push towards net zero. I would be very…01 Mar 2021HANSARDVauxhall at Ellesmere Port and Battery Manufacturing StrategyClearly, the right hon. Gentleman and I may have a different view on the threat of climate change, including, in particular, the drive to net zero. I suggest to him that the Prime…01 Mar 2021HANSARDVauxhall at Ellesmere Port and Battery Manufacturing StrategyAs I said to my right hon. Friend the Member for Tunbridge Wells (Greg Clark), the Government are 100% committed to making sure those jobs stay. We are in…01 Mar 2021