Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Matthew Patrick and Richard Baker

Tuesday 18th March 2025 Commons Chamber

[Matthew Patrick (Wirral West) (Lab)]

9. What steps he is taking to support the development of carbon capture and storage technology.

[Richard Baker (Glenrothes and Mid Fife) (Lab)]

19. What steps he is taking to support the development of carbon capture and storage technology.

[The Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero (Ed Miliband)]

The £21.7 billion of funding to which we committed in October will kick-start the carbon capture, usage and storage industry, supporting thousands of jobs in our industrial heartlands through the east coast and HyNet clusters. We continue to engage with important future projects, such as Acorn in Scotland and Viking in the Humber, and we will make further announcements following the spending review.