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HANSARDDraft Infrastructure Planning (Electricity Storage Facilities) Order 2020I thank my hon. Friend very much. I am pleased to say that I always try to boil down exactly what legislation does and to explain as simply as I can the Government’s aims. Having…17 Sept 2020HANSARDDraft Infrastructure Planning (Electricity Storage Facilities) Order 2020I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Infrastructure Planning (Electricity Storage Facilities) Order 2020. It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr…17 Sept 2020HANSARDDraft Infrastructure Planning (Electricity Storage Facilities) Order 2020As is often the case, the hon. Gentleman has widened the scope of the discussion, and many of the issues that he has raised are more appropriately debated on the Floor of the…17 Sept 2020HANSARDDraft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Order 2020I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Order 2020. It is a real pleasure to open this short debate, I hope, with you in…08 Sept 2020HANSARDDraft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Order 2020In response to the hon. Gentleman’s questions, he will know that in the past the Government consistently said that our primary objective was to get a UK ETS linked, as he…08 Sept 2020HANSARDDRAFT ELECTRICITY AND GAS ETC. (AMENDMENT) (EU EXIT) REGULATIONS 2020
DRAFT ELECTRICITY AND GAS (INTERNAL MARKETS AND NETWORK CODES) (AMENDMENT ETC.) (EU EXIT) REGULATIONS 2020It would be quite an extraordinary ask, given that the negotiations are ongoing, for me to be able to tell the hon. Gentleman exactly what the details of those negotiations are.…07 Sept 2020HANSARDDRAFT ELECTRICITY AND GAS ETC. (AMENDMENT) (EU EXIT) REGULATIONS 2020
DRAFT ELECTRICITY AND GAS (INTERNAL MARKETS AND NETWORK CODES) (AMENDMENT ETC.) (EU EXIT) REGULATIONS 2020It is a pleasure to open this short debate—I hope it will be short, anyway—under your chairmanship, Ms Elliott. The regulations were laid before the House on 22 June and 6 July…07 Sept 2020HANSARDDRAFT ELECTRICITY AND GAS ETC. (AMENDMENT) (EU EXIT) REGULATIONS 2020
DRAFT ELECTRICITY AND GAS (INTERNAL MARKETS AND NETWORK CODES) (AMENDMENT ETC.) (EU EXIT) REGULATIONS 2020I am very pleased to respond to the hon. Gentleman, whose diligence in these matters is always to be commended, but I feel that there is a slight misapprehension about the force…07 Sept 2020HANSARDDRAFT ELECTRICITY AND GAS ETC. (AMENDMENT) (EU EXIT) REGULATIONS 2020
DRAFT ELECTRICITY AND GAS (INTERNAL MARKETS AND NETWORK CODES) (AMENDMENT ETC.) (EU EXIT) REGULATIONS 2020I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Electricity and Gas etc. (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020.07 Sept 2020HANSARDWylfa Newydd Nuclear Power Station Energy Infrastructure ProjectThis statement concerns an application made by Horizon Nuclear Power Limited under the Planning Act 2008 for development consent for the construction and operation of a new…02 Sept 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Green Economic RecoveryThe hon. Lady asks a very pertinent question. The Chancellor set out a £3 billion programme, and of course it will take time before that money is fully deployed. As well as the…21 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Green Economic RecoveryWe are absolutely committed, as the hon. Lady knows, to tidal power and all forms of marine power. There was a specific issue with the Swansea bay tidal lagoon project, which was…21 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Green Economic RecoveryObviously, the hon. Gentleman and I will have slightly different views of what the Government are doing. I was surprised to hear him dismiss the £3 billion commitment. I remind…21 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Indoor Air QualityThe Government have provided clear advice on ventilation in our safer workplaces guide. We are led by the science in that work and, as the scientific and medical advice changes,…21 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Indoor Air QualityAs I said in my earlier answer, we are guided all the time by science and evidence and, as the science and evidence changes, we will calibrate our policy responses to that effect.21 Jul 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am delighted to assure my hon. Friend that the Government are, as he knows, determined to ensure the rapid expansion of the offshore wind manufacturing supply chain. We have…21 Jul 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs my hon. Friend will know, in June 2020 we announced a support package to enable universities to continue their vital research. Universities will be required to use some of that…21 Jul 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady raises an interesting point, and I or one of my fellow Ministers would be happy to meet her to discuss it further.21 Jul 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am delighted to join my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State in commending Tom Hunt and Baggy for their pioneering work. She knows that tackling carbon emissions and…21 Jul 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right to highlight this issue and I share a lot of his concerns, but it is wrong to suggest that we are not doing anything. From autumn this year,…21 Jul 2020