Oral QuestionDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

What steps he has taken to support the development of improved battery technology for (a) electric vehicles and (b) energy storage.

Tabled: 4 December 2017Answered: 12 December 2017

Asked by

James Cartlidge

ConservativeSouth Suffolk

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Answer from Hansard

The Minister for Creative Industries, Arts and Tourism (Chris Bryant)

We are absolutely determined to reach our goal of 50 million international visitors to the UK by 2030. I am very hopeful that the electronic travel authorisation system will be simpler and make it easier and safer for people to visit the UK in the coming years.