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HANSARDEnergy Efficiency Measures: Net Zero BuildingsI fully accept that we have to deal with fuel poverty in this country. We do have the policies—26 Feb 2020HANSARDEnergy Efficiency Measures: Net Zero BuildingsIt is a pleasure to take part in this debate under your chairmanship, Mr Pritchard. I thank my right hon. Friend the Member for Ludlow (Philip Dunne) for bringing forward this…26 Feb 2020HANSARDEnergy Efficiency Measures: Net Zero BuildingsIt is an initial step. In Germany, KfW has a consumer finance piece that gives small loans for green initiatives. We had a green deal; my personal view and, I think, the…26 Feb 2020HANSARDEnergy Efficiency Measures: Net Zero BuildingsIf she will not barrack me, I can say that we do have policies addressing fuel poverty. We have the energy company obligation, which we are completely committed to, and we…26 Feb 2020HANSARDUK Oil and Gas IndustryNaturally—my hon. Friend appreciates that reaching the net zero carbon target is a cross-Government endeavour. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for…25 Feb 2020HANSARDUK Oil and Gas IndustryThe hon. Gentleman is making a successful bid to lure me away from the path of the debate. We are going down rabbit holes regarding the Budget and that sort of thing. He will be…25 Feb 2020HANSARDUK Oil and Gas IndustryI am not going to play the game of saying some arbitrary date. It is a serious, ongoing discussion. As I said, we will have a sector deal in the course of this Parliament. I will…25 Feb 2020HANSARDUK Oil and Gas IndustryTime is short; I am afraid that I have to wrap up my remarks. I sincerely thank my hon. Friend the Member for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine for raising this important issue…25 Feb 2020HANSARDUK Oil and Gas IndustryIt is a real pleasure to take part in this debate under your chairmanship, Mr Robertson. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine (Andrew Bowie) for…25 Feb 2020HANSARDUK Oil and Gas IndustryWith permission, Mr Robertson, I will address carbon capture later in my speech. There is plenty of food for thought and actual policy that I would like to address, but I want to…25 Feb 2020HANSARDUK Oil and Gas IndustryI am glad to hear we have debated these issues more recently. Certainly in my recollection, we have discussed this issue many times in this forum and in the main Chamber. The…25 Feb 2020HANSARDUK Oil and Gas IndustryI give the hon. Lady an absolute assurance that I have been totally committed to CCUS. In fact, one of the first conversations I had when appointed was with a leading industry…25 Feb 2020HANSARDUK Oil and Gas IndustryI see a forest of hands. I give way to the hon. Lady.25 Feb 2020HANSARD Coventry IKEA Store ClosureThat comment makes sense after the event; I have no doubt about that. Like the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon), I have shopped in IKEA, but, I am sure, with considerably…13 Feb 2020HANSARD Coventry IKEA Store ClosureThis is absolutely at the centre of the strategy. The hon. Lady will know that we have many schemes in BEIS, such as local hubs, and we also encourage people to work with their…13 Feb 2020HANSARD Coventry IKEA Store ClosureIt is very good and pleasing to see you back in your rightful place, Mr Deputy Speaker. I concur with remarks that have suggested that the tone in this Chamber has significantly…13 Feb 2020HANSARDOffshore Wind ProjectsThis statement concerns applications made by Orsted Hornsea Project Three (UK) Limited, Norfolk Vanguard Limited and Vattenfall Wind Power Limited for development consent for the…23 Jan 2020HANSARDClimate ChangePlenty has been done, and I commend my hon. Friend and welcome him back to his seat after a hard-fought campaign. He will know that through the Treasury and the £400 million fund,…21 Jan 2020HANSARDClimate ChangeI do not know the detail of what is happening in the hon. Gentleman’s constituency, but I would like to hear more about it. We have made strong efforts in this area, and we must…21 Jan 2020HANSARDClimate ChangeAbsolutely. I welcome my hon. Friend to his place—another very successful campaign. On fracking, the moratorium is what it says: we are stopping it. The only way it can be resumed…21 Jan 2020