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HANSARDNet Zero Emissions TargetThe hon. Gentleman will know that we are absolutely committed to maintaining a UK supply chain for the extra deployment of offshore wind that I alluded to earlier. With regard to…10 Nov 2020HANSARDMarine Renewable EnergyThe hon. Lady will be aware that the green jobs element of the transition is at the centre of the Government’s net-zero strategy, and we fully intend to have some 2 million green…10 Nov 2020HANSARDMarine Renewable EnergyOn 6 October, the Prime Minister announced new plans to build back greener, which included boosting the Government’s previous offshore wind target from 30 GW to 40 GW. The hon.…10 Nov 2020HANSARD Offshore Wind Transmission ConnectionsMy hon. Friend will know that I have visited his constituency and seen the wind farm installations off the coast of Suffolk. Industry and the operators of offshore wind farms,…05 Nov 2020HANSARD Offshore Wind Transmission ConnectionsPerhaps regrettably, the subjects of the Queen’s Speech are beyond my pay grade, as people say, and I cannot possibly divulge what will be in the speech in that context, because…05 Nov 2020HANSARD Offshore Wind Transmission ConnectionsI fully appreciate my hon. Friend’s point. We want to expedite this process, but we are talking about very expensive infrastructure and about redesigning or tweaking the…05 Nov 2020HANSARD Offshore Wind Transmission ConnectionsI am delighted to respond to my hon. Friend the Member for North Norfolk (Duncan Baker), whose forays into parliamentary history, going back 415 years, I particularly appreciated.…05 Nov 2020HANSARDWylfa Newydd Nuclear Power Station: Decision Deadline ExtensionThis statement concerns an application made by Horizon Nuclear Power Ltd under the Planning Act 2008 for development consent for the construction and operation of a new nuclear…23 Oct 2020HANSARD Company Transparency (Carbon in Supply Chains) BillI thank my right hon. Friend the Member for Staffordshire Moorlands (Karen Bradley) for giving the House an opportunity to debate this extremely important issue. I am extremely…16 Oct 2020HANSARD Company Transparency (Carbon in Supply Chains) BillDare I say, we are leading—maybe not exactly along the lines that my right hon. Friend has prescribed, but we are taking leadership? As I have said to you, Mr Deputy Speaker—16 Oct 2020HANSARD Company Transparency (Carbon in Supply Chains) BillAfter a number of years in the House, my hon. Friend shows himself very adept at crowbarring somewhat irrelevant issues, which are extremely pertinent to his constituency, into…16 Oct 2020HANSARD Company Transparency (Carbon in Supply Chains) BillMr Deputy Speaker, you will know, with your experience, that some of these remarks are not necessarily in scope. [ Laughter. ] So I will continue by addressing the actual issue.…16 Oct 2020HANSARD Electricity Generation: Local SuppliersI am fully aware of that, and I will come on to it. I have only 10 minutes, so I ask the hon. Lady to bear with me; I will address that point later in my remarks. Electricity and…14 Oct 2020HANSARD Electricity Generation: Local SuppliersNo, I am afraid I am very hard pressed for time. I may have time later to take an intervention, but I need to press on with my remarks. Ofgem, as I have suggested, has been…14 Oct 2020HANSARD Electricity Generation: Local SuppliersMy hon. Friend is straying into ground that is not necessarily covered by this debate. I am very hopeful that the energy White Paper will be published soon. I think the Secretary…14 Oct 2020HANSARD Electricity Generation: Local SuppliersThank you, Mr Deputy Speaker; I was going to make very much the same point. I congratulate the hon. Member for Ceredigion (Ben Lake) on securing today’s debate, and again I will…14 Oct 2020HANSARD Electricity Generation: Local SuppliersWell, a very good start is a debate such as this. It has been a real eye-opener for me. I am delighted to see so much interest. I suggest that people engage with the Department…14 Oct 2020HANSARDDraft Electricity (Risk-Preparedness) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Electricity (Risk-Preparedness) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020. It is always a pleasure to see you in the…07 Oct 2020HANSARDDraft Electricity (Risk-Preparedness) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020I am not going to take any interventions, I am afraid. Question put and agreed to.07 Oct 2020HANSARDDraft Electricity (Risk-Preparedness) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020The hon. Gentleman raised a number of points and I want to address them briefly. He is quite right that the very fact of leaving the EU means that we do not have to give EU member…07 Oct 2020