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HANSARDClean GrowthMost certainly. In an uncertain world, to go and stand on the docks of Lowestoft and visit Great Yarmouth and see the wind turbines and feel the wind is actually to see the…19 Mar 2019HANSARDClean GrowthThe offshore wind sector deal was a gift that kept on giving, because the hon. Lady and I had the great pleasure of discussing that with the Prime Minister on the Friday after the…19 Mar 2019HANSARDClean GrowthMy hon. Friend is a wonderful campaigner on this new and exciting area of house building, which is part of the grand challenge. I was very pleased, as I am sure he was, to see the…19 Mar 2019HANSARDClean GrowthI enjoyed what might be the last ever meeting of EU Energy Ministers last week, where it was clear that our leadership, which has been so important in the EU, will continue…19 Mar 2019HANSARDClean GrowthI am sure that my hon. Friend, like me, welcomes the fact that we already have more than 13 GW of onshore wind installed. As she says, much of that is reaching the end of its…19 Mar 2019HANSARDClean GrowthThe hon. Gentleman needs to understand that we welcome the fact that we have a diverse energy supply. As we have discussed, there are thousands of jobs to be created from…19 Mar 2019HANSARDClean GrowthI just cannot agree with the hon. Gentleman. He might make good headlines, but he knows that we should pride ourselves on having a diverse, low-cost energy system. We have to…19 Mar 2019HANSARDMarine Renewable Electricity GenerationIt was a pleasure to meet the right hon. Gentleman and a cross-party group of colleagues only last month to discuss this matter. I commend the Marine Energy Council for the work…19 Mar 2019HANSARDMarine Renewable Electricity GenerationI do not want to pre-empt the White Paper, but I think that one thing we will show in it is how the ongoing attempts to be technology-neutral can work across the piece to generate…19 Mar 2019HANSARDMarine Renewable Electricity GenerationOf course, it is striking that we had the very interesting Swansea tidal bid, which would have been the most expensive power station in the UK had we built it, and that that…19 Mar 2019HANSARDMarine Renewable Electricity GenerationI will attempt to do that, Mr Speaker. The hon. Gentleman will know, of course, that all these technologies basically started off in the same place. Arguably, marine and tidal…19 Mar 2019HANSARDCarbon EmissionsThe right measure is to look at carbon dioxide reduction as a unit of national income—the carbon intensity measure—and BEIS will publish its own numbers at the end of May and then…19 Mar 2019HANSARDCarbon EmissionsFar from it. I do not recognise those numbers. I have got into trouble before for saying I probably would have been out there with those kids several years ago—I recognise the…19 Mar 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Gentleman says the unions are wrong—that is probably a first. People support fracking because of its potential to create jobs. [ Interruption. ] Crikey, if he would stop…19 Mar 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Gentleman, as a proud representative of a former coalfield community, knows that, to the contrary, many people, including the GMB, support the fracking policy because of…19 Mar 2019HANSARD Transition Towns and Fossil FuelsI was hoping that the hon. Member for Bristol West (Thangam Debbonaire) might provide some sugar-rich vegetarian snacks, as we are going on so late this evening, but we have been…18 Mar 2019HANSARD Transition Towns and Fossil FuelsNonsense!18 Mar 2019HANSARDEnergy Council, March 2019The Energy Council took place on 4 March 2019. Tyre labelling regulation The presidency sought a general approach on the updated regulation on tyre labelling. The Commission,…14 Mar 2019HANSARDEU Emissions Trading SchemeToday, the Government will publish legislation for a short extension to the deadline for UK operators participating in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) to surrender their…11 Mar 2019HANSARD Offshore Wind Substations: East of EnglandIf I may, I will take that point away, because my hon. Friend does raise an important question. Obviously, it is similar to others that have come up in respect of energy…11 Mar 2019