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HANSARDClimate Change Committee: 2021 Annual Progress ReportI too welcome the Minister to his new post, my opposite number in the Department, and hope that he will last a little longer in the post than his immediate predecessor. The…21 Sept 2021HANSARD Geothermal EnergyIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Robertson, and to reply to this afternoon’s debate on behalf of the Opposition. I am in a particular position as far as…15 Sept 2021HANSARD Geothermal EnergyIndeed. The other point I would make about availability is that we are not just talking about sedimentary rocks. As we know from Cornwall, we are talking about hot rocks, granite…15 Sept 2021HANSARD Geothermal EnergyThe hon. Gentleman is right. According to what has already been mapped and known about via the British Geological Survey and other agencies, it so happens that every Member…15 Sept 2021HANSARDDraft Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information (Lighting Products) Regulations 2021
Draft Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information (Amendment) Regulations 2021It is a pleasure to serve under the chairmanship of my near neighbour. You will be pleased to know, Mrs Miller, that the Opposition do not intend to pit our mighty forces against…08 Sept 2021HANSARD Nuclear Fuel ManufacturingWe have had a good debate this afternoon, with some good contributions from hon. Members, on the subject of Springfields nuclear fuels. I congratulate the hon. Member for—07 Sept 2021HANSARD Nuclear Fuel ManufacturingI congratulate the hon. Member on securing what is an important debate, not just for the future of the plant in his constituency, which we are talking about this afternoon, but…07 Sept 2021HANSARD Nuclear Fuel ManufacturingThe hon. Gentleman himself mentioned that Hinkley C is coming on stream in 2026—maybe even later than that. I will come to the arrival of Sizewell C in a moment, which is probably…07 Sept 2021HANSARD Nuclear Fuel ManufacturingI try to set myself a self-denying ordinance of not straying too far into wider issues such as firm power, but I would say that carbon capture and storage is very well developed…07 Sept 2021HANSARDDraft Electricity Capacity (Amendment) Regulations 2021Thank you, Mr Stringer. I intend to bring my remarks to a close shortly. Subject to your guidance, I think that my remarks are generally in line with the statutory instrument,…12 Jul 2021HANSARDDraft Electricity Capacity (Amendment) Regulations 2021It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer, although I fear that there will not be much chairmanship of today’s proceedings required. I say that because the…12 Jul 2021HANSARDFuel PovertyWe have had an excellent debate that is absolutely up to the mark as regards the requirements of the fuel poverty legislation. The debate has underlined the human cost of fuel…08 Jul 2021HANSARDFuel PovertyI, too, welcome the opportunity to talk about the whole question of fuel poverty. It is very helpful that an annual debate is required in Government time so that we can get to the…08 Jul 2021HANSARDAQUIND Energy InterconnectorIs the Minister aware that we are talking about a company that, as its sole activity, is proposing to build an interconnector with France, that has attempted to get itself…06 Jul 2021HANSARDEnabling Community EnergyI was not going to say that it is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship this afternoon, Sir David, because everyone has said that already, so please take it as read—well, I…01 Jul 2021HANSARD Green Energy in the North-westWe are indeed in strange times: those of us who have been in the House for quite a long time have a Pavlovian reaction every time the bell goes off—we jump up and run down the…23 Jun 2021HANSARD Green Energy in the North-westIt is important to put the two parts of the debate together—what the potential is, and what the Government are doing about it. Those two things need to be in close harness. If the…23 Jun 2021HANSARD Green Energy in the North-westI was about to, Mr McCabe.23 Jun 2021HANSARD Green Energy in the North-westI will shout my way through it, Mr McCabe. I am trying to draw our attention this afternoon to the north-west’s rich renewable resources, and how imperative it is that those…23 Jun 2021HANSARDDraft Contracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2021The business before us concerns a number of miscellaneous amendments—as set out in the title of the statutory instrument—relating to the operation of CfDs. I do not think that…22 Jun 2021