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Recommendation 2
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Acknowledged
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The Government has made bold claims that the economic recovery will be a green recovery.
Recommendation
The Government has made bold claims that the economic recovery will be a green recovery. In order to achieve that, the Government needs to set out in its Net Zero Strategy who, at ministerial level, will be responsible for delivering net zero, coordinating the roles of different departments, and ensuring that the UK remains on track to meet its net zero target in a cost-effective way.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government states the Net Zero Strategy will set out its vision for transitioning to a net zero economy, and lead delivery departments are responsible for sectoral strategies, but it does not specify who at ministerial level will be responsible or how coordination will be ensured.
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Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government · verbatim extract
Acknowledged
The Government is committed to a green recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Ten Point Plan is part of the Prime Minister’s mission to level up across the country. It will mobilise £12 billion of Government investment to create and support up to 250,000 highly-skilled green jobs, and spur over three times as much private sector investment by 2030. This will drive forward the green industrial revolution and build the green jobs and industries of the future. BEIS is the lead department responsible for net zero, as well as co-ordinating work across different delivery departments to reduce emissions. Given this, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) leads work on the Government’s overall strategy and will be publishing the Net Zero Strategy in the Autumn.
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