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HANSARDCommunity-owned Renewable EnergyI love all the work that the hon. Member has been doing on community energy; I am tempted to say that we were going to do it anyway, but it was great to have the report on my…07 Jul 2026HANSARDDraft Contracts for Difference (Definition of Eligible Generator) (Amendment) Regulations 2026I repeat these points regularly, but the shadow Minister, the hon. Member for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, often talks about his party’s “intention to do”, “ambition to do”,…07 Jul 2026HANSARDCommunity-owned Renewable EnergyWe love community energy and we are determined to see much more of it all across the country. Through the local power plan, which we published recently, we are rolling out the…07 Jul 2026HANSARDNuclear Energy Sites: ScotlandFirst, the hon. Gentleman knows that in every single opinion poll a majority of Scots show that they support nuclear energy. Secondly, the hon. Gentleman knows that every single…07 Jul 2026HANSARDAgrivoltaicsThe Government closely follow developments in the agrivoltaics sector and support innovative technologies, for instance through initiatives funded by UK Research and Innovation.…07 Jul 2026HANSARDDraft Electricity Capacity (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026For the third time, let me welcome the hon. Member for Aberdeen South—although I think he was in a Delegated Legislation Committee in his first week in this place. I am not sure…06 Jul 2026HANSARDDraft Electricity Capacity (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Electricity Capacity (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026. It is a pleasure to serve under your…06 Jul 2026HANSARD Nationally Significant Energy Infrastructure ProjectsI take that point, to an extent, although being off the gas grid does not mean being off grid from electricity, so those people will benefit from cheaper electricity bills. I…30 Jun 2026HANSARD Nationally Significant Energy Infrastructure ProjectsI totally accept the hon. Member’s point, although the point has been rightly raised that the impact of building these projects is often felt by a much wider community, which is…30 Jun 2026HANSARD Nationally Significant Energy Infrastructure ProjectsLet me come to both of those points. First, we are potentially confusing two different things. Community benefits for transmission infrastructure are mandatory; we have separately…30 Jun 2026HANSARD Nationally Significant Energy Infrastructure ProjectsI do not think we are disagreeing. Energy generation projects are infrastructure projects: whether the community owns them or not, the infrastructure still needs to be built. I…30 Jun 2026HANSARD Nationally Significant Energy Infrastructure ProjectsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship today, Ms Vaz. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Suffolk Coastal (Jenny Riddell-Carpenter) not only for securing the debate but…30 Jun 2026HANSARDDraft Pollution Prevention and Control (Fees) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2026I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Pollution Prevention and Control (Fees) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2026. It is a pleasure to serve in this…29 Jun 2026HANSARDDraft Pollution Prevention and Control (Fees) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2026Hear, hear!29 Jun 2026HANSARDDraft Pollution Prevention and Control (Fees) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2026The shadow Minister and I have this bout regularly, and he makes the same points as he always does. I congratulate him on the one by-election that his party has won, but I am…29 Jun 2026HANSARDNuclear Decommissioning Authority: Hinkley Point BMy hon. Friend Lord Vallance of Balham, Minister of State for Science, Research and Innovation, has today made the following statement: I am today laying a designation direction,…25 Jun 2026HANSARDNuclear Decommissioning Authority: Contingent Liability NotificationMy hon. Friend Lord Vallance of Balham, Minister of State for Science, Research and Innovation has today made the following statement: I wish to inform the House that the…24 Jun 2026HANSARDNorth Sea Oil and GasThe right hon. Gentleman raises an important point about what the stewardship of the basin has to look like, and he made another important point earlier about not conflating oil…24 Jun 2026HANSARDNorth Sea Oil and GasBecause we want to steward the future of the basin and have a strategic plan that industry can get behind. Very few of the licences that have been issued in the past few years…24 Jun 2026HANSARDNorth Sea Oil and GasI have made my position very clear on that project. We were carrying out national security assessments, which should always rightly take priority. The First Minister of Scotland…24 Jun 2026