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HANSARD Powering Up BritainIt was my great pleasure to be hosted by the hon. Gentleman at Strangford lough and to hear all about the potential strengths of the tides. I am delighted to see the growth of…30 Mar 2023HANSARD Powering Up BritainI thank my hon. Friend for his question. Let me follow up with him to talk about more of the details, but I welcome, as he does, the success of the Gigastack Phillips 66 project,…30 Mar 2023HANSARD Powering Up BritainFurther to that point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. The Court asked for more detail and I am delighted to say that is precisely what we have provided today. There was no suggestion…30 Mar 2023HANSARD Powering Up BritainFor much of the past 50 years, since the oil crises of the 1970s, we have taken cheap, plentiful energy for granted. Indeed, one of the catalysts for Britain’s economic…30 Mar 2023HANSARD Powering Up BritainI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his response, but Members on the Government Benches will have been listening with a certain degree of incredulity, because we remember that in…30 Mar 2023HANSARD Powering Up BritainI thank my right hon. Friend and again pay tribute to him for all his work. This is the economic opportunity. If we look at a map of Europe, we can see the opportunity around the…30 Mar 2023HANSARD Powering Up BritainThe hon. Gentleman’s party of course opposes nuclear, despite the opportunity it provides to this country, and it means that Scotland does not benefit as it should. He talked…30 Mar 2023HANSARD Solar Rooftop InstallationsLet me begin by congratulating the hon. Member for Brighton, Pavilion (Caroline Lucas) on securing this important debate and giving such an impassioned, well-informed, moderate…22 Mar 2023HANSARD Solar Rooftop InstallationsThe hon. Lady anticipates what I was going to say, because I was about to suggest that I would be happy to meet her and discuss these matters. As she said, the Secretary of State…22 Mar 2023HANSARD Solar Rooftop InstallationsAs I said, we are under a legal obligation to meet our net zero obligations, and we have set a target of that fivefold increase by 2035. We are open to argument, but we want to…22 Mar 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsSeventy-seven per cent. of our energy today comes from fossil fuels. We will be using about a quarter of the gas we do today in 2050 under net zero. The idea that importing that,…28 Feb 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am sure my hon. Friend is as delighted as I am that the United States and the EU are now following our lead in developing renewables, including offshore wind. We work closely…28 Feb 2023HANSARDTees Freeport: Net ZeroI have known the hon. Gentleman for a long time, so it is disappointing to hear his words. He is right to say that we need co-ordination across Government, including local…28 Feb 2023HANSARDTees Freeport: Net ZeroI continue to discuss with colleagues the contribution that all parts of the country can make to help meet the UK’s net zero targets, including freeports. I was delighted to visit…28 Feb 2023HANSARDTees Freeport: Net ZeroThey put ideology and party difference over the interests of their constituents.28 Feb 2023HANSARDOnshore Wind FarmsMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right on every single count.28 Feb 2023HANSARDOnshore Wind FarmsThe hon. Gentleman is a very fine Member of this House, but I really would warn him against reading out the screeds produced by his party centre. In 2010, just 7% of our…28 Feb 2023HANSARDOnshore Wind FarmsI thank the hon. Gentleman for his question. Since 2015, 10 onshore wind projects totalling 30 MW have been consented for development in England, of which three have become…28 Feb 2023HANSARDEnergy Charter TreatyI have not held discussions with EU counterparts on the scope of co-ordinated withdrawal from the energy charter treaty and note that the EU itself does not have an agreed…28 Feb 2023HANSARDSolar PowerThe planning system is designed to seek that balance with the need to secure a clean, green energy system. It is worth noting that ground-mounted solar has probably the lowest…28 Feb 2023