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HANSARDDraft 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 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 2022HANSARD Misuse of Fireworks BillI pay tribute to the hon. Member for Luton North (Sarah Owen) for sponsoring the Bill. I know that she met the Under-Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial…21 Jan 2022HANSARDTransition to Net Zero: North Sea Oil and Gas IndustryThrough the North Sea transition deal, the oil and gas industry has committed to early targets for offshore production emissions reductions, with 10% reductions by 2025, 25% by…19 Jan 2022HANSARDTransition to Net Zero: North Sea Oil and Gas IndustryMy right hon. Friend makes a very strong case. Obviously the answer lies with renewables, but it also makes no sense for us to increase imports of volatile-price fossil fuels,…19 Jan 2022HANSARDTransition to Net Zero: North Sea Oil and Gas IndustryOf course the Government are fully aware of these issues; there is no change in the Government’s position. We published the net zero strategy and we are seeing it come through. We…19 Jan 2022HANSARDTransition to Net Zero: North Sea Oil and Gas IndustryI thank my hon. Friend for his question. We welcome yesterday’s judgment. I, probably like he, wonder whether the SNP and the Scottish Green Government in Edinburgh would share…19 Jan 2022HANSARDCOP26 Commitments: Carbon Capture and SequestrationThe UK can become a world leader in technology to capture and store harmful emissions away from the atmosphere. In the net zero strategy, the UK Government announced their…19 Jan 2022HANSARDCOP26 Commitments: Carbon Capture and SequestrationAs ever, I thank the hon. Gentleman for his question. As he knows, Acorn is the first reserve, which means that it met the eligibility criteria and performed well in the…19 Jan 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am surprised that the hon. Member is pursuing that line of inquiry. Labour’s motion here in this Chamber last Tuesday totally unravelled and was rejected comprehensively. The…19 Jan 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for that question. He knows that we are co-operating very closely internationally and domestically on hydrogen. On Redcar’s bid, he is a passionate advocate…19 Jan 2022HANSARDSmall Modular Reactors and Energy SecurityI am always happy to meet my hon. Friend to discuss that. It is important at this stage that we are not too prescriptive about sites for SMRs; it would be too early for us to do…19 Jan 2022HANSARDSmall Modular Reactors and Energy SecurityI congratulate the hon. Member for Ynys Môn (Virginia Crosbie) on securing this important debate. She made a fantastic speech. It was a real tour de force around the whole sector.…19 Jan 2022HANSARDSmall Modular Reactors and Energy SecurityI welcome that intervention. I am very happy to offer the hon. Gentleman a deal: if he can persuade his party to become more pro-nuclear, he will ease the path of a visit to the…19 Jan 2022HANSARD Gas and Electricity CostsI congratulate the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross (Jamie Stone) on securing this important debate. We have heard from across the United Kingdom, from all…18 Jan 2022HANSARD Gas and Electricity CostsThat is exactly what we are doing. The new contract for difference auction that was launched in September is as big as the previous three auctions, when it comes to renewables.…18 Jan 2022HANSARD Gas and Electricity CostsNo. I have only two minutes left. The hon. Lady asked a question about storage, and I repeat that the current issue is not a question of supply. Storage helps if there are supply…18 Jan 2022HANSARD Gas and Electricity CostsOkay, I will give him a few seconds, Sir Edward. On oil and gas and nuclear, I am constantly baffled by the SNP’s policy. It is anti-oil and gas. It is anti-nuclear. It is hard to…18 Jan 2022HANSARDNew Nuclear PowerI absolutely share the right hon. Gentleman’s enthusiasm for SMRs. At the end of last year, the Secretary of State announced funding for SMRs of £250 million, working with…11 Jan 2022HANSARDEnergy Transition ProjectsThe hon. Gentleman will not be surprised to hear that I disagree with him on the independence referendum, but we engage regularly with the Scottish cluster and Acorn, and I met…11 Jan 2022