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HANSARD Employment Rights: Government PlansAs I was saying, we have been very clear that this practice is unacceptable and the Under-Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, my hon. Friend the…25 Jan 2021HANSARD National Security and Investment BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time. First, I would like to pay tribute to my immediate predecessor, my right hon. Friend—my very good friend—the Member for…20 Jan 2021HANSARD UK Hydrogen EconomyIt is a real pleasure to conduct this debate with you in the Chair, Ms McDonagh. I am very pleased to be taking part. I am conscious that we have to revert back to my hon. Friend…17 Dec 2020HANSARD UK Hydrogen EconomyThe right hon. Gentleman has wonderful timing; I was just coming to the points that he made. He made some very good points, particularly—if I may say so—about town gas. He is…17 Dec 2020HANSARD UK Hydrogen EconomyWe can discuss that issue at another time; I am afraid that I am limited by time constraints today. The last thing that I will say in conclusion is that this is not a beauty…17 Dec 2020HANSARD Border Carbon Adjustment Tariffs and DecarbonisationThe hon. Gentleman makes a fair point. That is exactly what I was trying to say with regard to TCFD disclosures. We have to look at carbon accounting and carbon pricing in the…16 Dec 2020HANSARD Border Carbon Adjustment Tariffs and DecarbonisationMy hon. Friend the Member for Broadland (Jerome Mayhew) has given a compelling and fascinating speech. He elucidated many of the technical difficulties associated with imposing…16 Dec 2020HANSARD Border Carbon Adjustment Tariffs and DecarbonisationThis is an interesting debate. My hon. Friend suggests that a unilateral approach, punishing other countries for not adopting the climate change agenda—that is effectively what we…16 Dec 2020HANSARDBusiness, Energy and Industrial StrategyThe hon. Member for Greenwich and Woolwich (Matthew Pennycook) was good enough to mention the warm home discount, which was not referred to in any of the speeches by SNP Members.…16 Dec 2020HANSARDBusiness, Energy and Industrial StrategyThe hon. Member for Greenwich and Woolwich (Matthew Pennycook) was good enough to mention the warm home discount, which was not referred to in any of the speeches by SNP Members.…16 Dec 2020HANSARD Border Carbon Adjustment Tariffs and DecarbonisationI am not going to take any more interventions, I am afraid. As my hon. Friend the Member for Broadland has ably demonstrated, this is a fascinating subject, and it will continue…16 Dec 2020HANSARD Border Carbon Adjustment Tariffs and DecarbonisationMy hon. Friend is right. It is pretty extraordinary to say that we are somehow the laggards on this subject. When a country such as Germany is phasing out its coal dependency only…16 Dec 2020HANSARD Border Carbon Adjustment Tariffs and DecarbonisationSorry—I was just respectfully pointing out to my hon. Friend the Member for South Cambridgeshire that he cannot intervene on an intervention. I am very happy to take up that…16 Dec 2020HANSARD Border Carbon Adjustment Tariffs and DecarbonisationIt is not in my power to give that commitment to the House. As my hon. Friend knows, I am not the COP26 president, and I suggest that he directs that question to my right hon.…16 Dec 2020HANSARD Border Carbon Adjustment Tariffs and DecarbonisationNo, I have to make some progress. Ahead of COP26, obviously, as the hon. Member for Brent North (Barry Gardiner) mentioned, we have to look at carbon accounting in the round, and…16 Dec 2020HANSARDGreen Deal Loans: Mis-sellingThe hon. Lady will be aware that too many people have suffered from mis-selling by a small number of green deal providers. We are doing all we can to provide redress where…15 Dec 2020HANSARDGreenhouse Gas Emissions: Imports and ExportsThe hon. Gentleman is right to point out that we have to take into account the carbon emissions that we are responsible for through trade, but he will also recognise that this is…15 Dec 2020HANSARDGreenhouse Gas Emissions: Imports and ExportsThe Government publish estimates of consumption emissions every year. The latest figures show that UK emissions on a consumption basis fell by nearly 25% between 2007 and last…15 Dec 2020HANSARDSmall Modular Nuclear ReactorsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. SMRs represent a huge opportunity for precisely the reasons he gives: they are flexible and can be operated in plenty of geographical areas.…15 Dec 2020HANSARDSmall Modular Nuclear ReactorsMy hon. Friend will know that small modular reactor technology is very much at the centre of what the Prime Minister outlined in the 10-point plan; in fact, the nuclear segment of…15 Dec 2020