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Noah Law Excerpts
Tuesday 12th November 2024

(1 day, 10 hours ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lindsay Hoyle Portrait Mr Speaker
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I call Noah Law. Are you standing?

Lindsay Hoyle Portrait Mr Speaker
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Okay, I call Toby Perkins. Here’s a man who is ready to go!

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Michael Shanks Portrait Michael Shanks
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I do not believe that at all. This Government are committed to a just and prosperous transition. The reality is that 100,000 jobs have been lost in the oil and gas industry in the past 10 years. If we do not recognise that there is a transition under way and put in place the measures to produce the jobs of the future, we will have more losses. The party that the hon. Member represents could have done something about that by supporting Great British Energy headquarters in Aberdeen but he failed to show up and vote for it.

Noah Law Portrait Noah Law (St Austell and Newquay) (Lab)
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I declare an interest as a chair of the all-party parliamentary group for critical minerals. Domestic supplies of copper and, of course, Cornish tin are critical to the UK’s energy security. What consideration has the Minister given to ensuring that copper and tin are recognised as critical minerals?

Sarah Jones Portrait Sarah Jones
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The process in terms of what is on the list of critical minerals is independent, but I have a strong interest, as does my hon. Friend, in ensuring that we produce as many critical minerals here as we can and that the supply chains around the world are working for us. I am looking at a critical minerals strategy, which will come forward in due course.