Speeches by Kane.

“You stated that as being slow progress. I say to you in all genuineness: if I was going there, I wouldn’t be starting here—that is the famous line—but this Government have acted at incredible pace. They were elected in July. The mandate was put through Parliament in September, with the 2% coming into force on 1 January…”

“I said that we have got to 2% of the mandate this year, which the new Government have legislated for. I will just check my figures. That rises to 10% by 2030 and 22% by 2040. We are investing £135 million in the advanced fuels fund as well. This new Government have invested £1 billion in the Aerospace Technology Instit…”

“Yesterday, I was in Geneva speaking on the floor of the UN at the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Inland Transport Committee. We are working right across the globe and showing leadership in this to try to reduce our emissions right across the globe, particularly across the continent, working with our inte…”

“Indeed. Because of maritime, we have the International Maritime Organisation in the UK. In addition to the work on seafarers’ rights that we have already introduced, we are pushing for higher environmental standards in the maritime sector right across the planet at this year’s council about taking out more greenhouse g…”

“Since entering Parliament 11 years ago this week, I have been involved with Sustainable Aviation, and they have developed a clear pathway of what needs to happen within aviation to reduce our emissions. Currently, Chair, there is no way to completely reduce carbon emissions without some form of carbon capture technolog…”

“We currently have a study on what comes out of the tailpipe in terms of the other gases and the impact that that has on climate change. We work with Sustainable Aviation to look at that pathway to make it net zero. I think the target date is 2050.”

“That is out in the public realm now.”

“That piece of work with Sustainable Aviation is in the public realm right now. You clearly see on a graph a pathway through airspace modernisation, hydrogen battery and improved technology. You cannot get down to a zero pathway to decarbonise aviation without carbon capture technology. It has to be part of it.”

“Yes. I have seen the figures. I cannot remember them offhand.”

“Yes, we will send them to you.”

“I do not think it is binary, either. Carbon capture technology and SAF are growth industries, which we are legislating for. These are creating the industry of the future, and in parts of the country, as we know, like some of our coastal communities, particularly in the north and the central belt in Scotland—”

“—that have de-industrialised.”

“—the BAC One-Elevens, the Tridents and the Concordes. I even saw the Space Shuttle do a low pass on a jumbo jet one day. We have two Members from Derby here. We know through Rolls-Royce and others that engines are getting quieter, more efficient and more carbon efficient. We need to think in the future about noise enve…”

“We need private sector investment to do this. What I am saying about an expansion when proposals come through for Heathrow is that better connectivity to Heathrow and to the regions will automatically, I believe, improve economic activity at those airports.”

“Yes.”

“The scope of the ANPS will be determined by the Secretary of State, so I cannot fully answer that question. From the last one, and I can guarantee you the next one, we will look at this and at how to do it better. In terms of the public service obligation, I think there are only three at the moment. There is Newquay to…”

“The power is the ability to act through the ANPS. That will be us looking at that and about how that connectivity is baked into the rest of the country if a proposal comes forward for Heathrow to expand.”

“We are expecting that their proposal will come forward this summer, and then it will go to DCO in the future. After we receive their proposal, we will begin the process of the statement.”

“Good morning, Chair. I am Mike Kane. I am the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Aviation, Maritime and Security.”

“Thank you so much for the question. I have always, as an MP who was brought up in an aviation constituency in Manchester, been very proud of our being a world-class aviation nation. We have the largest aviation sector in the world, apart from the USA and China. It adds £20 billion to our GDP and it employs 240,000 peop…”