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HANSARD Making Britain a Clean Energy SuperpowerWith the leave of the House, Madam Deputy Speaker, I will respond to what has been a very wide-ranging and—until that last speech—a mostly positive debate. I thank all those who…26 Jul 2024HANSARD Making Britain a Clean Energy Superpowerrose—26 Jul 2024HANSARD Making Britain a Clean Energy SuperpowerI will make some progress, because I have only four minutes. If I have time, I will come back to the hon. Lady. The hon. Gentleman has repeated the point about food insecurity,…26 Jul 2024HANSARD Making Britain a Clean Energy SuperpowerI will first give way briefly to the hon. Member for Bristol Central (Carla Denyer).26 Jul 2024HANSARD Making Britain a Clean Energy SuperpowerI will, and I apologise for not doing so earlier.26 Jul 2024HANSARD Making Britain a Clean Energy SuperpowerI thank the hon. Lady for her helpful intervention, and I am very happy to agree with her. There is confusion at the heart of the Conservative party’s plans. They have been very…26 Jul 2024HANSARD Making Britain a Clean Energy SuperpowerI will make a bit of progress, if that is okay. We will create thousands of skilled jobs, which, crucially, will also tackle the climate crisis that we have not done enough to…26 Jul 2024HANSARD Making Britain a Clean Energy SuperpowerI thank the hon. Lady for her intervention. She has perhaps been reading our manifesto, because I agree with everything she has just said. That is why we are announcing a warm…26 Jul 2024HANSARD Making Britain a Clean Energy SuperpowerI am not sure that the hon. Gentleman understands the purpose of GB Energy, but it is not to bring down gas prices; it is to bring down bills. The whole point of GB Energy is to…26 Jul 2024HANSARD Making Britain a Clean Energy SuperpowerThat is a helpful contribution, and I thank the hon. Lady for it. Even if we reached our solar target by 2030, it is a very small amount of land that would be used for what is an…26 Jul 2024HANSARD Making Britain a Clean Energy SuperpowerI beg to move, That this House has considered the matter of making Britain a clean energy superpower. It is a genuine pleasure to see you in the Chair, Madam Deputy Speaker, and a…26 Jul 2024HANSARD Making Britain a Clean Energy SuperpowerI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his question, but it takes a bit of brass neck to come here and talk about bringing down bills when the Government he supported for so long…26 Jul 2024HANSARD Making Britain a Clean Energy SuperpowerWe made it very clear during the election that the future of the North sea is incredibly important, but that future is a transition away from the oil and gas industries that we…26 Jul 2024HANSARD Making Britain a Clean Energy SuperpowerI thank my hon. Friend, who has already become a very strong advocate for his constituents. He cornered me in the Library to talk about these issues, and long may he continue to…26 Jul 2024HANSARDBerwick Bank Wind Farm11. What discussions she has had with the Scottish Government on the Berwick Bank wind farm project.21 May 2024HANSARDInfected Blood Compensation SchemeTwenty years ago, the late former chair of the Scottish Infected Blood Forum, Philip Dolan, said that, for years, every time we have reached the top of the mountain, the cloud…21 May 2024HANSARDBerwick Bank Wind FarmI thank the Minister for his answer and for the promise that officials will work together, but he will be aware that this is a 4.1 GW renewables project that could be the largest…21 May 2024HANSARD Royal Bank of Scotland Branch ClosuresI wonder if the Minister could look at the statistics, because I think some of the statistics used by the banks have been quite misleading. On the question of banking hubs, we…14 May 2024HANSARD Royal Bank of Scotland Branch ClosuresI thank the hon. Lady for bringing the debate, and for being incredibly generous in giving way so much during a half-hour debate. She has mentioned selective statistics being…14 May 2024HANSARDCost of LivingI wish Humza Yousaf well for the future, but after his year in office, nobody in Scotland is better off, and that is coupled with our having a Prime Minister who is clinging on to…01 May 2024