Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Simon Fell and Nadhim Zahawi

Tuesday 3rd March 2020 Commons Chamber

[Nadhim Zahawi]

The hon. Gentleman raises an important question. The Prince of Wales and I co-chaired a deep dive at the Whittle laboratory, with the whole industry around the table, to consider how we can deliver on net zero for the industry. We were targeting a fully electric aircraft that, at 500 miles, could cover most of Europe and take 180 passengers, and of course we are looking at other technologies for longer haul flights. We are also creating the innovators of the future with 500 additional master’s level postgraduate places for aerospace.

[Simon Fell (Barrow and Furness) (Con)]

4. What steps he is taking to increase the number of new jobs in clean growth industries.