Oral QuestionDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero

“What assessment he has made of the potential contribution of solar power to UK energy security and the 2050 net zero target.”

Tabled: 22 February 2023Answered: 28 February 2023

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero

Answer from Hansard

The Secretary of State for Wales (Jo Stevens)

We are negotiating a new partnership with the EU and believe that securing a broad-based security partnership, bringing closer co-operation on law and order and tackling barriers to trade will boost our economies, keep us safe and improve families’ finances. Since coming into government, I have worked with UK and Welsh Government colleagues to drive more than £1.5 billion in private investment into Wales from the likes of Eren Holding and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, creating hundreds of jobs and laying the groundwork for thousands more.