Department for Energy Security and Net Zero written question – answered at on 13 November 2024.
Mike Amesbury
Independent, Runcorn and Helsby
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of an industrial strategy for offshore wind.
Michael Shanks
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
As set out in the recent Invest: 2035 green paper, clean energy industries are a priority growth sector for the UK. The Government will set out its full Industrial Strategy in the spring to deliver the certainty and stability businesses need to invest in the high-growth sectors that will drive our growth mission.
Yes6 people think so
No2 people think not
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