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HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Ninth sitting)Well, yes is the answer. We are trying to bind those Committees to some extent to do the right thing, as far as those appointments are concerned. The hon. Gentleman who has…03 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Ninth sitting)Yes, indeed—Secretaries of State come and go, just as Presidents of the USA come and go. Nevertheless, while they are there, Presidents can appoint justices of the Supreme Court…03 Nov 2020HANSARDFireworksI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Gower (Tonia Antoniazzi) on bringing forward the debate, which I think hon. Members across the Chamber will agree has been thorough…02 Nov 2020HANSARDDraft Electricity (Risk-Preparedness) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020Will the Minister give way?07 Oct 2020HANSARDDraft Electricity (Risk-Preparedness) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship this afternoon, Ms Elliott. As the Minister set out lucidly and briefly, the SI is essentially about putting in place what will…07 Oct 2020HANSARDDraft Electricity (Risk-Preparedness) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020To anybody in the UK. That is the effect of the SI: there is no provision to publish, reveal or circulate any draft plan before publication of the actual plan, or the agreement of…07 Oct 2020HANSARDDraft Electricity (Risk-Preparedness) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020They are absolutely the right thing to do under the present circumstances, but I am sure that the Minister will also agree that there are issues that arise, and that we need some…07 Oct 2020HANSARD Alternative Fuelled Vehicles: Energy ProvisionFirst, I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Warwick and Leamington (Matt Western) on not only securing the debate, but proceeding in such a thoughtful way that has allowed…06 Oct 2020HANSARDAutomotive Sector: Environmentally Sustainable RecoveryThe Minister of State has mentioned the production of electric vehicles as a key element of sustainable economic recovery in the automotive sector, and we want that production to…29 Sept 2020HANSARD Public Interest Disclosure (Protection) BillYes indeed; as the hon. Lady will know, that is happening at the moment, in terms of the support for those whistleblowers at that time in the history of the Labour party and what…25 Sept 2020HANSARD Public Interest Disclosure (Protection) BillI will be both brief and supportive, as all the speeches this afternoon in this debate have been: brief, because I want to ensure that we get the Bill through this afternoon, and…25 Sept 2020HANSARDDraft Infrastructure Planning (Electricity Storage Facilities) Order 2020I will put the Committee out of its potential misery this morning by saying that we do not intend to divide it. As I said in a recent Delegated Legislation Committee, I am not…17 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 accept, of course, that it would not just be a case of status quo. Nevertheless, there is a question, in my mind at least: within a wider and overall deal, what would a specific…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 rise to tell the Committee, in the first instance, that we do not think the proposals are particularly contentious and that we will, therefore, not seek to divide the…07 Sept 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Green Economic RecoveryAll we have right now, as far as energy efficiency for homes is concerned, is an announcement of a one-year scheme to provide vouchers for energy efficiency improvements in mostly…21 Jul 2020HANSARDDraft Contracts for Difference (Electricity Supplier Obligations) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020Does the Minister recognise that the draft instrument could mean inflated customer levies in a year’s time when that effect comes through?29 Jun 2020HANSARDDraft Contracts for Difference (Electricity Supplier Obligations) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020The SI before us is, in one way, quite uncontroversial; it is eminently justified and reasonably undertaken, given the present pandemic and the problems it is creating for energy…29 Jun 2020HANSARDElectricityI concur with the Minister that today is not the time to have a major debate about a number of wider issues relating to energy, although there are lots of issues which we could…15 Jun 2020HANSARDEngagementsWill the Prime Minister address himself to the question of quarantine arrangements? Most European countries have had quarantine arrangements for quite a while now and are…03 Jun 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Sixth sitting)I am interested to know what status the Minister thinks the explanatory notes have in these proceedings. I imagine they are rather more than insignificant, and rather less than…17 Mar 2020