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HANSARD Energy White PaperMay I respectfully suggest to the hon. Gentleman that he looks at what we have actually said about nuclear? What we have said is that we are starting a discussion with the…14 Dec 2020HANSARD Energy White PaperMy right hon. Friend is, I know, a great champion of renewables, and, indeed, of his own constituency, and he will know that I very much agree with him. Marine renewables are a…14 Dec 2020HANSARD Energy White PaperThe Minister for Business, Energy and Clean Growth and I have a regular dialogue with the sector and, of course, I am fully aware of the importance of oil and gas as an employer…14 Dec 2020HANSARD Energy White PaperI very much support the idea that we should be advancing on SMRs and AMRs, and my right hon. Friend knows that there is a £385 million advanced nuclear fund to support the…14 Dec 2020HANSARD Energy White PaperThe Minister for Business, Energy and Clean Growth leads the recently launched green jobs taskforce. As the hon. Lady will know, one can take advantage of a whole range of…14 Dec 2020HANSARD Energy White PaperI do not know whether it is possible to place eggs in a hydrogen basket, but the hon. Gentleman makes an important point. We need to level up across the country and we will do…14 Dec 2020HANSARD Energy White PaperI was on a call with the hon. Lady recently and she acknowledged—through gritted teeth, I think—that she was quite pleased with the UK’s NDC commitment of at least 68%, so I thank…14 Dec 2020HANSARD Energy White PaperMy right hon. Friend raises an incredibly important point about batteries. We are putting investment into gigafactories and batteries for electric vehicles. Importantly, we will…14 Dec 2020HANSARD Energy White PaperObviously, SMRs in the UK are currently at the design phase, and the consortium led by Rolls-Royce is making progress. We think there is the potential for SMR technology to be…14 Dec 2020HANSARD Energy White PaperMy hon. Friend is a champion of the green energy revolution, and he has mentioned Westfield. After the publication of the 10-point plan, the Transport Secretary and I did a…14 Dec 2020HANSARD Energy White PaperI commend the hon. Lady for speaking up on behalf of her constituency and for potential CCUS projects there. As I said in response to an earlier question, we will provide more…14 Dec 2020HANSARD Energy White PaperMy hon. Friend is a great champion of Ynys Môn, and I know she is doing her bit to speak up on behalf of her constituents. We will of course consider any new projects that come…14 Dec 2020HANSARD Energy White PaperAs the hon. Gentleman knows, the £3 billion funding that the Chancellor announced some months ago includes funding for social housing. We are making progress with the green homes…14 Dec 2020HANSARD Energy White PaperIt is clear that there is huge support on this side of the House for marine energy projects, and as I have said, we want to look at any projects that come forward that can be…14 Dec 2020HANSARD Energy White PaperIf the right hon. Gentleman looks at our manifesto, he will understand that, yes, people voted blue but they voted blue for green policies as well, and that is what we are…14 Dec 2020HANSARD Energy White PaperMy hon. Friend is so right. We have established the Jet Zero Council, whose aim is to accelerate the development and adoption of new technologies so that we can develop our…14 Dec 2020HANSARD Energy White PaperI agree with the hon. Lady. This whole plan is about jobs, jobs, jobs. That is precisely what we are looking to establish: green jobs, high value added jobs, and jobs that are…14 Dec 2020HANSARD Energy White PaperI note my hon. Friend’s point, but of course there was a consultation on this: we have talked to the sector, and, as I said, when we made the formal announcement on this the…14 Dec 2020HANSARD Energy White PaperMy right hon. Friend is a voice of reason. I just wish the SNP would listen to him more. The North sea transition deal was absolutely in the manifesto, and we want to use it as a…14 Dec 2020HANSARD Energy White PaperIf there are parties out there who want to come forward with proposals for the hon. Gentleman’s constituency, we will of course look at them. The value of developing SMRs is that…14 Dec 2020