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HANSARDIndependent Review of Net ZeroI thank the Backbench Business Committee again for granting this debate and all Members who have spoken in it. The debate has demonstrated that, while Members may disagree on some…09 Feb 2023HANSARDIndependent Review of Net ZeroMy hon. Friend’s point is very well made. Our mandate for 10% SAF by 2030 is one of our greatest opportunities to decarbonise in the short term to meet our 2030 nationally…09 Feb 2023HANSARDIndependent Review of Net ZeroYes. I thank the hon. Member for that point. One of the key recommendations of the report is that we have an office for net zero delivery, which will be able to join all…09 Feb 2023HANSARDIndependent Review of Net ZeroA really important part of the report, which I will come on to in the moment, is taking a place-based approach to net zero. We will achieve net zero in a more affordable and…09 Feb 2023HANSARD Protecting and Restoring Nature: COP15 and BeyondI am listening with interest to the comments that my right hon. Friend has made. It is unfortunate that COP15 was unable to take place in China. Does he not agree that to try to…14 Jul 2022HANSARDAction on Climate Change and DecarbonisationThe Government also need to set a number of targets for the production of hydrogen and for the capture of carbon dioxide as part of their 2030 plans and the net zero strategy…05 Jul 2022HANSARDAction on Climate Change and DecarbonisationThe economic benefit of net zero is a wholesale transformation in our industries, our manufacturing processes and the way we think about our world. The same debates would have…05 Jul 2022HANSARDAction on Climate Change and DecarbonisationMy hon. Friend is entirely right about one aspect of this. He mentioned efficiency and productivity. Obviously the UK faces a huge productivity challenge. We are speaking in…05 Jul 2022HANSARDAction on Climate Change and DecarbonisationI thank the Backbench Business Committee for agreeing to the debate. Hon. Members across the parties have signed up to it, including a large number of Select Committee Chairs and…05 Jul 2022HANSARDAction on Climate Change and DecarbonisationI will give way to the hon. Gentleman and then to the hon. Lady, but after that I must get on, because I do not want use up all my time with interventions.05 Jul 2022HANSARDAction on Climate Change and DecarbonisationWhen it comes to future measures—I am conscious that some of these schemes were announced by a Chancellor who has resigned in the past half hour and is no longer here to defend…05 Jul 2022HANSARDAction on Climate Change and DecarbonisationWith respect, I do not. We do not have any more time. We have 28 years until 2050. It has been 30 years since we began these discussions and since the formation of the United…05 Jul 2022HANSARDAction on Climate Change and DecarbonisationObviously we will discuss the Ways and Means motion on the Energy (Oil and Gas) Profits Levy Bill, or so-called windfall tax, later, but does my hon. Friend agree that companies…05 Jul 2022HANSARD Soft Plastic Recycling: South GloucestershireI declare my interest not only as a Member of Parliament for South Gloucestershire but as chair of the all-party parliamentary group on the environment. I thank my hon. Friend for…27 Jun 2022HANSARD Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [Lords]I reiterate the general remarks of my right hon. Friend the Member for Harlow (Robert Halfon) about how the Bill is welcome overall. I will support the Government in their motions…28 Mar 2022HANSARDHigher Education ReformAs the Universities Minister who oversaw the publication of the Augar review 1,001 days ago, I welcome the Government’s considered response and the Secretary of State’s marked…24 Feb 2022HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [Lords]I will do my best, Madam Deputy Speaker, to squeeze my remarks on the 12 amendments in my name into six minutes, but I apologise in advance if I run slightly over. To echo the…21 Feb 2022HANSARDHousehold Energy Bills: VATThat is what I mean by the slippery slope. It is the slippery slope of suddenly saying, “Well, what about reducing VAT?" Let’s turn to the green levies—they are actually making up…11 Jan 2022HANSARDHousehold Energy Bills: VATI will gave way to the right hon. Gentleman and that is it.11 Jan 2022HANSARDHousehold Energy Bills: VATI rise to make a plea to Members from all parties that, regardless of the emotions that are raised in this debate, we maintain our united commitment to decarbonisation and energy…11 Jan 2022