National Wealth Fund Opportunities for Industry 2025-02-04
2025-02-04
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Discussions about job creation in constituencies hosting offshore wind farms, particularly referencing existing projects like Burbo Bank off Southport.
I thank the Secretary of State for his answer. In the Liverpool bay area, just off the coast of my Southport constituency, we already have a number of wind farms, including the Burbo Bank scheme. Can he outline to the House what more his Department is doing to ensure that, as we put up these wind farms, jobs are created in constituencies like mine?
My hon. Friend asks a really important question, which Members from right across this House will agree with. The situation we have inherited from the last Government is that Germany has almost twice as many renewables jobs per capita as Britain, Sweden almost three times as many, and Denmark almost four times as many. Through a combination of Great British Energy, the national wealth fund and a clean industry bonus, we are making sure that we do not just build offshore wind in this country, but reap the huge industrial opportunity from it.
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Did not provide specific measures or commitments for creating jobs in Southport constituency beyond general statements about policy goals.
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