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PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Clay: Quarrying (5 July 2023)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when he last visited a clay quarry in the UK in the context of that industry's carbon emissions. .

Asked by:
Wendy Morton (Conservative)

Answer

Ministers regularly meet with external stakeholders. Details of ministerial meetings with external organisations are published quarterly and can be found on GOV.UK at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-energy-security-and-net-zero.

Data covering the 1 January 2023 until 31 March 2023 is due to be published shortly. In line with Cabinet Office Guidance organisations are listed instead of individuals.

The Government is working with these sectors to support decarbonisation. To date, the Industrial Energy Transformation Fund has given over £3m to energy efficiency and decarbonisation projects in the brick, tiles and construction products sector. Subject to business case approval, Phase 3 will open in early 2024.


Answered by:
Graham Stuart (Conservative)
12 July 2023

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