Extract from Lords consideration of the Pollution Prevention and Control (Fees) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2021 - June 8
Wednesday, 9 June 2021 08:45
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for
Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (Lord Callanan)
(Con):...My noble friend Lady Altmann also asked about transition.
I would like to mention the North Sea Transition Deal which will
help significantly to reduce emissions, ensuring a net-zero basin
by 2050 and supporting our goal of decarbonising the wider economy.
Commitments in the deal will help to achieve a reduction in UK
greenhouse gas emissions of 60 million tonnes,...Request free trial
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department
for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy ()
(Con):...My noble friend Lady Altmann also asked
about transition. I would like to mention the North Sea Transition Deal which will
help significantly to reduce emissions, ensuring a net-zero basin
by 2050 and supporting our goal of decarbonising the wider economy.
Commitments in the deal will help to achieve a reduction in UK
greenhouse gas emissions of 60 million tonnes, including 15 million
tonnes through the progressive decarbonisation of UK production
over the period to 2030. If the UK stopped producing gas, we would
then need to import it and would therefore have little control over
the carbon intensity of those inputs while losing the benefits of a
domestic natural resource.
In response to the points made by my noble friend Lady McIntosh, I
am sure that she is well aware that the wind farm fee regime is not
part of these regulations. I will write to her on the main points
she asked about. The North Sea Transition Deal will harness
the existing skills of the offshore oil and gas sector supply chain
to help to deliver our new low-carbon technologies, such as
hydrogen and carbon capture usage and storage, helping the UK to
meet its net-zero targets...
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