VoteClimate: Oral Answers to Questions - 24th July 2024

Oral Answers to Questions - 24th July 2024

Here are the climate-related sections of speeches by MPs during the Commons debate Oral Answers to Questions.

Full text: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2024-07-24/debates/E833CBA7-8FCC-47BB-A727-17A14F862F92/OralAnswersToQuestions

Mark Hendrick (Labour)

Q10. I welcome last week’s announcement that the Government will introduce a new publicly owned company, Great British Energy. It will be critical to ensuring this country’s energy security while meeting our climate goals and lowering energy bills. Will the Prime Minister assure communities up and down the country that they will benefit from the good, skilled job opportunities that Great British Energy promises to unlock? ( 900059 )

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Bill Esterson (Labour)

Q12. The Liverpool city region has one of the biggest concentrations of offshore wind in the world, and 100,000 homes could be powered by the Mersey tidal project, yet some Opposition Members want to block the jobs, the lower bills and the energy security that come with renewable energy. May I encourage my right hon. Friend to resist the siren voices opposite and support a range of technologies, including the Mersey tidal project, to maximise the benefits of clean energy for our country? ( 900061 )

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Keir Starmer (Labour)

Clean energy is at the heart of this mission-driven Government. Boosting home-grown renewable energy is the best way to create new jobs and give us energy independence and lower bills for good. That is why we will change the planning rules to make sure that we can get Britain building again—not just the houses, but everything we need, including prisons, to make sure that we can deal with the mess we have inherited. I am pleased to hear of the viable projects that are being advanced, such as the Mersey tidal project, and we will look at them carefully.

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