As the hon. Gentleman will know, Ministers must be quite careful when commenting on the quasi-judicial planning decisions that his question goes into, but he should not mistake—nor should anyone in this House—this Government’s determination to get on with things like CCUS and hydrogen. That is why we have announced a £20 billion programme for CCUS, the largest of any country in Europe. As I say, though, and as he well knows, specific planning decisions are matters that the planning inspector advises Ministers on.
Energy Bill [Lords]
Proceeding contribution from
Grant Shapps
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 9 May 2023.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Energy Bill [Lords].
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