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HANSARDAQUIND Interconnector ProjectThe Secretary of State is following a well-established planning process. I am sorry that I cannot say any more about this live case beyond what I have said already; it is with the…28 Nov 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for his continued support for this growing and important sector. Alongside the work of the nuclear skills taskforce, we are currently in phase B of our…28 Nov 2023HANSARDNational Grid Infrastructure: East of EnglandI frequently meet the network companies to discuss their important work developing our electricity transmission network. I have also been pleased to meet communities and MPs from…28 Nov 2023HANSARDNational Grid Infrastructure: East of EnglandI thank my hon. Friend for that question. As he knows from when we met to discuss this in June, the Electricity System Operator is responsible for planning the design and location…28 Nov 2023HANSARDEnergy-intensive IndustriesThe Government have committed £20 billion to support early development of CCUS—carbon capture, usage and storage—and £500 million to the industrial energy transformation fund to…28 Nov 2023HANSARDEnergy-intensive IndustriesYes, I thank my hon. Friend and congratulate him on his relentless efforts to decarbonise the North sea and the north-east of Scotland, and his support for the Acorn project. I…28 Nov 2023HANSARDEnergy-intensive IndustriesIt is a shame that the hon. Gentleman could not find it within himself to congratulate Mayor Ben Houchen on all the work he is doing to bring steelmaking back to the Tees Valley…28 Nov 2023HANSARDEnergy-intensive IndustriesI thank the hon. Lady for that question and, yes, I can give that commitment, because we are already engaging in that work. We are working with companies up and down the UK to…28 Nov 2023HANSARDEnergy-intensive IndustriesMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right that investment is key to delivering our ambitious plans, which is why the Secretary of State was at the global investment summit…28 Nov 2023HANSARDOffshore Wind: East of EnglandGrid reinforcement is critical to delivering our world leading offshore wind targets. The electricity system operator is responsible for designing a modern grid that uses a mix of…28 Nov 2023HANSARDOffshore Wind: East of EnglandAs my right hon. Friend knows, I visited East Anglia a few months ago and I plan to visit again. I hear the frustration and the concerns of her constituents, which she has brought…28 Nov 2023HANSARDOffshore Wind: East of EnglandThe hon. Gentleman should probably direct that question to my Scottish Government counterparts, who are in the same party as him. He wants to ride roughshod over the Scottish…28 Nov 2023HANSARDFloating Offshore WindI understand very much why my hon. Friend wants that to be the case, but we must recognise that one reason for the success of renewables, including in this country, has been the…16 Nov 2023HANSARDFloating Offshore WindIt is a pleasure to serve under you in the Chair this afternoon, Dame Angela. After quite an exciting political week, it is a pleasure to end with such an—on the whole—agreeable…16 Nov 2023HANSARDFloating Offshore WindWidgets being one of the specialties of our region. There is always more we could do, and we should absolutely seek to push the boundaries and work as closely as possible with the…16 Nov 2023HANSARDFloating Offshore WindAbsolutely. I assure the hon. Lady that I am working hard on that. I hope I have demonstrated that the Government not only understand the challenges faced by this exciting new…16 Nov 2023HANSARD Energy Bill [Lords]Two seconds. I will respond to the first intervention before I give way to the hon. Lady. I also noticed that she managed to answer a question that had not even been asked by my…18 Oct 2023HANSARD Energy Bill [Lords]My right hon. Friend is absolutely right. I also noticed that—18 Oct 2023HANSARD Energy Bill [Lords]I welcome all Governments’ investment in support of community energy projects across the United Kingdom, but this is a sharp change from the last time the hon. Member came to this…18 Oct 2023HANSARD Energy Bill [Lords]I thank all right hon. and hon. Members for contributing to this afternoon’s debate. I will first respond to some of the comments made by my constituency neighbour, the hon.…18 Oct 2023