Business: Government Assistance

(asked on 11th June 2020) - View Source

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 is taking to ensure the advice of the recovery roundtables on the themes of (a) the future of industry, (b) backing new businesses, (c) increasing opportunity and (d) the UK open for business, is compatible with the UK's role in delivering the Paris Agreement.


Answered by
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Paul Scully
This question was answered on 18th June 2020

The insight gathered through these roundtables will help identify ways in which government can work together with business and other stakeholders to support a clean and resilient recovery and ensure the UK is at the forefront of new and emerging industries.

In order to seize the opportunities of growing low carbon markets around the world, deliver our commitments under the Paris Agreement, and put ourselves on course for our legally binding carbon budgets and net zero target, we need to accelerate the rate of emission reduction and ensure UK businesses are well placed to maximise the growth opportunities of net zero. Many of the actions we need to take to reach our UK climate targets - net zero - can also support our economy to recover from Covid-19.

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