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HANSARDGreat British Energy Bill (First sitting)Q Dan McGrail, this is a question for you. What are the views of your private sector members about the role that GB Energy can play in de-risking investments and crowding in…08 Oct 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy Bill (Second sitting)Thank you. I think I should have declared an interest at the start of that question as the chair of the all-party parliamentary group on nuclear energy.08 Oct 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy Bill (Second sitting)Q Welcome, Andy. Thousands of your members are at Sellafield, involved in one end of the energy system, doing brilliant work in the decommissioning field. You have touched on the…08 Oct 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy Bill (Second sitting)Q It is good to hear you say that the Bill has the full range of mechanisms within it to mobilise capital. There has been a recurring theme today that the Bill should provide…08 Oct 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy Bill (Second sitting)He has had this from every Scottish MP for the past six months.08 Oct 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy Bill (First sitting)I am also a member of the GMB.08 Oct 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy Bill (First sitting)Q This is a follow-up for Ravi Gurumurthy, on the theme of autonomy and flexibility for GBE. For this to be a success, there needs to be some appetite for risk taken by GBE.…08 Oct 2024HANSARD Building Safety and ResilienceHear, Hear!11 Sept 2024HANSARDCOP29: UK Prioritiesrose—10 Sept 2024HANSARDCOP29: UK PrioritiesThere is a reason why the last COP recognised the importance of nuclear—it was because of such debates among experts. It is not enough to will the ends of net zero goals without…10 Sept 2024HANSARDCOP29: UK PrioritiesI wholeheartedly agree. In the past 30 years, eight nuclear power plants have closed, and installed nuclear capacity in the UK has dropped by 25%. A decision is due in the…10 Sept 2024HANSARDPrison Officer Recruitment TargetsI thank the Minister for that answer, and I praise the Government team for the way they have responded to the complete chaos left in the wake of 14 years of a Conservative…10 Sept 2024HANSARDPrison Officer Recruitment Targets8. What steps she plans to take to meet prison officer recruitment targets.10 Sept 2024HANSARDCOP29: UK PrioritiesI thank my hon. Friend the Member for Ealing Southall (Deirdre Costigan) for securing such an important and timely debate. The world has slowly come round to the fact that there…10 Sept 2024HANSARDChildren’s Social Care2. What steps she plans to take to reform children’s social care.09 Sept 2024HANSARDChildren’s Social CareI thank the Minister for her answer. It is just over two years since I published the independent review of children’s social care, which was commissioned by the previous…09 Sept 2024HANSARD Great British Energy BillI thank the hon. Gentleman—apologies, the right hon. Gentleman—for giving way. Some 18 years ago, a younger Member for Doncaster North approved land at Moorside, next to…05 Sept 2024HANSARD Banking Services: Rural NorthumberlandI thank my hon. Friend securing this important Adjournment debate. Whitehaven in my constituency, not dissimilarly from Haltwhistle, is on the brink of becoming a banking desert.…02 Sept 2024HANSARDEconomy, Welfare and Public ServicesThank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I pay tribute to the fantastic maiden speeches that we have heard from across the House this evening, including that of the hon. Member for Didcot…22 Jul 2024HANSARDBusiness of the HouseAs a new Member, I was going to start my very first question by congratulating you and saying that you are the best Speaker I have seen in the Chair. I welcome my right hon.…18 Jul 2024