Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Kwasi Kwarteng and Mark Garnier

Tuesday 21st January 2020 Commons Chamber

[Kwasi Kwarteng]

The hon. Gentleman will be pleased to know that we have sector deals handling exactly that problem, for example in the oil and gas sector. We are making a successful transition from old industries to the new low-carbon-emitting, greener industries of the future. Offshore wind, of which there are a number of examples—I believe that there is a supply chain near the hon. Gentleman’s constituency—is a great success: we have 35% of global capacity. That is part of the transformation of the economy that we are talking about.

[Mark Garnier (Wyre Forest) (Con)]

9. What steps she is taking to support the space industry in the UK.