Oral Answers to Questions

Mark Logan Excerpts

Tuesday 9th February 2021 Commons Chamber

[Alex Cunningham (Stockton North) (Lab)]

What plans he has to support the development of the renewable energy sector.

[Mark Logan (Bolton North East) (Con)]

What steps his Department is taking to support the renewable energy sector.

[Simon Baynes (Clwyd South) (Con)]

What steps his Department is taking to support the renewable energy sector.

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[Anne-Marie Trevelyan]

We have ambitious targets for future decarbonisation and the systems that will go with it. We will be publishing an industrial decarbonisation strategy in the very near future, which will help to support businesses as we look at all the issues that the hon. Gentleman raises.

[Mark Logan [V]]

I declare an interest. I have been listening to too many Elon Musk conversations on what is now all the rage, which is the Clubhouse app. What support can be provided to help Bolton to explore green technology opportunities, especially electric vehicles, boosting our local job market and future growth?

[Anne-Marie Trevelyan]

I am delighted to see my hon. Friend championing the north-west and the opportunities that our green industrial revolution will bring to his area. The north-west is incredibly well placed to benefit from our £1 billion commitment to become a world-leading sector in technology to capture and store harmful emissions away from the atmosphere. We have also launched the green jobs taskforce, which will help us to develop plans for green jobs, including in the new green automotive sector across all regions, and we advise on what support will be needed for people who are in those transitioning industries.