Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Danielle Rowley and Rupa Huq

Tuesday 8th January 2019 Commons Chamber

[Danielle Rowley (Midlothian) (Lab)]

4. What steps he is taking to support new renewable energy technologies.

[Dr Rupa Huq (Ealing Central and Acton) (Lab)]

10. What steps he is taking to support new renewable energy technologies.

[The Minister for Energy and Clean Growth (Claire Perry)]

All of us in this House should celebrate the UK’s global leadership in decarbonising our economy: we have had the fastest rate of decarbonisation in the G20 since 1990, and part of that leadership has been through very substantial investment in renewable technology, including subsidies totalling £52 billion since 2010 and auction design and research and development investment. It is paying off: in the third quarter of last year we generated over a third of our energy from renewables, and our support is continuing with over half a billion pounds committed to the contracts for difference process and almost £200 million for cost-reducing innovations.