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HANSARDProcessed Russian Oil Products: Sanctions(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade to make a statement regarding the Government’s decision to issue general trade licences for sanctioned…20 May 2026HANSARDEnergy SecurityI thank the hon. Gentleman, who represents a party that for the best part of 10 years had a presumption against oil and gas, for now seeking to be a champion for that industry.…19 May 2026HANSARDEnergy SecurityI will not. We would back our world-class oil and gas industry by scrapping the ban on exporting technologies and welcoming the £5 billion of exports that that would create.19 May 2026HANSARDEnergy SecurityNo, I will not. That is why Britain needs a serious plan to cut bills. With the Conservatives’ cheap power plan, that is exactly what Britain would get: a £200 cut to energy…19 May 2026HANSARDEnergy SecurityI am sorry, I will not. The North Sea Transition Authority would be rechristened the North Sea Authority and tasked with one noble mission: to maximise North sea oil and gas…19 May 2026HANSARDEnergy SecurityMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. We are exporting emissions and exporting jobs, and that is having a detrimental impact on our economy and communities up and down this…19 May 2026HANSARDEnergy SecurityI thank all the speakers and contributors to this afternoon’s debate. I especially thank and welcome the contributions from my right hon. Friends the Members for Gainsborough (Sir…19 May 2026HANSARDEnergy SecurityWhy not?19 May 2026HANSARDEnergy SecurityMy hon. Friend puts it better than I ever could. She is absolutely right; it is completely nonsensical. In Aberdeen there will be a referendum on this Government’s approach to the…19 May 2026HANSARDEnergy SecurityI could run through the list of what we achieved in office on nuclear, as the Minister has heard me do many times, but let me remind the hon. Member that the Labour party has…19 May 2026HANSARDEconomic GrowthI could not agree more, but change will not come from a weak and feeble Labour party that over the last five years has nodded through and supported every single one of the SNP’s…15 Apr 2026HANSARDEconomic GrowthIn a long litany of failures, surely the most egregious of all that the Scottish National party has inflicted on Scotland is the lack of any discernible growth whatsoever. Indeed,…15 Apr 2026HANSARDEnergy PricesThe Conservatives are clear that we need to get Britain drilling and unlock the potential of the North sea, cutting bills, saving Scottish jobs and making us more energy secure.…15 Apr 2026HANSARD Ground-mounted Solar Panels: AlternativesAs ever, I could not agree more with my hon. Friend, who makes a very important point. Britain is an island nation with more than 40,000 lakes, lochs and reservoirs. We have led…14 Apr 2026HANSARD Ground-mounted Solar Panels: AlternativesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer. I thank my hon. and gallant Friend the Member for Spelthorne (Lincoln Jopp) for securing this important debate and…14 Apr 2026HANSARDMiddle East Conflict: Energy SecurityThis is extraordinary—mad, even. No other country on Earth would deprive itself of the vast natural resource we are lucky enough to have at our disposal underneath the North sea.…24 Mar 2026HANSARDOil and GasThere is some confusion about current SNP policy on oil and gas. Is it, or is it not, still SNP policy to be against new oil and gas in the North sea?24 Mar 2026HANSARDMiddle East Conflict: Energy SecurityThank you, Mr Speaker. “In the face of further geopolitical turmoil, now is the time to alter our approach to energy… Drilling in the North Sea and scrapping carbon taxes on…24 Mar 2026HANSARDOil and GasLet me start by agreeing with fellow Aberdonian the right hon. Member for Oxford East (Anneliese Dodds) in paying tribute to all the energy workers, who, over decades, have worked…24 Mar 2026HANSARDOil and GasI will not because of time. Notably, that list does not include one Scottish Labour MP. Indeed, some Scottish Labour MPs are actively campaigning to stop any production at all,…24 Mar 2026