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HANSARDDraft Electricity Supplier Obligations (Excluded Electricity) (Amendment) Regulations 2019Obviously there has always been an argument that Hinkley Point C is required to provide the baseload, but when the original case was made for it we were told that if it was not…03 Feb 2020HANSARDDraft Electricity Supplier Obligations (Excluded Electricity) (Amendment) Regulations 2019The draft impact assessment says that this exclusion will be worth around £2.8 million per business in terms of the contract for difference mechanism for energy-intensive…03 Feb 2020HANSARDDraft Electricity Supplier Obligations (Excluded Electricity) (Amendment) Regulations 2019The Minister says that the exclusion relates to renewable energy. Will he confirm that it does not relate to the cost of nuclear energy, including the strike rate mechanism for…03 Feb 2020HANSARDDraft Electricity Supplier Obligations (Excluded Electricity) (Amendment) Regulations 2019When the Minister was clarifying what the regulations do, he mentioned that the scheme now includes grain mills and flour businesses. How many additional businesses will apply for…03 Feb 2020HANSARDDraft Electricity Supplier Obligations (Excluded Electricity) (Amendment) Regulations 2019On the topic of not offshoring manufacturing, does the hon. Gentleman agree with Matt Cole that the UK Government should include in future CfD auctions an incentive for bidders to…03 Feb 2020HANSARDDraft Electricity Supplier Obligations (Excluded Electricity) (Amendment) Regulations 2019It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Paisley. I pay tribute to the officials sat in the Box beside you. It always amazes me how they manage to get answers to bail…03 Feb 2020HANSARDPlastic UseThe Dutch non-governmental organisation The Ocean Cleanup has discovered that most plastics in the seas come from abandoned fishing gear and nets. Does the Secretary of State…29 Jan 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseOne of my constituents is a childhood sexual abuse survivor. She suffers mental health problems, including agoraphobia. She was awarded the higher rate mobility component for…23 Jan 2020HANSARDInfrastructure InvestmentYesterday it was established that the majority of supply chain contracts for the offshore wind farm Neart Na Gaoithe are going abroad. When are the UK Government going to…22 Jan 2020HANSARDEU Educational and Research ProgrammesDoes it?20 Jan 2020HANSARDA Green Industrial RevolutionI want to go back to the argument of, “It’s great for Norway because they don’t have a domestic car production industry to protect, so they can do what they want.” What are the UK…15 Jan 2020HANSARDA Green Industrial RevolutionMy hon. Friend is making a powerful point about air pollution, and she is highlighting the real concerns. Does she agree that those concerns are backed up by the Government’s…15 Jan 2020HANSARDA Green Industrial RevolutionAfter my hon. Friend the Member for Glasgow East (David Linden) intervened, the hon. Lady said that net zero should be embedded in every Government decision. If the Government on…15 Jan 2020HANSARDA Green Industrial RevolutionWill the hon. Lady give way?15 Jan 2020HANSARDA Green Industrial RevolutionOn honesty and ambition, the hon. Lady said that net zero by 2050 is not good enough, so I am sure she will welcome the fact that the Scottish Government have legislated for net…15 Jan 2020HANSARDA Green Industrial RevolutionThe word “revolution” means either an overthrow or a radical and pervasive change in society, especially one made suddenly. Have we really had a green industrial revolution? Have…15 Jan 2020HANSARDA Green Industrial RevolutionWe obviously welcome some of the things that the Secretary of State has outlined, but on the net zero target that she just outlined, Lord Deben, the chair of the Committee on…15 Jan 2020HANSARDA Green Industrial Revolutionrose —15 Jan 2020HANSARDA Green Industrial RevolutionAnd the Secretary of State will know very well that that baseload is becoming a moot argument. It was argued that Hinkley Point C was required by December 2017 for the baseload to…15 Jan 2020HANSARDFlybeFirst, may I ask what impact assessment has been undertaken on the effect of losing connectivity between Scotland and various UK regions if Flybe does go down? How many of these…14 Jan 2020