Sir Desmond Swayne

Sir Desmond Swayne

Conservative — New Forest West

Speaking in the House of Commons on 30 January 2025

Debate

Industrial Strategy

Contribution

Why is it that the Government’s energy policy is driving uncompetitive energy costs in absolutely the wrong direction? Sir Jim Ratcliffe has pointed out that the principal threat to any strategy is actually the uncompetitive costs for those enterprises that will have to populate it.

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