Oral Answers to Questions

Noah Law Excerpts

Tuesday 15th July 2025 Commons Chamber

[Emma Foody (Cramlington and Killingworth) (Lab/Co-op)]

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

[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.

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[Ed Miliband]

I see the north-east as an absolute powerhouse for the clean energy jobs we want to create. Early on in this Government, we did something which again had been talked about for years by the Conservative party in delivering the east coast carbon capture, usage and storage cluster, which is projected to create thousands of jobs, including benefits for my hon. Friend’s constituency. It is not just the direct jobs that will be created, but jobs in the supply chain. We have an opportunity—the north-east will be at the heart of this—to lead in the clean energy jobs of the future.

[Noah Law]

I declare an interest as the chair of the all-party parliamentary group on critical minerals. Building local supply chains in Cornwall is one of the primary means by which local people can benefit, if we are to dig nearly £1 billion-worth of stuff out of the ground every year or pump 95 GW of offshore wind power onshore. Therefore, what steps is the Secretary of State taking to ensure that supply chain businesses, particularly those of the size we have in Cornwall, and their workforces get the support they need, so that workers and local communities may share in the spoils of that investment?

[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.