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HANSARD Offshore Petroleum Licensing BillI think I am going to get injury time for that intervention. If the Minister had been listening to what I was saying, he would know that I was stating that the Bill, in a very…22 Jan 2024HANSARDOnshore Wind Farm CablesI am glad the Minister is frustrated about the complete failure of this alleged policy turnaround, but I am frustrated because if we had not had the absurd ban in the first place,…16 Jan 2024HANSARDOnshore Wind Farm CablesOn 28 November, I asked the Minister how many planning applications for onshore wind had been lodged in England since the alleged loosening of planning restrictions on onshore…16 Jan 2024HANSARDDraft Hydrogen Production Revenue Support (Directions, Eligibility and Counterparty) Regulations 2023It is a matter for this Committee inasmuch as the standard is the centrepiece of how the regulations will work, but that standard is itself evolving. Contracts are being given as…12 Dec 2023HANSARDDraft Hydrogen Production Revenue Support (Directions, Eligibility and Counterparty) Regulations 2023No, I do not think that the law is defective, but, as I have tried to explain, it is evolving as the contracts are given out, possibly into a different form. That is an inevitable…12 Dec 2023HANSARDDraft Hydrogen Production Revenue Support (Directions, Eligibility and Counterparty) Regulations 2023It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Gray. You chaired a substantial part of the proceedings on the Energy Bill and you will therefore be well aware of the…12 Dec 2023HANSARDDraft Hydrogen Production Revenue Support (Directions, Eligibility and Counterparty) Regulations 2023I am anticipating the word “may”.12 Dec 2023HANSARDOnshore Wind FarmsThe Minister is being a little shameless with his figures. We really ought to look at what is continuing to happen in England. In England, industry and other bodies warned that…28 Nov 2023HANSARD Energy Social TariffsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. Basically, what we need on the table now is—as they say about homework—for the Government to show their workings. That is why I emphasised that…23 Nov 2023HANSARD Energy Social TariffsI will not go into great detail this afternoon on behalf of the Opposition on the background and the need for a social tariff, or a similar instrument, because the hon. Members…23 Nov 2023HANSARDDraft Green Gas Support Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2023Those two clarifications would be very helpful to understand exactly where the changes to the scheme can best go, and whether we need to do any more work to make sure these…22 Nov 2023HANSARDDraft Green Gas Support Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2023It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Murray; we seem to be meeting rather frequently today, but that is always a pleasure. The SI concerns the green gas support…22 Nov 2023HANSARDDraft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2023The carbon border adjustment mechanism, which is in its first month of operation in the EU, is in danger of pricing our materials—iron, steel, aluminium, fertiliser, electricity,…21 Nov 2023HANSARDDraft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2023I am afraid not. I distinctly detect that that was part of an overture, not a final movement. As I said, the agreement states that “the Parties shall cooperate on carbon pricing”,…21 Nov 2023HANSARDDraft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2023Yes indeed, Sir Gary.21 Nov 2023HANSARDDraft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2023We were both members of that Committee.21 Nov 2023HANSARDDraft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2023Given that the Minister has mentioned the CBAM in response to the inquiry of my hon. Friend the Member for Walthamstow, I want briefly to record that iron and steel are in the…21 Nov 2023HANSARDDraft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2023It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Gary. Like the Minister, I commend the Committee for the huge turnout this afternoon to consider the SI. I am sure that is…21 Nov 2023HANSARDDraft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2023I am making the point that there should be some mention of those particular circumstances in the order. For example, the substantial divergence between UK prices and EU prices…21 Nov 2023HANSARDDraft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2023That was a particularly stirring ringtone.21 Nov 2023