Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Graham Stuart and Andrew Bowie

Tuesday 23rd May 2023 Commons Chamber

[Jonathan Gullis (Stoke-on-Trent North) (Con)]

Stoke-on-Trent North, Kidsgrove and Talke are proud to be home to one of the largest European deep coalmine sites at Chatterley Whitfield Colliery, which has huge potential in geothermal. That is already being explored at Etruria. Will my hon. Friend meet me, Chatterley Whitfield Colliery Friends, Historic England and Stoke-on-Trent City Council, to see what green jobs can be created at that former colliery site, to bring it back into use with a green future?

[The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero (Andrew Bowie)]

Go on, go on!

[Graham Stuart]

I am being barracked by my Front-Bench colleagues, which is unusual even for me. I would be delighted to accept my hon. Friend’s kind offer.