Extract from Commons statement on Carrier Strike Group Deployment - Apr 26
Tuesday, 27 April 2021 07:32
Geraint Davies (Swansea West) (Lab/Co-op) [V]: My father served on
the carrier HMS Victorious, hunting down the Bismarck, so I welcome
the Queen Elizabeth carrier strike group, which will travel 26,000
nautical miles over 28 weeks to 40 countries. However, I ask the
Secretary of State: what will the cost of this deployment be? What
will the carbon footprint be? What message will it send in relation
to COP26? And are there any plans for the Navy overall to try to
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(Swansea West) (Lab/Co-op) [V]: My father
served on the carrier HMS Victorious, hunting down the Bismarck, so
I welcome the Queen Elizabeth carrier strike group, which will
travel 26,000 nautical miles over 28 weeks to 40 countries.
However, I ask the Secretary of State: what will the cost of this
deployment be? What will the carbon footprint be? What message will
it send in relation to COP26? And are there any plans for the Navy
overall to try to reduce its carbon footprint and, indeed, the
carbon footprint of our trade?
The Secretary of State for Defence ( ):
On the carbon footprint and the environment, there are a
number of initiatives right across Government—as shipbuilding tsar,
I am part of steering that—to try to invest in Alternative energy or alternative
fuels. There is a real prize in shipping if we can help to lead the
pack in that—Norway is active in this—because one of the big
polluters around the world is shipping, and if we can change the
fuel that ships use and so make a difference, we can really help
British shipping to steal a march on some of its competitors and
open up many of the skills...
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