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1151204

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date	22/10/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Renewable Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps she plans to take to ensure that the majority of energy generated in the UK is from renewable sources.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	900049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>Over half of the UK’s electricity comes from low-carbon sources. The Carbon Brief found that from July to September 2019, renewables accounted for 40% of overall generation, compared to 33% last year.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is investing £557 million in further Contracts for Difference auctions and over £3 billion for renewable technology innovation.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, we’re phasing out coal by 2025 and over 50% of electricity generation will be from renewable sources by 2030.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 22/10/2019 13:19:39 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1151205

registered interest
date	22/10/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Manufacturing Industries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment she has made of the effect on manufacturing industry of the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Sedgefield
tabling member printed	Phil Wilson
uin	900050
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>I have met with manufacturing businesses at roundtables across the country to encourage them to get ready for Brexit and the opportunities beyond.</p><p> </p><p>The recent opening of Jaguar Land Rover’s £500 million Advanced Product Creation Centre is a real vote of confidence in the UK’s future as a stronger, greener economy after we have left the European Union.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 22/10/2019 13:25:00 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1603 label Biography information for Phil Wilson

1151206

registered interest
date	22/10/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Environment Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps she is taking to support the development of new clean-energy technologies.
tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
tabling member printed	Michael Tomlinson
uin	900051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>The move to cleaner economic growth is one of the greatest industrial opportunities of our time, and our Clean Growth Grand Challenge sets out how we will maximise advantages for UK industry.</p><p> </p><p>We have allocated £102.5 million to the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund’s ‘Prospering from the Energy Revolution’ challenge and invested in the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 22/10/2019 13:26:38 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson

1151208

registered interest
date	22/10/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps her Department is taking to help tackle the climate emergency.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	900052
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>Tackling climate change and delivering net zero is a top priority for me and this whole Government, which is why we will be hosting COP26 next year and the Prime Minister announced he will chair a new Cabinet Committee on Climate Change.</p><p> </p><p>As the first major economy in the world to set a legally binding net zero target, we are backing words with action – from record levels of renewable power, to £2 billion of investment into clean technologies, to doubling of our International Climate Finance contribution to £11.6 billion.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 22/10/2019 13:28:38 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas