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Neil Carmichael

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Thursday 17th September 2015

(9 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Neil Carmichael Portrait Neil Carmichael (Stroud) (Con)
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Does the Minister agree that the progress so far on new renewables sets the scene for even more investment in research and development, and that we need to have a clear pathway for that to happen so that we can encourage more investment, the strengthening of supply chains and the export of these technologies?

Andrea Leadsom Portrait Andrea Leadsom
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Yes, my hon. Friend is right. That is exactly what we want to do. We want to continue to support the growth of the renewables sector. I have already explained that there has been £45 billion of investment since 2010 in this sector and we want to encourage it further. We have to do that in the light of what is affordable for bill payers. At the same time we want to encourage new forms of renewables and keep Britain at the forefront of renewables technologies.