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HANSARDDraft Electricity and Gas etc. (Amendment Etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Draft Electricity network codes and guidelines (Markets and trading) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Draft Electricity and gas (Market Integrity and Transparency) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Draft Gas (Security of Supply and Network Codes) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Draft Electricity Network Codes and Guidelines (System Operation and Connection) (Amendment Etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019No, I will not give way. I encourage my hon. Friend to read what has been published today in response to a request from the House of Commons about the economic impacts of a…26 Feb 2019HANSARD UK Deep Sea Mining IndustryIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hosie, and to respond to the debate secured by my hon. Friend the Member for South East Cornwall (Mrs Murray), who set out…20 Feb 2019HANSARD Heat Networks: Greenwich and WoolwichIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies, in particular as you have a long-standing interest in the whole area of decarbonisation. I sincerely congratulate the…19 Feb 2019HANSARD Mineworkers’ Pension SchemeDoes the hon. Gentleman want answers, or does he want to keep asking questions? Because I love the hon. Gentleman, I will take a question from him.14 Feb 2019HANSARD Mineworkers’ Pension SchemeMay I sincerely congratulate the hon. Member for Barnsley East (Stephanie Peacock) on securing this debate and on a superb, passionate speech? It was brilliant to hear. I need to…14 Feb 2019HANSARD Mineworkers’ Pension SchemeI will, but I met the trustees last year. I think that they have done an exceptionally good job, and I shall say more about that later. We have discussed their proposals with…14 Feb 2019HANSARD Mineworkers’ Pension SchemeI am sure the hon. Gentleman will be the first to acknowledge—the point has already been made—that, sadly, one of the results has been that many people who are in receipt of this…14 Feb 2019HANSARD Mineworkers’ Pension SchemeNo, I will not give way. Some important questions have been answered. I think that I was generous in allowing two speeches to be made before my response. As the hon. Member for…14 Feb 2019HANSARD Mineworkers’ Pension SchemeI am afraid that there is a fundamental fallacy in some of the arguments that have been advanced. I suspect that the Labour Government made the decision not to review the surplus…14 Feb 2019HANSARD Mineworkers’ Pension SchemeLet me make some progress. [Interruption.]14 Feb 2019HANSARD Mineworkers’ Pension SchemeThe hon. Lady has made a valid point but, as she has also said, if the scheme had been reviewed at that point, many more thousands of people would have received a higher pension.…14 Feb 2019HANSARD Mineworkers’ Pension SchemeThis is a factual point with which I intend to deal shortly. The split has already been reviewed. It was last reviewed in 2002 by a Labour Energy Minister, who said: “the trustees…14 Feb 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am very pleased to assure the hon. Lady that we are not only doing enough, but leading the developed world. Our renewables generation has increased fourfold since 2010. We have…12 Feb 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs the very proud daughter-in-law of a miner’s widow who benefits from the scheme, I take its stewardship very seriously. I believe that it will be debated in the House in a…12 Feb 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is a doughty campaigner for what could be a very valuable source of heat from flooded mine workings. It seems apposite to recognise the effort that went into…12 Feb 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsWith much pleasure. We published figures last week showing that we continue to reduce our emissions, which are down 3% year on year. I say again that we are decarbonising faster…12 Feb 2019HANSARDYorkshire: Economic DevelopmentI know my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government is reviewing the proposals. I see in his place the Mayor of the Sheffield city…12 Feb 2019HANSARDYorkshire: Economic DevelopmentI know that the hon. Gentleman is a proud Yorkshireman, and he will know that we frequently discuss the economic success story that is Yorkshire and the Humber. It may be a little…12 Feb 2019HANSARDEnergy Market: Diversity SupplyThe hon. Gentleman will know that we continue to look actively at this sector. Indeed, we have invested over £50 million in innovation in the sector over the past few years.…12 Feb 2019HANSARDEnergy Market: Diversity SupplyI thank my right hon. Friend for asking a very topical question. The situation is this. We have set out very clearly our need to explore soberly and scientifically this…12 Feb 2019