Track-2 Acorn Cluster

Part of Energy Security and Net Zero – in the House of Commons at on 10 June 2025.

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Photo of Sarah Jones Sarah Jones Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero), Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)

My hon. Friend is right to say that we lost thousands of jobs under the previous Government, whether in ceramics, chemicals or steel. The previous Government saw foundational industries through the rear-view mirror, but we know that these industries will forge our future. That is why we are rushing to get to clean energy by 2030 so that we can bring prices down, why we are supporting our industries through the supercharger, and why through the industrial strategy we are looking to provide more support, not less, to those crucial foundational industries.