Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he will take to ensure that trade unions organising (a) seafarers, (b) port workers and (c) offshore oil and gas workers are consulted as part of the work of the Green Jobs Taskforce.

The Green Jobs Taskforce brings together the views of businesses, employees and the skills sectors to support the Government’s ambitious plans to build back greener and achieve net zero emissions by 2050.

The core membership of the Taskforce includes representatives from the Trade Union Congress and Prospect. We are committed to hearing from a diverse range of voices and there will be opportunities for other stakeholders to contribute.