Energy Infrastructure: Chinese Companies Debate
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Tony Vaughan
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Energy Infrastructure: Chinese Companies
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Kerry McCarthy
As I have said, I cannot comment on individual cases, but there are processes to ensure that our national security is protected as we look ahead.
Tony Vaughan (Folkestone and Hythe) (Lab)
I welcome the Minister’s reassurance about the Government’s rigorous scrutiny of energy projects involving Chinese technologies. I understand the argument that, at the current stage of our transition to net zero, we may need to look further afield to meet our domestic energy needs, but does she agree that the long-term plan ought to be to reduce reliance on Chinese technology in the UK energy sector and to use British-made green technology, about which there can be no national security or ethical supply chain concerns?
Kerry McCarthy
I agree. That is why we are doing all we can to increase capacity through initiatives such as the clean industry bonus, investment from the national wealth fund, the role of GB Energy, and all the other measures that we will take through our industrial strategy to ensure that we keep and create jobs in the UK.