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HANSARDNational Energy System Operator: Blackout RiskI agree with my hon. Friend 100%—as, I hear, does the shadow Minister. This is one of those rare areas where I think we do have complete consensus—well, maybe not complete…15 Jul 2026HANSARDNational Energy System Operator: Blackout RiskI congratulate my hon. Friend on getting a question about nuclear into this, and she is absolutely right.15 Jul 2026HANSARD Peak Cluster Pipeline and ProjectIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Roger, although the debate has probably not been conducted in the best way to discuss this topic. I draw the attention of the…15 Jul 2026HANSARDNational Energy System Operator: Blackout RiskIn the past two years, during which I have had the privilege of doing this job, my hon. Friend has frequently shared her experiences as an electrical engineer, and she is right.…15 Jul 2026HANSARDNational Energy System Operator: Blackout RiskYes, I agree. At the risk of repeating myself, electricity supplies were maintained throughout this period. Tight margins were caused by unprecedented warm weather—as I think we…15 Jul 2026HANSARDNational Energy System Operator: Blackout RiskI pay tribute to the right hon. Gentleman, and to all who were involved in that incredibly important exercise. I was not aware of it at all until I came into this job and read the…15 Jul 2026HANSARD Peak Cluster Pipeline and ProjectThat is not what I said at all, Sir Roger. The debate has been perfectly in order, but I do not think the public watching will have got much from it. That is my assessment and, I…15 Jul 2026HANSARDNational Energy System Operator: Blackout RiskI welcome my hon. Friend’s comments. Let me first reiterate that, as I said a moment ago, incredibly skilled staff work in the control room 24/7 to ensure that we are balancing…15 Jul 2026HANSARD Peak Cluster Pipeline and ProjectI am just rounding up. In the end, I hope that we will come to a view where communities feel they have been heard and where projects can move forward on their individual merits.…15 Jul 2026HANSARDSizewell C: Annual UpdateMy noble Friend Lord Vallance of Balham, Minister of State for Science, Research and Innovation, has today made the following statement: The final investment decision (FID) for…15 Jul 2026HANSARD Peak Cluster Pipeline and ProjectI can write to my hon. Friend with the specifics of the investment committee, but the National Wealth Fund is set up independently from Government to take stakes in projects on…15 Jul 2026HANSARD Peak Cluster Pipeline and ProjectMy hon. Friend is absolutely right, and that was the point I was going to come on to. Community engagement is absolutely critical. It is an absolutely firm expectation from…15 Jul 2026HANSARD Peak Cluster Pipeline and ProjectFirst, on the point about this somehow being a Government project, it is absolutely not. That is why my answers to the right hon. Member for Tatton reflected the fact that, right…15 Jul 2026HANSARD Peak Cluster Pipeline and ProjectI am aware of that. Councils can take a view on a whole range of things; I do not think there is anything controversial about a council making its views known on a particular…15 Jul 2026HANSARDNational Energy System Operator: Blackout RiskFirst, no, I am not concerned, because other tools can be deployed to ensure that need is met, and they are being taken forward. Secondly, if the hon. Member looked at the…15 Jul 2026HANSARD Peak Cluster Pipeline and ProjectI will give way to my hon. Friend.15 Jul 2026HANSARDNational Energy System Operator: Blackout RiskThe hon. Gentleman asks a number of important questions about the role of data centres in the future of the country. First, there is a real opportunity if we get this right, but I…15 Jul 2026HANSARDNational Energy System Operator: Blackout RiskFirst of all, investment is necessary to bring down the costs in the long term. We are currently paying to constrain the renewables that are generating often much more electricity…15 Jul 2026HANSARDSizewell B: Contract for DifferenceMy honourable Friend Lord Vallance of Balham, Minister of State for Science, Research and Innovation, has today made the following statement: The Government mission to become a…09 Jul 2026HANSARD Greenhouse Gas Removals SectorMay I congratulate the hon. Member for West Dorset (Edward Morello) on securing a debate on this important topic? I thank him for all his engagement on this and many other issues,…08 Jul 2026