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HANSARD Clean Energy Superpower MissionI pay tribute to my hon. Friend for being such an eloquent advocate for Grangemouth so early in his time as a Member of Parliament. His counsel, advice and work on this subject…18 Jul 2024HANSARD Clean Energy Superpower MissionI am slightly disappointed but not surprised by the hon. Gentleman’s tone. I would have thought that the Scottish National party would welcome a publicly owned energy generation…18 Jul 2024HANSARD Clean Energy Superpower MissionMy hon. Friend has been an incredibly eloquent advocate on these issues, including in the last Parliament. This is an important point for all parties in the House to reckon with.…18 Jul 2024HANSARD Clean Energy Superpower MissionAnyone who knows me knows that I am a super-nerd. I take all of my responsibilities, particularly my quasi-judicial responsibilities, incredibly seriously, and I did in all the…18 Jul 2024HANSARD Clean Energy Superpower MissionI thank my hon. Friend for his important question. He draws attention to a fact in the Climate Change Committee report that is worth underlining: we have an internationally set,…18 Jul 2024HANSARD Clean Energy Superpower MissionCharacteristically, the hon. Lady makes an important point. To deliver this agenda, we have to get the central-local relationship right, because if we try to deliver it all from…18 Jul 2024HANSARD Clean Energy Superpower MissionI congratulate my hon. Friend on her election. I have worked with her in the past and I know she will be an outstanding Member of Parliament. The Under-Secretary of State for…18 Jul 2024HANSARD Clean Energy Superpower MissionI thank the hon. Gentleman for his kind words. In the last few days, I have sometimes sai3d to people that I feel that I am going back to the job I did 15 years ago, but getting…18 Jul 2024HANSARD Clean Energy Superpower MissionThe most important thing is to secure a just transition for those communities, as set out in our manifesto, through £8.3 billion from Great British Energy and over £7 billion from…18 Jul 2024HANSARD Clean Energy Superpower MissionMy hon. Friend is also a great guy to go on a boat with. As he says, Cornwall and our coastal communities have an incredibly important part to play. Some of the biggest economic…18 Jul 2024HANSARD Clean Energy Superpower MissionI welcome my hon. Friend back to the House. It is fantastic to see her back in her place—I congratulate her. She knows much about this subject through working for RenewableUK when…18 Jul 2024HANSARD Clean Energy Superpower MissionI welcome the hon. Lady to her place. I can confirm that GB Energy will play a role in all kinds of ways, and that we are certainly not restricting it in the way that she…18 Jul 2024HANSARD Clean Energy Superpower MissionThe hon. Lady raises an important issue. The previous Government had a whole series of consultations out on community benefit. We will respond to those, but I want to be very…18 Jul 2024HANSARD Clean Energy Superpower MissionI welcome my hon. Friend to his place. He was head of policy when I was Leader of the Opposition, and I tended to do what he told me, rather than the other way round, so it is a…18 Jul 2024HANSARD Clean Energy Superpower MissionLet me welcome my hon. Friend to his place. He raises a very important issue. There were some standards put in place by the previous Government, but I think that we should take…18 Jul 2024HANSARD Clean Energy Superpower MissionI am afraid that we have to conduct these debates on the basis of fact, not myth. Some 0.1% of our land, and around that amount of agricultural land, is being used for solar…18 Jul 2024HANSARD Clean Energy Superpower MissionI really welcome my hon. Friend’s advocacy on this issue. The hydrogen economy is a really important part of our future. It is yet another example of where we can succeed as a…18 Jul 2024HANSARD Clean Energy Superpower MissionI thank the right hon. Member for that invitation, and I will very much consider it, because I care a lot about this area. Obviously, I have to make decisions, in a certain…18 Jul 2024HANSARD Clean Energy Superpower MissionFirst of all, let me explain to the hon. Gentleman that Robin Hood Energy was a supply company; this is a generation company. Robin Hood was a retailer, so it is different, but I…18 Jul 2024HANSARD Clean Energy Superpower MissionI think to be called a kid at my time of life is stretching things a bit, but I am nevertheless grateful to my hon. Friend for his contribution. He makes the important point that…18 Jul 2024