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House of Commons · Ministers' Questions

Job Creation: Industrial Communities

Tuesday 8 October 2024 · 4 questions

Summarised by AI from the official record, so it can contain mistakes.

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Answered 1 Partly answered 2 Not answered 0

Key points

  • The Government have two key missions: to become an energy superpower, and to grow the economy.
  • The carbon capture and storage announcement will create 4,000 jobs in the short term and up to 50,000 jobs over the next decade.
  • The Minister agrees that Great British Energy is a fantastic opportunity for Wolverhampton North East to capitalise on the green innovation corridor.

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Questions & Answers

Q1 Sureena Brackenridge Lab Wolverhampton North East
Economy Energy
Context

The question centres around the impact of Great British Energy on job creation, specifically within industrial areas. It aims to assess how such initiatives can benefit local employment.

Question

What assessment has been made of the potential impact of Great British Energy on job creation in industrial communities?

Answer from Sarah Jones

The Government have two key missions: to become an energy superpower, and to grow the economy. Great British Energy will help us deliver on both those missions. The Under-Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, my hon. Friend the Member for Rutherglen (Michael Shanks), will be taking the Great British Energy Bill through Committee today, and I am excited for the job creation potential in our industrial communities.

Partly answered

Not addressed: Did not provide specific figures or commitments regarding job creation in industrial communities.

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Q2 Luke Myer Lab Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
Economy Climate Energy
Context

The question builds on the Government's recent announcements regarding track 1 carbon capture investment in Teesside, focusing on its impact on job creation and long-term employment.

Question

I welcome the Minister's response and last week's fantastic announcement about track 1 carbon capture investment in Teesside. Teesside has extraordinary potential for green jobs, whether in sustainable aviation fuel with Alfanar or in carbon capture, hydrogen and so much else. Does the Minister agree that only with Labour's plan for clean power by 2030, Great British Energy and our national wealth fund can we create well-paid long-term jobs in the industries of the future?

Answer from Sarah Jones

I agree with my hon. Friend, and I thank him for his support. I doubt anybody would disagree with him on the benefits of our announcements on carbon capture and storage, which will create 4,000 jobs in the short term, with carbon capture more broadly creating up to 50,000 jobs over the next decade or so. The Opposition Front Benchers chuckle, but I wonder whether, instead of dismissing that number of jobs, they might welcome them alongside Government Members. Alongside carbon capture, Great British Energy, our national wealth fund and our British jobs bonus, we are putting in place the levers to encourage growth across our country, and the Climate Change Committee estimates that up to 725,000 net new jobs could be created in low-carbon sectors by 2030.

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Q3 Sureena Brackenridge Lab Wolverhampton North East
Employment Energy Business & Trade
Context

The question addresses the potential of Great British Energy to support research, start-ups, and employment opportunities within the green innovation corridor in Wolverhampton North East.

Question

Does the Minister agree that GB Energy is a fantastic opportunity for Wolverhampton North East to capitalise on the opportunities for research and start-ups on our forthcoming green innovation corridor and to put Wolverhampton North East back where we belong: at the heart of industrial growth and British industry?

Answer from Sarah Jones

I agree with my hon. Friend: it is a fantastic opportunity. Publicly owned Great British Energy will partner with industry to help us to deliver our mission of clean power by 2030. I have been reading about the green innovation corridor, and I am interested to see what it will deliver. Working in partnership with the private sector, we can rebuild jobs across the west midlands and far beyond.

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Not addressed: Did not provide specific figures or commitments regarding job creation for Wolverhampton North East.

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Q4 Peter Bedford Con Mid Leicestershire
Climate Energy
Context

The question questions the Government's plans to ban new licences for oil and gas, suggesting this will lead to exporting jobs and importing virtue.

Question

Does the Minister agree with the head of the GMB union that the Government's plans to ban new licences for oil and gas will result in exporting jobs and importing virtue?

Answer from Sarah Jones

I agree with the GMB in its warm congratulations for our announcements yesterday to deliver carbon capture and storage across the country. We are of course working closely with our trade union colleagues. It is interesting: in opposition, the Conservatives suddenly quote the unions, when they refused to even meet them in government. We work very closely with the GMB and all our trade unions to ensure that we have a just energy transition and that we are creating the jobs and skills of the future by becoming a clean energy superpower.

Not addressed: Did not address whether banning oil and gas licences would export jobs.

How: Discussing Past Government Behaviour

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