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HANSARDGreat British Energy Bill (First sitting)Q This question is aimed at both of you. In terms of the job prospects for GB Energy, we have had figures such as 650,000 jobs, with 69,000 of those in Scotland as and when they…08 Oct 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy Bill (First sitting)Q We have heard a lot about public investment and the importance of private investment for meeting net zero. Is there anything in the Bill that encourages you that the amount of…08 Oct 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy Bill (First sitting)In that respect, we would still need fossil fuels—oil and gas—going forward to help the transition. Juergen Maier: Of course, yes.08 Oct 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy Bill (Second sitting)Q We have heard from various witnesses, particularly Ravi Gurumurthy, about the risk management of private investment and how that will sort of coincide within GB Energy. I am…08 Oct 2024HANSARDCarbon Capture, Usage and StorageThe Secretary of State will know that investment in these CCUS projects would not be possible without the private investment generated from our oil and gas companies. In the light…07 Oct 2024HANSARDFunding for FarmingThe Labour party manifesto rightly stated that the Labour party “recognises that food security is national security.” I agree, but those words must be matched with actions. We…12 Sept 2024HANSARDFunding for Farming5. If he will maintain the level of funding for farming.12 Sept 2024HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentDoes the hon. Member appreciate that some of the hardest working people are the pensioners we are now standing up for, and who we are trying to stop freezing in the winter to come…10 Sept 2024HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentSome 17,047 pensioners in Gordon and Buchan will lose their winter fuel payment following today’s vote by the Labour party, but this decision for my constituents shows that they…10 Sept 2024HANSARD Great British Energy BillIt is hard to overstate the importance of the energy sector to my constituents and, indeed, to the whole of north-east Scotland, so I am grateful to be called today. First, I must…05 Sept 2024HANSARDEngagementsQ5. Offshore Energies UK reports that the Government’s proposed windfall tax increases will cost our economy £13 billion, risk 35,000 jobs and see investment in the North sea…04 Sept 2024HANSARD Making Britain a Clean Energy SuperpowerThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, and I welcome you to your position. I congratulate the hon. Member for Central Ayrshire (Alan Gemmell) on his first contribution to this House; it…26 Jul 2024HANSARD Making Britain a Clean Energy SuperpowerI absolutely agree. It is so important for all those reasons—for jobs and future tax revenues—that we retain our domestic supply of oil and gas. Alongside the leader of the GMB…26 Jul 2024HANSARD Making Britain a Clean Energy SuperpowerThe Government’s plans to ban new oil and gas licences have been criticised by business leaders, unions and community groups throughout Scotland. As a fellow Scottish Member, will…26 Jul 2024HANSARDPlanning, the Green Belt and Rural AffairsThank you for calling me to speak, Mr Deputy Speaker. It is an honour to follow the hon. Member for Cramlington and Killingworth (Emma Foody)—she is clearly very proud of her…19 Jul 2024