I thank the hon. Lady for her point. The intention behind subsidies—or, to use another word, support—for energy companies is to try to achieve what we want them to achieve. The investment allowances—there are various other things—should be tweaked or changed to incentivise more directly the sort of behaviours that we are talking about. On that, I support her.
Action on Climate Change and Decarbonisation
Proceeding contribution from
Bim Afolami
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 5 July 2022.
It occurred during Estimates day on Action on Climate Change and Decarbonisation.
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