Oral QuestionCOP26

If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.

Tabled: 25 November 2021Answered: 1 December 2021

Asked by

Ian Byrne

LabourLiverpool West Derby

Answering Minister

the President of COP26

Answer from Hansard

The Prime Minister

I thank my hon. Friend for raising this. I believe this Government must seize the opportunities of net zero for working people, creating good, skilled jobs and taking them off the rollercoaster of volatile fossil-fuel markets. Under past Governments, hard-working communities had their pride and their jobs ripped away, and we will never do that in relation to a transition. We have already seen £40 billion of investment in energy and renewables, and the CBI data shows that 38,000 jobs in Wales are linked to clean energy. I want to see more of that; both the Conservatives and Reform are against it.