Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to help carbon-intensive industries to reduce emissions.

Government policies to support industrial greenhouse gas emissions reductions include Climate Change Agreements and financial incentives for energy efficiency technologies such as Combined Heat and Power; the Department is also working collaboratively with eight energy intensive sectors through the 2050 Industrial Roadmaps Programme on actions needed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase energy efficiency, whilst improving competitiveness. In addition, the Government is looking ahead to our emissions reduction plan which will set out how the UK will reduce its emissions through the 2020s across all sectors.