Asked by: Selaine Saxby (Conservative - North Devon)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
What steps his Department is taking to support businesses to achieve an environmentally sustainable recovery from the covid-19 outbreak.
Answered by Kwasi Kwarteng
As my Rt hon Friend the Prime Minister has said, we are determined to build back greener, and deliver millions of new green jobs. We are taking action to deliver on that commitment, including committing over £3 billion to reduce emissions from our buildings across the UK. There are an estimated 460,000 jobs in low carbon businesses and their supply chains across the country, and we want that to rise to 2 million by 2030.