Extract from second
reading debate (Lords) of the Trade Bill
(Con):...When
the time comes to enter into these bilateral trade deals, on which
the Government are placing so many hopes for a post-Brexit Britain,
I trust there will be a strong focus on some areas that have
already been mentioned, including health and medicine and
agriculture. But there is also the education sector and the energy
sector, especially renewables. Indeed, the Prime Minister announced
a strategy today for more clean energy, with electric cars, increased battery storage
facilities and all the research that is involved in that. These
will be important areas to move forward in and, as focus areas,
would provide opportunities for reciprocal trade and investment
with Latin American countries...
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Extract from Treasury
Questions
(Islwyn) (Lab/Co-op):
The Chancellor will know that the freeze on fuel duty is only a
sticking plaster and cannot go on forever. One way of cutting
down on emissions is electric cars, but in my constituency there
is not a single electric car charging point. Will he commit to
investing in more electric charging points across the country?
Mr Hammond: I don’t know about forever, but it
has gone on for eight years, as I have just explained to the
House. The hon. Gentleman is right: the car fleet has to
electrify if we are going to meet our carbon emissions targets.
We set up a £400 million fund in the last Budget to support the
roll-out of electric charging infrastructure, which is clearly
critical for us to meet those targets.
