Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Becky Gittins and Sarah Jones

Tuesday 10th June 2025 Commons Chamber

[Becky Gittins (Clwyd East) (Lab)]

5. What estimate he has made of the number of additional jobs in clean power industries since July 2024.

[The Minister of State, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (Sarah Jones)]

Since the election, over £40 billion of investment has been announced in clean energy, creating good jobs with good wages, and by 2030, the industry could support hundreds of thousands of new jobs. We will soon publish our clean energy workforce strategy, which will set out in more detail where and how we will deliver the jobs of the future. The risk of voting for the Conservatives or Reform is that they would put all those jobs in jeopardy.

[Becky Gittins]

The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero’s clean power action plan is accelerating the transition to renewable energy sources and creating quality jobs in areas like mine in north Wales. A major expansion at the port of Mostyn will create 300 new jobs, as it prepares to increase its support for the offshore wind farm sector. Does the Minister agree that this is not the time to hold back, and that we should invest in green energy to tackle climate change, secure our energy supply and provide skilled jobs for my constituents in Clwyd East?

[Sarah Jones]

I thank my hon. Friend for that speech—[Interruption.] I mean, for that beautiful short question. I welcome the jobs that are coming to the port of Mostyn. This Labour Government are driving investment in our communities from carbon capture, hydrogen, nuclear, wind and solar energy. Opposition Members have to explain to the British people why they want to leave them colder, poorer, in the pockets of dictators and with less good jobs.

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[Becky Gittins (Clwyd East) (Lab)]

T3. I forgot to say this earlier, Mr Speaker: a very happy birthday from me and my constituents.I commend the Secretary of State for seeing the need to reform our energy sector, given that people across north Wales are currently paying some of the highest energy bills in the country. Will he assure me that any proposed alternative to the current energy model will not put any one nation or region at a relative disadvantage?

[The Minister for Industry (Sarah Jones)]

We are developing proposals that will minimise costs and ensure a fair outcome for consumers throughout the country.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Becky Gittins and Sarah Jones

Thursday 31st October 2024 Commons Chamber

[Becky Gittins (Clwyd East) (Lab)]

T6. Business owners in Clwyd East, in north Wales, want a Government who are serious about getting long-term, sustainable jobs into our economy—a process that we started yesterday. Our unique geography sees us lead on wind power and carbon capture, and we have a proud manufacturing base, which is already benefiting from our two Governments working together, and from a long-term sustainable plan for the future. Will the Minister work with me to ensure that businesses are well placed to invest in north Wales, both now and in the future?

[Sarah Jones]

Yes, I will work with my hon. Friend. We are delighted with the £1 billion investment secured to transform the Shotton mill site. I think that a Labour Government in Westminster and a Labour Government in Wales can work together to deliver great things.