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HANSARDRussian Oil Import BanI think we can look at a range of technologies. We looked at the fracking issue—I was the Energy Minister at the time—and there were issues regarding the seismicity of various…09 Mar 2022HANSARDRussian Oil Import BanMy hon. Friend will appreciate that there is a diversity of sources for coking coal; we are not just looking to Russia. He makes an excellent point about critical minerals, and he…09 Mar 2022HANSARDRussian Oil Import BanI am really delighted that the hon. Member raises this. I think he has raised it at every BEIS questions for the past 18 months, and I will keep saying what I have said before. We…09 Mar 2022HANSARDRussian Oil Import BanThe hon. Gentleman makes a very fair point. We have done a huge amount as a Government in driving renewables. I was very pleased to see that the tidal stream auction has been…09 Mar 2022HANSARDRussian Oil Import BanMy right hon. Friend the Chancellor and I, and our Departments, speak all the time about these issues. The hon. Member will appreciate that there is a spring statement, but at the…09 Mar 2022HANSARDRussian Oil Import BanAs Energy Minister and now Secretary of State, I have been totally committed to increasing the supply and production of renewable power. We reopened the pot one auction for…09 Mar 2022HANSARDRussian Oil Import BanMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. The issues of critical minerals and of security of supply could not be more important, and that is why I have commissioned a critical minerals…09 Mar 2022HANSARDRussian Oil Import BanMy answer to my hon. Friend is that he is absolutely right. It is the North sea transition deal—“transition” is the key word—not the North sea extinction deal, as the hon. Member…09 Mar 2022HANSARDRussian Oil Import BanThe hon. Lady is absolutely right. We must work internationally across countries and come up with an alliance that can confront Putin in that way. That is why we are having an…09 Mar 2022HANSARDRussian Oil Import BanWe are absolutely engaged with that. As someone who is very interested in the 1970s, my hon. Friend will remember that the oil price quadrupled in three months. We are facing a…09 Mar 2022HANSARDRussian Oil Import BanMy hon. Friend raises a really important point. With the dismal prospect of the ferocious aggression and violence that we are seeing, one of the things we are thinking about is a…09 Mar 2022HANSARDCorporate Transparency and Economic CrimeAs I noted, observed and made very clear, we have a spending review settlement of £63 million for Companies House, which is a considerable uplift on previous budgets. There is a…28 Feb 2022HANSARDCorporate Transparency and Economic CrimeI am delighted to accept the hon. Lady’s warm words on the Bill. I am delighted that she is supporting it enthusiastically, and I am happy to engage with her on the passage of the…28 Feb 2022HANSARDCorporate Transparency and Economic CrimeMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. He says it may take a few months to get the register up and running, and I am trying to make the process as quick and effective as…28 Feb 2022HANSARDCorporate Transparency and Economic CrimeAbsolutely. That is the point of this raft of measures. We want to shine the light of transparency on these transactions and to minimise the likelihood of people using our…28 Feb 2022HANSARDCorporate Transparency and Economic CrimeI fully accept the hon. Gentleman’s point and I wish to put on record the fact that I corrected myself immediately—having said “the Ukraine”, I changed it to “Ukraine”. He makes a…28 Feb 2022HANSARDCorporate Transparency and Economic CrimeI have been very clear that it is the responsibility of every Member of this House to engage with these issues. I have not been informed about that interdiction by my Department…28 Feb 2022HANSARDCorporate Transparency and Economic CrimeMy hon. Friend makes a very good case. There are two aspects to this. Clearly, there is the immediate signalling aspect, which will affect people’s decisions in the here and now.…28 Feb 2022HANSARDCorporate Transparency and Economic CrimeDare I say it, but I have been a Member of this House for long enough not to bring a bag for praise—or whatever the phrase the hon. Gentleman used. I was not expecting that. What…28 Feb 2022HANSARDCorporate Transparency and Economic CrimeI have answered this question before and I say, once again, that not everybody of Russian heritage giving money to any political party is an oligarch. I appreciate that the hon.…28 Feb 2022