Clean Energy Superpower Mission
Debate between Laurence Turner and Siobhain McDonagh(4 months, 2 weeks ago)
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Madam Deputy Speaker (Dame Siobhain McDonagh)
Last but not least, I call Laurence Turner.
Laurence Turner (Birmingham Northfield) (Lab)
As a recent official of the GMB trade union, which has been mentioned in this statement, I welcome the Secretary of State and his team and officials to their place. How welcome it is to have a change of Government from the record of the last 14 years, with the ducking and delaying of difficult decisions on issues from nuclear to gas storage, and the exclusion for too long of workers’ voices from the decisions that affect the energy system. In opposition, my right hon. Friend established an energy transition working group to bring together trade unions and workers’ voices at the heart of energy plans. Can he confirm today that continuing that group in government will be an early priority for this new Administration?