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Justin Madders Excerpts
Tuesday 19th September 2023

(1 year, 2 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Graham Stuart Portrait Graham Stuart
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My hon. Friend is right to talk about the challenge of bringing all the pieces together to unlock opportunity. The Government will promote the whole hydrogen economy—production, demand, networks and storage—and stimulate private sector investment. In August, the Government published the low-carbon hydrogen agreement, setting out the hydrogen production business model’s terms. We will award contracts for that in quarter 4 of 2023. My colleagues and I are happy to meet my hon. Friend to talk about making sure we get this absolutely right so that we maximise its benefits.

Justin Madders Portrait Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston) (Lab)
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Biodiesel producers in my constituency are being undercut by cheap Chinese imports because of the Government’s decision to award them inward processing relief. This is making it difficult for us to support UK industry, so can we have an explanation for why that decision was made?

Graham Stuart Portrait Graham Stuart
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I will write to the hon. Gentleman.