Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Martin McCluskey

Tuesday 14th October 2025 Commons Chamber

[Martin McCluskey]

Hundreds of thousands of jobs will come from the clean power revolution. That is why it is so important that we push ahead with it and do not adopt the tactics of the Conservative party, or their friends on the Back Benches. We need to push ahead with clean power in order to unlock those hundreds of thousands of jobs across the country.

[Mr Speaker]

I call the shadow Secretary of State.

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[Martin McCluskey]

I agree with my hon. Friend. Hundreds of thousands of jobs will come as a result of our sprint to clean power by 2030, not just in his constituency but across the entire country. What will not take us to those hundreds of thousands of jobs is the Conservative party abandoning its commitment to the Climate Change Act 2008. From hug a husky to burning the Climate Change Act—that is not the transition that we expected.

[Mr Speaker]

I call the spokesperson for the Liberal Democrat party.

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[Mr Speaker]

Order. Climate change will have happened before you conclude.

[The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero (Martin McCluskey)]

Let me be absolutely clear: no family should ever have had to go through this. It happened because of the systematic failings of the system put in place by the previous Government, and we are cleaning up their mess. We will do that at no cost to consumers, and I am happy to meet the hon. Member to discuss any cases that he might have in his constituency.