Oral Answers to Questions

Chris Vince Excerpts

Tuesday 15th July 2025 Commons Chamber

[Noah Law (St Austell and Newquay) (Lab)]

4. What estimate he has made of the number of additional jobs that have been created in clean power industries since July 2024.

[Chris Vince (Harlow) (Lab/Co-op)]

9. What estimate he has made of the number of additional jobs that have been created in clean power industries since July 2024.

[Katrina Murray (Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch) (Lab)]

10. What estimate he has made of the number of additional jobs that have been created in clean power industries since July 2024.

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[Ed Miliband]

Let me first say how much I love Cornwall. I love Cornwall for many reasons, but one reason I love it is the opportunity it offers to drive the jobs of the future. I know from my visit that, whether it is through critical minerals, geothermal or offshore wind, there are huge opportunities in Cornwall. That is what the industrial strategy is designed to superpower. That is what the huge investments my right hon. Friend the Chancellor made in the spending review will provide. As part of our clean energy workforce strategy later on this year, Cornwall will be at the heart of it.

[Chris Vince]

I know that the Secretary of State loves Harlow as well. Does he agree that the historic investment in clean energy secured at the spending review will mean thousands of job opportunities for young people, including in Harlow, in renewable energies, nuclear, energy efficiency and so much more?

[Ed Miliband]

I love Harlow, Mr Speaker, and I love Harlow college. The visits I have made to the college have been incredibly inspiring; I have seen with my own eyes the enthusiastic young people there and spoken to them about green skills and the jobs of the future. When I think about what this Government intend to deliver, it is absolutely about my hon. Friend’s constituents in Harlow.