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HANSARD Offshore Petroleum Licensing BillI thank the hon. Gentleman for this opportunity to reiterate what I said previously. There is a fundamental understanding of the ongoing role of oil and gas in meeting our energy…22 Jan 2024HANSARD Offshore Petroleum Licensing BillThe premise of the hon. Gentleman’s intervention is that by delaying things, and maximising oil and gas production, we somehow maintain this link. We could just as easily deliver…22 Jan 2024HANSARD Offshore Petroleum Licensing BillI agree entirely with the hon. Gentleman’s ambitions on the energy charter treaty. It is about time that the Government got off the fence on the issue and made a decision. On job…22 Jan 2024HANSARD Offshore Petroleum Licensing BillNo, I am not. Where is the guaranteed ringfencing of revenues from North sea oil and gas production to develop more renewable energy and accelerate the just transition?…22 Jan 2024HANSARD Offshore Petroleum Licensing BillIs the hon. Gentleman asking whether I am giving way?22 Jan 2024HANSARD Offshore Petroleum Licensing BillWhat is important is the understanding that we will be reliant on oil and gas. This Government are creating a false dichotomy between having unlimited new licences and having an…22 Jan 2024HANSARDOnshore Wind Farm CablesNew renewable energy generation demands new transmission infrastructure. This Government have been asleep at the wheel for 14 years, showing zero pace, ambition or grip in…16 Jan 2024HANSARDConsumer Energy DebtThe situation for bill payers this winter is even worse than it was last winter, which is why the SNP has called for the reinstatement of the £400 energy support scheme. However,…16 Jan 2024HANSARDNet Zero Targets: BusinessesWho is holding it up?16 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsClyde-built HMS Argyll is the oldest escort in the fleet. She is currently in refit in Devonport and has been since August ’22. Will the Minister for Defence Procurement advise…08 Jan 2024HANSARD Service AccommodationVery wise counsel, as ever. Our military personnel have been forced to suffer plummeting living standards in the United Kingdom. If we are serious about creating resilient and…19 Dec 2023HANSARD Service AccommodationIt is a pleasure to speak on this important issue. I commend the hon. Member for Mid Bedfordshire (Alistair Strathern) for bringing forward this important debate. I am pleased to…19 Dec 2023HANSARD Service AccommodationThe right hon. Gentleman may not have wanted to add grist to the Minister’s mill, and I do not want to use up all my time debating this, but as you know, Dame Angela, there are a…19 Dec 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsUK capital requirement regulations mandate a 50% level of capitalisation to be held by lenders for longer terms as opposed to 20% for shorter terms. Car manufacturer banks, such…19 Dec 2023HANSARD Service AccommodationI recognise the dynamic that the Minister is talking about, although not from a ministerial point of view. When we speak to service personnel, they are frank. What he is detailing…19 Dec 2023HANSARD UkraineWe are approaching dangerous territory with regards to the west’s ongoing support for those who fight for our democracy and the rule of law in the trenches and farm buildings of…19 Dec 2023HANSARDGlobal Combat Air Programme TreatyThe Secretary of State is clearly very pleased with himself, which would presumably account for the unnecessary amount of levity following a statement that was actually very…18 Dec 2023HANSARD Broadband: Rural CommunitiesIt would be a good excuse.13 Dec 2023HANSARD Broadband: Rural CommunitiesIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Dowd. I am very grateful to the hon. Member for West Dorset (Chris Loder), who I know to be an outstanding parliamentarian and a…13 Dec 2023HANSARDFormer Afghan Special Forces: DeportationI thank the Minister for the helpful clarity that he has provided today, in particular on the eligibility of members of Afghan special forces for the ARAP scheme. That having been…11 Dec 2023