Energy Costs: Support for Businesses - 17th January 2023

Here are the climate-related sections of speeches by MPs during the Commons debate Energy Costs: Support for Businesses.

Full text: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2023-01-17/debates/881110F3-A3E0-4F71-93A9-1C9FCF4F43D1/EnergyCostsSupportforBusinesses

00:00 Peter Gibson

I thank the Secretary of State for that answer. The Government have already awarded Cummins, the engine maker in Darlington, £14.6 million to develop a hydrogen combustion engine, which will help the road haulage industry to decarbonise and reduce business energy costs. Does my right hon. Friend agree with me that investment in alternatives such as that will benefit businesses into the future, will he look at the regulation to enable this technology to be exploited and will he visit Darlington to see Cummins?

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00:00 Grant Shapps

I think the answer is three yeses. My hon. Friend is absolutely right to highlight the importance of that hydrogen technology; it is one of the reasons the UK has a global lead. I am looking very closely at how off-road hydrogen vehicles could also be a big part of our decarbonisation strategy.

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