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HANSARDDraft Carbon Dioxide Transport and Storage (Determination of Turnover for Penalties) Regulations 2024I thank both hon. Members for their comments. On how this is regulated and how it works, I should say that the two transport and storage models that we have agreed to this week…09 Oct 2024HANSARDWorkers in High-Carbon SectorsObviously the last Government did nothing about nuclear in 14 years, apart from coming up with a plan. We will ensure that nuclear is an important part of our country’s future,…08 Oct 2024HANSARDJob Creation: Industrial CommunitiesThe Government have two key missions: to become an energy superpower, and to grow the economy. Great British Energy will help us deliver on both those missions. The…08 Oct 2024HANSARDJob Creation: Industrial CommunitiesI agree with the GMB in its warm congratulations for our announcements yesterday to deliver carbon capture and storage across the country. We are of course working closely with…08 Oct 2024HANSARDWorkers in High-Carbon SectorsWe are committed to accelerating the just transition for workers in Britain to boost our energy security and ensure good, long-term jobs, especially in North sea communities. We…08 Oct 2024HANSARDWorkers in High-Carbon SectorsLast week was the historic week when 142 years of coal-fired electricity generation came to an end, and this week we have announced the new era of carbon capture and storage. We…08 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for his question. After 14 years of failure and inaction, we now have a Government who believe in working with our trade unions, who have the backing of our…08 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend asks an important question. Of course, we and the Opposition have fundamentally different views. We believe in an industrial strategy that will help to deliver our…08 Oct 2024HANSARDJob Creation: Industrial CommunitiesI agree with my hon. Friend: it is a fantastic opportunity. Publicly owned Great British Energy will partner with industry to help us to deliver our mission of clean power by…08 Oct 2024HANSARDJob Creation: Industrial CommunitiesI agree with my hon. Friend, and I thank him for his support. I doubt anybody would disagree with him on the benefits of our announcements on carbon capture and storage, which…08 Oct 2024HANSARD UK Steel ManufacturingI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his question. Of course, if we do not take measures to decarbonise and tackle the climate crisis, the costs to this country will be infinitely…05 Sept 2024HANSARD UK Steel ManufacturingI thank the hon. Gentleman for his questions. Let me say a couple of things in response. First, the hon. Gentleman talked about being political. It is not being political to say…05 Sept 2024HANSARD UK Steel ManufacturingI thank my hon. Friend for that question. Steel is an incredibly important strategic industry for the UK and it will be saved under this Government from the decline that we saw…05 Sept 2024HANSARD UK Steel ManufacturingThe inheritance the Government received from the Conservative party was nothing short of a disgrace on steel: over a decade of lurching from crisis to crisis, with no clear plan…05 Sept 2024HANSARD UK Steel ManufacturingI thank my hon. Friend for making those important points. Our energy-intensive industries are hammered by energy costs, which are at the heart of this. Although the previous…05 Sept 2024HANSARDInward InvestmentI thank my hon. Friend for her question, and welcome her and her expertise to this House. As she knows, investment by private corporations was the lowest in the G7 for almost all…05 Sept 2024HANSARDElectric Vehicles: Chinese Share of MarketI thank the hon. Gentleman for his supplementary question. As I said, we are working closely with our colleagues across Government to make sure we have the right intelligence and…05 Sept 2024HANSARDElectric Vehicles: Chinese Share of MarketI do not know whether the hon. Gentleman is aware that until recently his party was in government, and inward investment from China grew over four times since 2014, so I will take…05 Sept 2024HANSARDElectric Vehicles: Chinese Share of MarketNo, it has not. The hon. Gentleman is chuntering again from a sedentary position. It has not asked for that. This is something we are monitoring. We will work closely with the…05 Sept 2024HANSARD UK Steel ManufacturingI welcome the right hon. Member for Croydon South (Chris Philp) to his place. As I have made clear, we have been landed with an inheritance in which steel has declined by 40% and…05 Sept 2024