Electric Vehicle Battery Production Debate

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Electric Vehicle Battery Production

James Wild Excerpts
Wednesday 18th January 2023

(1 year, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Graham Stuart Portrait Graham Stuart
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The hon. Gentleman is right to highlight the importance of charging infrastructure. We need to do more and we need to do it faster. We are absolutely focused on delivering that.

James Wild Portrait James Wild (North West Norfolk) (Con)
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My right hon. Friend rightly protected taxpayers’ money as milestones were not met, but will he confirm to potential investors that the £100 million is still on the table for firms that can get the private sector investment and the orders that Britishvolt was sadly unable to?

Graham Stuart Portrait Graham Stuart
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In the net zero strategy it was announced that there would be £350 million of funding for the automotive transformation fund, in addition to the £500 million announced as part of the 10-point plan.