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HANSARDPost Office: GLO Compensation SchemeWith permission, Mr Speaker, I should like to make a statement about Horizon and Post Office group litigation compensation. The Horizon scandal is nothing short of a travesty.…07 Dec 2022HANSARDPost Office: GLO Compensation SchemeI am grateful for the hon. Lady’s comments, although I rather hoped the House would come together today and debate this matter in a non-political, cross-party way, and she sought…07 Dec 2022HANSARDPost Office: GLO Compensation SchemeThe simple answer is yes, and that is the purpose of Sir Wyn Williams’s inquiry. I should remind the House that it could lead to individuals’ taking specific responsibility on the…07 Dec 2022HANSARDPost Office: GLO Compensation SchemeI add my thanks to the chair of the all-party parliamentary group on post offices for all the work she has done with colleagues over this considerable period of time. I absolutely…07 Dec 2022HANSARDPost Office: GLO Compensation SchemeI am just taking advice from my hon. Friend the small business Minister on the interim payments, and I think the answer is yes. On the scheduling of the SI, it will be done as…07 Dec 2022HANSARDPost Office: GLO Compensation SchemeI can absolutely give my hon. Friend the assurance that, under my tenure, there will be no stone left unturned when it comes to this. I want to pay tribute to her for her work on…07 Dec 2022HANSARD Energy SecurityThe brilliant industries—particularly ceramics—in my hon. Friend’s constituency have been badly impacted by Putin’s war. The energy bill relief scheme has helped, and such things…29 Nov 2022HANSARD Energy SecurityMy hon. Friend is right about the role of hydrogen. I know from my time as Secretary of State for Transport how important that will be, particularly for transport in the much…29 Nov 2022HANSARD Energy SecurityMy hon. Friend is right. We need energy independence, security and sovereignty. That is what we are building in co-operation with our partners, with interconnectors, so that we…29 Nov 2022HANSARD Energy SecurityMy hon. Friend is right about the importance of private investment in carbon capture, utilisation and storage. The Energy Bill will look to unlock that private investment.29 Nov 2022HANSARD Energy SecurityThe hon. Gentleman is right that a single nuclear power station can power 6 million homes, whereas a modular reactor can power perhaps 1.5 million homes. As a result of…29 Nov 2022HANSARD Energy SecurityMy right hon. Friend is right. In Wales and Scotland, the devolved Administrations need to support new nuclear provision to provide energy security for their constituents. He…29 Nov 2022HANSARD Energy SecurityAs I mentioned, the reference price shows that other forms of energy could be even cheaper. Until now, solar panels were not as effective on north-facing roofs, for example, but…29 Nov 2022HANSARD Energy SecurityMy hon. Friend’s late father clearly showed great foresight—it is a shame that it has taken all these years, via a 13-year Labour Administration, to do nothing at all on nuclear.…29 Nov 2022HANSARD Energy SecurityThe hon. Gentleman makes a very good point. We are already doing everything we can to cut that regulatory burden, and my right hon. Friend the Member for Beverley and Holderness…29 Nov 2022HANSARD Energy SecurityI think a mixed provision of energy is extremely important—I have talked about solar, offshore and onshore wind, nuclear, and other sources. The answer is very simple: as has been…29 Nov 2022HANSARD Energy SecurityI welcome the hon. Gentleman’s foresightedness in all the schemes that he mentioned. It is a shame that the last Government to invest in nuclear power was Margaret Thatcher’s…29 Nov 2022HANSARD Energy SecurityMy hon. Friend is absolutely right about rooftop solar; I have had it on my own house for the past 11 years, and once it is there, it just carries on producing power. We need to…29 Nov 2022HANSARD Energy SecurityIt is good that the electorate know what they will be getting if they vote for the Labour party. With us, they will be getting local consent: if people locally are happy to see…29 Nov 2022HANSARD Energy SecurityI can certainly confirm that in the case of Sizewell C; as I mentioned, we are making sure that the Chinese element of that is no longer involved. We do not have a principled…29 Nov 2022