Speeches by Jones.

“Happy birthday, Mr Speaker. We have always been clear that we support the Acorn project. My colleagues and I have had many discussions with the industry, and we know what an important proposal it is. As we have said, the decision is a matter for the spending review, but we are close to having those decisions. I thank t…”

“The Northern Endurance Partnership, which is developing the infrastructure to transport CO2 across Teesside and the Humber, will create thousands of jobs. There is a 50% local content target, but we want to exceed that, and I urge the partnership to use British suppliers. I think my hon. Friend is meeting its represent…”

“Under the previous Government, we lost 70,000 jobs in the oil and gas industry and more than 1,000 jobs in the ceramics industry. We produced only 30% of the steel that we need in this country, and the chemicals industry fell by 30%. The Conservatives’ record is shocking. We are putting together a plan that will ensure…”

“Since the election, over £40 billion of investment has been announced in clean energy, creating good jobs with good wages, and by 2030, the industry could support hundreds of thousands of new jobs. We will soon publish our clean energy workforce strategy, which will set out in more detail where and how we will deliver …”

“I thank my hon. Friend for that speech—[Interruption.] I mean, for that beautiful short question. I welcome the jobs that are coming to the port of Mostyn. This Labour Government are driving investment in our communities from carbon capture, hydrogen, nuclear, wind and solar energy. Opposition Members have to explain t…”

“The North sea will continue to play an important role for years to come, which is why we are keeping existing fields open for their lifetime. This is a declining base, and the hon. Gentleman knows that. This is not where the jobs of the future will be. They will be in the clean energy transition, which we are investing…”

“We are developing proposals that will minimise costs and ensure a fair outcome for consumers throughout the country.”

“Although it was unclear, I think the Opposition support these regulations. If they do, I am grateful. We do not need to replay the arguments about the dash to clean power, which is the only way to bring down our energy costs in the long term. We do not need to rehearse the fact that the North sea is a declining basin t…”

“Gas is still being produced in this country, and that will continue for many years to come, as the hon. Gentleman knows. We could rehearse these arguments, but I am not sure they are pertinent to these draft regulations. I will just celebrate the fact that we are now the fastest-growing economy in the G7 and that the e…”

“I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Pollution Prevention and Control (Fees) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2025. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Murrison. The draft regulations were laid before the House on 23 April. Before outlining the provisions, I will briefly pr…”

“Obviously, with the spending review, I do not know where it is going to land. Is it more of a priority for this Government than the last? Yes. Is it absolutely crucial to delivering 2030? Yes. In the industrial strategy, the top three things across the board that all industry raised were skills, energy prices and acces…”

“There are lots of complexities in the training system, and part of the reason for having a workforce plan is to identify those and to work out how to fix them. I know you talked a lot about construction in previous sessions, but the Government have made an announcement on the construction sector and how we are putting …”

“The overall picture of the White Paper is putting into practice what we talked about in opposition, which is that there has not been a join-up between an industrial strategy, the Department for Work and Pensions, a migration advisory strategy and Skills England in the past. What we have seen over recent years is a quad…”

“I do not have a lucky date, but everything is aligning around the spending review time because, obviously, there are a lot of decisions in terms of what we can and cannot do. There is also the industrial strategy but, of course, we have had the migration strategy this week saying that if we want to have some of the ski…”

“Yes, we do. We are working on it now, and it is exciting.”

“There is obviously training for people to deliver heat pumps. If you are an existing gas fitter, the training is less than a week and you can then be trained to install. I do not know if you are talking about people training from scratch or a slightly different system, but my understanding of heat pumps is that there i…”

“Public confidence from employers, do you mean?”

“Full scope, yes.”

“Yes.”

“Yes, the eight growth-driving sectors cannot function without the foundation industries. The world is changing, so we need to be more secure, we need to make sure we are providing as much as we can in the UK, we want to reverse the decline of manufacturing. All of these things are true so, yes, the foundation industrie…”