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HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Eighteenth sitting)Thank you, Mr Sharma, for your excellent chairing of the Committee this morning, and thank you to Mr Gray, Dr Huq and Ms Nokes for their equally excellent chairmanship over the…29 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Eighteenth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Sharma, on the last morning that we gather together in this room to debate the Bill. I thank the hon. Member for Sheffield,…29 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Eighteenth sitting)I thank hon. Members for their contributions, and especially the hon. Member for Sheffield, Hallam for tabling new clause 87, which seeks to create a new community energy…29 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Eighteenth sitting)I would be delighted to engage in further discussion with the hon. Gentleman and other interested hon. Members. I will commit to ongoing engagement, but we do not believe that the…29 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Eighteenth sitting)Far be it from me to spoil the enjoyment for hon. Members! I said this when we debated it last week, and I say it again: we continue to work on this. We continue to look at what…29 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Eighteenth sitting)No—just in one year, I am afraid.29 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Eighteenth sitting)For the record, let me make it absolutely clear that I have only the greatest respect for my right hon. Friend the Member for North East Somerset and that he has never expressed…29 Jun 2023HANSARD Great British NuclearPerhaps it will reassure my hon. Friend to know that I made it a priority to visit the Sizewell C site, not just to see the site and meet EDF and the Sizewell C company, but to…28 Jun 2023HANSARD Great British NuclearIt is an absolute pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir George, and—my goodness me—to discuss nuclear with my hon. Friend the Member for Ynys Môn (Virginia Crosbie). The…28 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Seventeenth sitting)I thank the hon. Gentleman for his comments and for tabling new clause 46. For clarity, Storegga, which is the lead company in the Acorn project Scottish cluster is headquartered…27 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Seventeenth sitting)For a minute there I thought I would be denied the opportunity to speak about the new clause, which I know would have disappointed hon. Members. The hon. Member for Southampton…27 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Seventeenth sitting)I thank the hon. Member for Southampton, Test for tabling the new clause. We are in agreement on most things, including the importance of onshore wind to meeting our net zero and…27 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Seventeenth sitting)I thank the hon. Member for Kilmarnock and Loudoun for his new clause. As he said, it covers several aspects, which I fully agree are important for the safe and effective delivery…27 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Seventeenth sitting)I understand the hon. Gentleman’s concern, which I know comes from the right place, but I stress that the changes that we propose are designed to give local authorities more…27 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Seventeenth sitting)The hon. Gentleman is playing a bit fast and loose with what I said—he obviously understands. We are supporting two projects right now. The contracting process is coming along. We…27 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Seventeenth sitting)Will the hon. Gentleman give way?27 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Seventeenth sitting)I absolutely understand. If the Government could wave a magic wand and say, “Every carbon capture and storage project in the country can get the go-ahead today”, that would of…27 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Seventeenth sitting)Absolutely—the current nuclear fleet. By the way, the last time we unveiled a new nuclear reactor in this country was in 1995—Sizewell B—and it is about time we got on and…27 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Seventeenth sitting)I apologise to the hon. Gentleman, but as he is speaking he is brandishing a large picture of the Conservative party chairman, my right hon. Friend the Member for Chelsea and…27 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Seventeenth sitting)I thank the hon. Gentleman for pointing out my optimism. I am a Scottish Conservative as well as an Aberdeen and Scotland football fan, so I have to be an optimist; otherwise, I…27 Jun 2023