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HANSARD Energy White PaperMy hon. Friend raises an incredibly important point. He will know that some weeks ago I set out some initial thoughts on a refreshed industrial strategy, and of course we must…14 Dec 2020HANSARD Energy White PaperMy hon. Friend raises an important point. Those issues are absolutely not mutually exclusive. As he says, they comprise a golden thread running through the White Paper. I go back…14 Dec 2020HANSARD Energy White PaperMy right hon. Friend the Minister for Business, Energy and Clean Growth is already looking at this issue and has shown a great deal of interest. He will be happy to meet the right…14 Dec 2020HANSARD Energy White PaperMy hon. Friend will know that in August the Crown Estate awarded seabed rights for the first floating wind project in the Welsh waters of the Celtic sea. She will also know that…14 Dec 2020HANSARD Energy White PaperI am delighted that my hon. Friend thinks that this paper is bristling with ideas and energy. I know that for a long time my right hon. Friend the Minister has been bristling with…14 Dec 2020HANSARD Energy White PaperI would never describe my hon. Friend as tail-end Charlie; I think we have left the best till last. He raises an important point about skills, which a number of colleagues have…14 Dec 2020HANSARD Energy White PaperWith permission, Madam Deputy Speaker, I will make a statement. Today we have published the energy White Paper setting out how we will power our net zero future. This document is…14 Dec 2020HANSARD Energy White PaperMadam Deputy Speaker, I can now say that we definitely did leave the best till last—I hope that my hon. Friend the Member for Bridgwater and West Somerset (Mr Liddell-Grainger) is…14 Dec 2020HANSARD Energy White PaperI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his comments. Let me just say to him: we are all revolutionaries now. We believe in the green industrial revolution, as he does himself. I…14 Dec 2020HANSARD Energy White PaperOf course, my right hon. Friend led on all this work when he was Secretary of State in the Department, and I thank him for that. The White Paper is a product of some of the…14 Dec 2020HANSARDEnergy White PaperToday the Government have published the energy White Paper which sets out the strategic vision for how we will transform our energy system to build a cleaner, greener future for…14 Dec 2020HANSARD Energy White PaperI am delighted that the hon. Gentleman welcomes the UK ETS scheme that is being launched, but I take it from his comments that he is not a fan of nuclear power. Perhaps I could…14 Dec 2020HANSARD Energy White PaperI thank my hon. Friend for that question. If I may, I refer him to the written ministerial statement that I laid in the House some weeks ago, in which I said that from 1 January…14 Dec 2020HANSARD Energy White PaperI thank the hon. Gentleman for that question. Seeing what the CCC has said, we will of course be responding on CB6 next year. That and the 10-point plan take us forward towards…14 Dec 2020HANSARD Energy White PaperAs the hon. Lady talks about what is happening in the US, I should point her to the very supportive comments that former Vice-President Al Gore made over the weekend about the…14 Dec 2020HANSARD Energy White PaperMy hon. Friend makes an important point about funding models. Of course, Sizewell C will be second of a kind in terms of projects. I think there is likely to be an appetite from…14 Dec 2020HANSARD Energy White PaperThe hon. Gentleman makes an important point. As part of the 10-point plan and the White Paper, we have talked about how we can level up across the country. I know that my right…14 Dec 2020HANSARD Energy White PaperI am sure my right hon. Friend’s constituents will agree with him that he is an outstanding Member of Parliament for Gainsborough. I agree with him—we are not trying to get people…14 Dec 2020HANSARDParis Agreement: UK Nationally Determined ContributionOn Friday 4 December, the Prime Minister announced the UK’s new nationally determined contribution (NDC) under the Paris agreement. This commits the UK to a new ambitious target…07 Dec 2020HANSARDDepartmental Contingent Liability Notification: Human Challenge ProjectI am tabling this statement for the benefit of right hon. and hon. Members to bring to their attention the contingent liabilities relating to the contract signed between the…26 Nov 2020