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HANSARDCarbon Capture, Usage and StorageMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. As I have said before in the House, Cornwall has a crucial role to play in our clean energy future. She is a brilliant champion for Cornwall…07 Oct 2024HANSARDCarbon Capture, Usage and StorageLet us be absolutely clear about this, because that was a significant intervention from the hon. Gentleman. Here we have what claims to be the party of working people opposing…07 Oct 2024HANSARDCarbon Capture, Usage and StorageThat is indeed done as part of this. I gently say to some of those asking me this question that this Government have a world-leading position on no new oil and gas licences, and…07 Oct 2024HANSARDCarbon Capture, Usage and StorageMy hon Friend is absolutely right. The last Government cancelled the project twice, which tells us all we need to know about them. I had forgotten about the second cancellation; I…07 Oct 2024HANSARDCarbon Capture, Usage and StorageI listened to what oil and gas companies such as BP and Equinor said: they warmly welcomed this announcement. Frankly, there was a sigh of relief; after years of promises and…07 Oct 2024HANSARDGrangemouth Oil Refinery: JobsIt is deeply disappointing to learn that Petroineos has confirmed its previous decision to close the oil refining operation at Grangemouth. All of my thoughts are with the workers…12 Sept 2024HANSARDExercise of Powers over the Office for Nuclear RegulationMy noble Friend Lord Hunt of Kings Heath has today made the following statement: Later today, the annual report to Parliament setting out the use of the Secretary of State’s…12 Sept 2024HANSARD Great British Energy BillI am going to make some more progress. Let me go through what Great British Energy will do. First, it will invest in and own clean energy projects, particularly leading-edge…05 Sept 2024HANSARD Great British Energy BillThe right hon. Gentleman and I have a long history on these issues, which makes me rather old. Indeed, we used to spar about them 15 years ago. He is wrong about £1.6 billion; it…05 Sept 2024HANSARD Great British Energy BillThe right hon. Gentleman surprises me; he is a brilliant set-up man, and he is welcome any time. I will now explain to him what state ownership will do. Here is why it is the…05 Sept 2024HANSARD Great British Energy BillNot at the moment. [I nterruption. ] The right hon. Gentleman needs to calm down a little bit; I know he gets very angry. We have had 14 years of blind faith in free markets and a…05 Sept 2024HANSARD Great British Energy BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. May I congratulate you on your elevation to your new role, Madam Deputy Speaker? At the general election, the British…05 Sept 2024HANSARD Great British Energy BillMy hon. Friend is absolutely right, and it is part of what this Government have done. In less than two months, we have overturned the onshore wind ban, consented large amounts of…05 Sept 2024HANSARD Great British Energy BillI will give way one more time before making some more progress.05 Sept 2024HANSARD Great British Energy BillMy hon. Friend anticipates my point about how we build the supply chains, and about the lessons we have learned from what state-owned companies in other countries have done to…05 Sept 2024HANSARD Great British Energy BillMy hon. Friend is a brilliant champion of his constituency and these issues, and he is absolutely right that part of the challenge we face is to expand our supply chains in…05 Sept 2024HANSARD Great British Energy BillI am very surprised by the Liberal Democrats saying that. It is slightly “orange book” Liberal Democrats, if I may put it that way, for those old enough to remember. I say…05 Sept 2024HANSARD Great British Energy BillI will make a bit more progress. [ Interruption. ] Conservative Members are still in the “the show was great but the audience was poor” stage of Opposition. Let me give them some…05 Sept 2024HANSARD Great British Energy BillI will make a bit more progress. I have set out our case—a case that the British people overwhelmingly support. According to post-election polling by More in Common, Great British…05 Sept 2024HANSARD Great British Energy BillMy hon. Friend is a great champion for his area and he is right. I am sure he reflects the feelings of every right hon. and hon. Member, whatever side of the House they are on,…05 Sept 2024