Member

To back British industries, pioneering work in carbon capture, usage and storage will take place. Last year we announced funding for two sites, one on Merseyside and one in Teesside, where we are building the world’s first commercial-scale CCUS plant. Today I can announce support for the Acorn project in Aberdeenshire to support Scotland’s transition from oil and gas to low-carbon technology—a challenge and an opportunity well understood by the leader of Scottish Labour Anas Sarwar and my right honourable friend the Scotland Secretary. We are also backing the Viking project in Humberside—a cause long supported by my honourable friend the Member for Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes, Melanie Onn.