Oral Answers to Questions

Antoinette Sandbach Excerpts

Tuesday 11th June 2019 Commons Chamber

The Secretary of State was asked—

[Antoinette Sandbach (Eddisbury) (Con)]

1. What recent steps his Department has taken to support the development of electric vehicles.

[Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire) (Con)]

13. What recent steps his Department has taken to support the development of electric vehicles.

[The Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (Greg Clark)]

In May I announced an additional £28 million, from the £250 million Faraday challenge, for the UK Battery Industrialisation Centre, where industry will test next generation world-leading technologies.

[Antoinette Sandbach]

Does the Secretary of State agree that for electric vehicles to thrive additional capacity will be required, and that energy efficiency measures to bring every home to an energy performance certificate C standard are vital in delivering that, as they will reduce energy consumption by 25% and free that capacity for electric vehicle use?

[Greg Clark]

I completely agree with my hon. Friend. She is right to point out the connections between our energy systems and the future of mobility in how we drive cars. That is why the industrial strategy sets up both as grand challenges and why the Faraday Challenge addresses both of them.