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HANSARDChancellor’s Mansion House Speech: Funding PlansWe have an expanded Office for Investment, which brings together the Department for Business and Trade, No. 10 and the Treasury. Our Investment Minister is working at pace…12 Dec 2024HANSARDChancellor’s Mansion House Speech: Funding PlansGrowth is the Government’s No. 1 mission and, in her Mansion House speech, the Chancellor announced a package of reforms to drive growth and investment across the UK. I have lost…12 Dec 2024HANSARDSteel Industry: South YorkshireI thank the hon. Gentleman for his question, and for his interest in his constituents and their jobs in the steel industry. As he says, we have met to talk about this, and I have…12 Dec 2024HANSARDBusiness: Northern IrelandWe love a long question, and it was a good one. My hon. Friend is absolutely right to raise this issue, one that we are all of course concerned about. My right hon. Friend the…12 Dec 2024HANSARDBusiness: Northern IrelandThe agrifood sector is incredibly important —I meet representatives of the sector, and I will do all I can. As always, I am very keen to talk to the hon. Gentleman about what more…12 Dec 2024HANSARDBusiness: Northern IrelandBusinesses in Northern Ireland, like businesses across the UK, are crying out for stability, open trade and an environment in which we can break down barriers to growth and…12 Dec 2024HANSARDSteel Industry: South YorkshireI thank my hon. Friend for her question, and for championing her constituency and its industries. She makes a very good point, and I recently met her to talk about this. This…12 Dec 2024HANSARDDraft Environmental Permitting (Electricity Generating Stations) (Amendment) Regulations 2024I thank the Opposition spokesperson, the hon. Member for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, for his support. I think we are all on the same page on the regulations, but I will…10 Dec 2024HANSARDDraft Environmental Permitting (Electricity Generating Stations) (Amendment) Regulations 2024I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Environmental Permitting (Electricity Generating Stations) (Amendment) Regulations 2024. As always, it is a pleasure to…10 Dec 2024HANSARDHydrogen to Power Business Model: Consultation ResponseI am tabling this statement to inform Members of the publication of the hydrogen to power market intervention consultation response on 9 December 2024. This response commits to…09 Dec 2024HANSARDCritical Minerals: Domestic ProductionI thank the Liberal Democrat spokesperson for his intervention. Yes, I have been making a list of issues to look at as we go through the strategy; that is certainly one, and there…03 Dec 2024HANSARDCritical Minerals: Domestic ProductionIt is an honour to serve under your chairship, Mrs Harris, and a pleasure to speak in such an important debate. I congratulate Parliament’s official tin champion, my hon. Friend…03 Dec 2024HANSARDCarbon Capture, Usage and StorageToday, I am pleased to have laid a departmental minute setting out the details of a series of contingent liabilities associated with the carbon capture usage and storage track-1…13 Nov 2024HANSARDRenewable Energy: Job CreationDelivering good jobs is the driving force behind our growth and clean energy missions. Great British Energy and the national wealth fund will crowd in private sector investment to…12 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am proud that we have finally ended the injustice of the mineworkers’ pension scheme. Miners across the country powered our economy for decades, working in the toughest…12 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThat is correct. It will mean, on average, an extra £29 a week, putting right a wrong that has persisted for far too long. Although the money is important and a key part of it, we…12 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for his question and look forward to meeting him shortly to talk about tin among other things. We are looking at our critical minerals strategy; there is a…12 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe process in terms of what is on the list of critical minerals is independent, but I have a strong interest, as does my hon. Friend, in ensuring that we produce as many critical…12 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Budget was a major step forward, paving the way for investment in clean, home-grown power, creating jobs and delivering energy security. Last week, the National Energy System…12 Nov 2024HANSARDRenewable Energy: Job CreationWe are ambitious to create all the jobs that we want to see in the green technologies of the future. I would be very interested to hear more about what the hon. Gentleman has to…12 Nov 2024