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Nadia Whittome Excerpts
Tuesday 29th September 2020

(3 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Nadia Whittome Portrait Nadia  Whittome  (Nottingham East)  (Lab)
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The Government must make a just transition to a lower- carbon economy and, in doing so, create green jobs. Will the Minister outline the number of green jobs created since he has been in post, and specifically which green technologies and industries can expect investment from the Government over the next year?

Alok Sharma Portrait Alok Sharma
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We currently have a close to half a million green jobs in this country. We want to create another 2 million. The hon. Lady will also know that the Chancellor announced the green homes grant package, which will support more than 100,000 green jobs.