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HANSARD Offshore Petroleum Licensing BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time. It is my great pleasure to thank everyone who has supported the progress of the Bill. I recognise the excellent…20 Feb 2024HANSARD Offshore Petroleum Licensing BillThe estimate from the North Sea Transition Authority is that a billion of barrels of oil equivalent, including gas, would be lost if we did not have new licences. That is lost tax…22 Jan 2024HANSARD Offshore Petroleum Licensing BillIn the time I have, I will try to respond to a few of the points that have been made by colleagues. My hon. Friend the Member for Waveney highlighted the commitment of oil and gas…22 Jan 2024HANSARD Offshore Petroleum Licensing BillThe hon. Member for Warwick and Leamington (Matt Western) talked about the zero-carbon homes standard, and the importance of improving the insulation and energy efficiency of…22 Jan 2024HANSARD Offshore Petroleum Licensing BillYou have given your guidance, Madam Deputy Speaker, which is to give way to those who have been in the Chamber for the debate, not to Johnny-come-latelies who come in and want to…22 Jan 2024HANSARD Offshore Petroleum Licensing BillIf the hon. Gentleman, who has hardly been here, would sit down, I will fortunately be able to come to a close. The amendment put forward by His Majesty’s Opposition suggests that…22 Jan 2024HANSARD Offshore Petroleum Licensing BillThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker.22 Jan 2024HANSARD Offshore Petroleum Licensing BillWill the hon. Gentleman give way?22 Jan 2024HANSARD Offshore Petroleum Licensing BillI thank the hon. Gentleman. He mentioned a specific company, Harbour Energy, and it is absolutely investing in the Viking carbon capture centre and playing a positive role. That…22 Jan 2024HANSARD Offshore Petroleum Licensing BillThe hon. Gentleman is talking about bogus premises, but he just suggested that we could get more pipeline gas from Norway. Does he not recognise that if we do not produce as much…22 Jan 2024HANSARD Offshore Petroleum Licensing BillI thank my right hon. Friends the Members for Reading West (Sir Alok Sharma) and for Chelmsford (Vicky Ford), and my hon. Friends the Members for Waveney (Peter Aldous), for Moray…22 Jan 2024HANSARD Offshore Petroleum Licensing BillThe Labour party will support oil and gas jobs—just not in this country. Not having new licences here will make no difference whatsoever to our consumption, but it will make a…22 Jan 2024HANSARD Offshore Petroleum Licensing BillThe measures will make no difference to our consumption and no difference to world consumption because we are net importers. We are not spilling our product on to global markets.…22 Jan 2024HANSARD Offshore Petroleum Licensing BillIf Members oppose the Bill and allow no new licensing, the impact will be higher emissions, and they will not see the investment that we are seeing in new projects such as…22 Jan 2024HANSARDOnshore Wind Farm CablesI thank the hon. Gentleman for his question. Of course, we have been moving at pace. We have had the Winser review and the connections plan. In the autumn statement and, indeed,…16 Jan 2024HANSARDNet Zero Targets: BusinessesI meet regularly with business leaders and chair several groups bringing together Government and industry so that we can drive progress towards net zero. That includes the Net…16 Jan 2024HANSARDNet Zero Targets: BusinessesThe best thing, as barristers know, is to not ask a question unless you already know the answer, because it might not suit you. We are moving as quickly as we can to make sure…16 Jan 2024HANSARDNet Zero Targets: BusinessesI thank the hon. Gentleman for his question, which has a sort of comic element given Labour’s monumental failure to deliver renewables when it was in power, coupled with the fact…16 Jan 2024HANSARDNet Zero Targets: BusinessesI thank the hon. Lady for her question and for her work on the Committee in holding the Government to account. Of course, we have realised £198 billion of investment into clean…16 Jan 2024HANSARDNet Zero Targets: BusinessesGiven the hon. Lady’s lifelong passion for this subject, I find it extraordinary that she never, ever recognises the unique achievement of this country in halving emissions. I…16 Jan 2024