Oral Answers to Questions

Richard Baker Excerpts

Thursday 5th December 2024 Commons Chamber

[Andrew Cooper (Mid Cheshire) (Lab)]

4. What steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to implement the Government’s five missions.

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

9. What steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to implement the Government’s five missions.

[Melanie Onn (Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes) (Lab)]

12. What steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to implement the Government’s five missions.

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[Pat McFadden]

My hon. Friend is right to raise this matter. He will be aware that we have announced extra funding for special educational needs. That issue is rising up the agenda and is causing a lot of anxiety for parents throughout the country. At the heart of our missions is making sure that a greater proportion of young children are ready to start school, because if that is not the case, it can hold back their opportunity for the rest of their lives.

[Richard Baker]

With GB Energy headquartered in Scotland and the Methil yard in my constituency—a fantastic facility to build the renewables infrastructure we will need—how is my right hon. Friend ensuring collaboration across Government and with the Scottish Government, to deliver the mission for growth through investment in renewables?

[Pat McFadden]

As my hon. Friend says, we have made good progress in setting up Great British Energy, a publicly owned energy company, including announcing that its headquarters will be in Aberdeen. This transition to clean power offers huge economic opportunities for the whole UK. I am glad to report to the House that co-operation between the Scottish Government and the UK on this matter has been good, and this is at the heart of our clean energy mission.