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HANSARD Eastern Link Undersea Cable Electricity GenerationI have a lot of offshore wind off my constituency as well. What we have done with the contracts for difference, and leading the world in the deployment of offshore wind, has been…25 Oct 2022HANSARD Eastern Link Undersea Cable Electricity GenerationI congratulate the hon. Member for East Lothian (Kenny MacAskill) on securing this important debate. The Government are leading the world on offshore wind. We have the most…25 Oct 2022HANSARD Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillAnd that, after all, is what UK sovereignty is all about. I do urge Opposition Members to recognise that this is a framework Bill. It is not going to deliver any of the negative…25 Oct 2022HANSARD Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI will—[Hon. Members: “Oh!”] I will give way to my hon. Friend.25 Oct 2022HANSARD Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillGreat. I am pleased to give the hon. Member the reassurance that that Act will not be in scope of the sunset. It has also been suggested by the hon. Member for Stalybridge and…25 Oct 2022HANSARD Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI am normally generous in giving way but—am I allowed to use the word “hogwash”?—I have heard so much hogwash from Opposition Members during the debate that I feel that it is…25 Oct 2022HANSARD Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillThe hon. Gentleman may shout—well, he may not shout, under the rules, but he shouts anyway. If he and his—25 Oct 2022HANSARD Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy was generous in giving way earlier. If the hon. Gentleman sits down and stops shouting, he…25 Oct 2022HANSARD Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI urge the devolved Governments, including that of the party of the hon. Member for Argyll and Bute (Brendan O’Hara), to seize that opportunity and look at creating better…25 Oct 2022HANSARD Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI understand why the hon. Member for Stalybridge and Hyde (Jonathan Reynolds) points his finger and tries to attack my party, but we are the party that has delivered those…25 Oct 2022HANSARD Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillWe have heard quite enough from Opposition Members, with their exaggerated declarations and scaremongering, and I will answer the points that have been raised. I am deeply proud…25 Oct 2022HANSARD Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillIt is a great pleasure to wind up this debate, and to see how much this legislation has wound up Opposition Members. The way they tell it, there seems to be almost no area of our…25 Oct 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe are on track. [ Interruption . ] We are on track and we are focused on delivering that. The margins are tighter than we would like, but we are on track, we have delivered to…25 Oct 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe have an assessment process for all new licences to look at that and see its overall impact.25 Oct 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsYes.25 Oct 2022HANSARDMarine EnergyThere is long-standing Government support for wave and tidal power research and development, with more than £175 million having been invested in the area over the past two…25 Oct 2022HANSARDMarine EnergyI am delighted to say that, on 7 July, we announced that 40 MW of new tidal stream power was secured in Scotland and Wales through the contracts for difference round, and analysis…25 Oct 2022HANSARDClimate ChangePerhaps it is the nature of being in Opposition that means that people misrepresent things, but it is of course this party and this Government who have driven the net zero…25 Oct 2022HANSARDClimate ChangeIn 2021 alone, £24 billion of new investment was committed across low-carbon sectors in the UK. I share the hon. Lady’s enthusiasm for what that can do for the whole country,…25 Oct 2022HANSARDClimate ChangeMy right hon. Friend the Secretary of State and I work closely with colleagues across the Government on the cross-Government challenge of net zero. Only yesterday, the Climate…25 Oct 2022