Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lord Harrington of Watford and David Warburton

Tuesday 12th December 2017 Commons Chamber

[Richard Harrington]

The hon. Lady should be aware that this country is leading the world in the development of green energy.

[David Warburton (Somerton and Frome) (Con)]

21. The good people of Frome are leading the way in moving to a low-carbon economy. We have ambitious plans to be carbon neutral by 2046, when all the energy needed to live, work and travel will be provided by renewable sources. May I invite the Minister, or indeed the Secretary of State, to Frome in sunny Somerset to hear this story first hand and see how these ambitions are being realised?

[Richard Harrington]

My hon. Friend should be reassured that nothing would please me more than coming to Frome in Somerset to see the work that he has done locally. The clean growth strategy sets out how the UK is leading the world on carbon emissions, and we have set out how the Government will invest more than £2.5 billion in low-carbon innovation between 2015 and 2021.