Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 2:50 pm on 16 October 2023.
Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
Green
2:50,
16 October 2023
That is sort of good news, because I hope that this Government are not going to give any of that funding to fossil fuel companies, or to any other industry that has not only had tax breaks in the past and made massive profits but trashed the planet knowingly. Will the Minister give me any sort of promise that fossil fuel companies will not be entrusted with this sort of technology, which is already considered very risky and ineffective?
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