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HANSARDDraft Electricity Supplier Obligations (Excluded Electricity) (Amendment) Regulations 2019We are legislating this afternoon and presumably need to consider the circumstances under which state aid will not be applicable, because we will be bound by EU law only…03 Feb 2020HANSARDDraft Electricity Supplier Obligations (Excluded Electricity) (Amendment) Regulations 2019It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Paisley. In one sense, the regulations look pretty simple: they add one new category of energy-intensive industries to the…03 Feb 2020HANSARD Industrial and Commercial Waste IncinerationIndeed, Mr Hosie. I understand that. I hope to make my second point very briefly so that the Minister can respond. I am particularly concerned that, if we have any sort of…28 Jan 2020HANSARD Industrial and Commercial Waste IncinerationThis debate is about incineration and energy from waste, and the way in which we can dispose of our waste in an inefficient and climate-friendly way. We have heard from a number…28 Jan 2020HANSARDClean Growth: New JobsI am sure that the Minister agrees that there is a wealth of skills and transferrable jobs in existing energy industries that may well be supplanted by low-carbon energy…21 Jan 2020HANSARDEngagementsI fully associate myself with the Prime Minister’s comments about your outstanding service, Mr Speaker, and wish you a long and successful life after your speakership comes to an…30 Oct 2019HANSARDEngagementsQ1. If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 30 October.30 Oct 2019HANSARDDraft Gas Tariffs Code (Amendment) (EU Exit) regulations 2019I would be grateful for an indication that the Government do not intend to introduce any further legislation relating to the TAR regulations as they now stand, as was implied in…21 Oct 2019HANSARDDraft Gas Tariffs Code (Amendment) (EU Exit) regulations 2019It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Gray. As the Minister set out, the changes being made regarding the applicability of the TAR regulations to the UK are very…21 Oct 2019HANSARDThe Climate EmergencyIn the summer, Parliament declared a climate emergency and required the Government to bring forward a cross-departmental plan of action. In July, Parliament agreed to amend the…17 Oct 2019HANSARDGovernment Plan for Net Zero EmissionsVery briefly. The 2019 spending review came out with the fabulous figure for decarbonisation of £30 million. To get some scale on that—08 Oct 2019HANSARDGovernment Plan for Net Zero EmissionsMy hon. Friend has read my mind, because I was just about to come on to that. She is absolutely right, and it is one element of the difference between the ambition we should have…08 Oct 2019HANSARDGovernment Plan for Net Zero EmissionsIndeed; I am about to wind up, Mr Gray. For scale, “Paddington 2”, the movie, had a budget of £32 million.08 Oct 2019HANSARDGovernment Plan for Net Zero EmissionsI congratulate the hon. Member for Truro and Falmouth (Sarah Newton) on obtaining today’s debate. It is truly important, but should not have been obtained by a Back-Bencher. It…08 Oct 2019HANSARDScience and Technology CommitteeI warmly welcome this report and congratulate the Chair of the Committee and its members on the assiduity with which they have gone about their business and on the comprehensive…05 Sept 2019HANSARDOnshore Wind: ScotlandIf the Minister had an opportunity to look at today’s report from RenewableUK on onshore wind, he would see that there has been a complete collapse in planning applications for…16 Jul 2019HANSARDDraft Electricity Capacity (No. 2) Regulations 2019It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hanson. The regulations are, as their title might suggest and as the Minister mentioned, closely associated with the…01 Jul 2019HANSARD Climate ChangeThat is one of many things we will have to do in the very near future as we address how properly to sort out the new target. As I will come on to say, there is a big list of…24 Jun 2019HANSARD Climate ChangeIndeed, Madam Deputy Speaker. I assure you that I have about half a page to go, so I hope that that will keep the timetable intact. What plans do the Government have to proceed…24 Jun 2019HANSARD Climate ChangeI rise to emphasise just how strongly we support this order. As you have said, Madam Deputy Speaker, we have 90 minutes to debate it, but I for one think that that is miserably…24 Jun 2019