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HANSARD North Sea Oil and GasI entirely agree. A very important announcement on fusion is being made today by the Under-Secretary of State, my hon. Friend the Member for Mid Norfolk (George Freeman). My hon.…09 Feb 2022HANSARD North Sea Oil and GasLet me first say that it is a pleasure to take a question from the hon. Lady. I have been in this role for four months, and I think I am right in saying that this is the first…09 Feb 2022HANSARD North Sea Oil and GasMy hon. Friend makes some strong points. He is absolutely right that these are not new fields; they are fields that have already been licensed and that therefore have been taken…09 Feb 2022HANSARD North Sea Oil and GasOn the second matter, it would not be right for me to opine on planning decisions. On the first, the licences are not new—I do not think the hon. Lady heard my…09 Feb 2022HANSARD North Sea Oil and GasMy hon. Friend puts it very well and succinctly. The key word to use is “transition”: the transition from our existing energy mix to the energy of the future.09 Feb 2022HANSARD North Sea Oil and GasWe are proud of the record and our delivery at COP, and the COP President continues to deliver. It is a fantastic achievement to get coal written into a COP document for the first…09 Feb 2022HANSARD Edmonton EcoPark: Proposed ExpansionIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship today, Mr Hosie. I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Sir Iain Duncan Smith) on…09 Feb 2022HANSARD North Sea Oil and GasThe right hon. Gentleman has asked a probing question. I would say that we have both those obligations. We are obligated to take action on climate change and reducing emissions,…09 Feb 2022HANSARD North Sea Oil and GasThere will continue to be ongoing demand for oil and gas over the coming years. It is a clear choice between a transition that secures our energy, protects jobs and leads to…09 Feb 2022HANSARD North Sea Oil and GasI very much welcome the hon. Lady’s question and the chance to put on the record the brilliant job done by the COP President. At the start of the year running up to the…09 Feb 2022HANSARD North Sea Oil and GasMy hon. Friend is right: this is an industry in transition, which is why we did the North sea transition deal with the sector last March. There are obligations in both directions.…09 Feb 2022HANSARD Oil and Gas Producers: Windfall TaxWe have ourselves raised more than £375 billion-worth of production taxes. North sea oil and gas have been a big success story for this country, and also for our Exchequer. As a…01 Feb 2022HANSARD Oil and Gas Producers: Windfall TaxI would say this: we are providing support. We have the warm home discount, we have winter fuel payments, we have cold weather payments, we have the household support fund, and,…01 Feb 2022HANSARD Oil and Gas Producers: Windfall TaxI have been clear that matters of taxation are for the Chancellor, but of course the Government continue to monitor the situation very closely. I was answering a specific point…01 Feb 2022HANSARD Oil and Gas Producers: Windfall TaxThis has been a useful debate. May I start by paying tribute to those workers who are working hard out there, helping the recovery from Storms Malik and Corrie? As we know, the…01 Feb 2022HANSARD Oil and Gas Producers: Windfall TaxNo, I am going to make a bit more progress. The oil and gas industry and its supply chain are supporting more than 195,000 jobs, but investment in 2020-21 was at an all-time low…01 Feb 2022HANSARD Oil and Gas Producers: Windfall TaxI will make a bit more progress. We will see commitments from industry that will achieve a 60 megatonne reduction in UK greenhouse gas emissions, including 15 megatonnes through…01 Feb 2022HANSARDDraft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2022I will certainly look into that in conjunction with the Minister for Industry; I will make sure that he is aware of the issue that the hon. Lady raises. As she rightly pointed out…31 Jan 2022HANSARDDraft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2022The hon. Gentleman is tempting me down the path of debating the Australia free trade agreement—31 Jan 2022HANSARDDraft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2022Which I will not go down. The two of us have been here before—I know that he is a member of the International Trade Committee—but I will not engage with him on the topic of…31 Jan 2022