“What comparative assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of energy costs in (a) Wales and (b) the rest of the UK.”
Asked by
Chris Elmore
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Wales
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.