Contributions
584 recent contributions in Hansard
HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel Bill (Third sitting)The clause will enable the Secretary of State to provide financial assistance to the counterparty to ensure that it can always meet its liabilities under the revenue certainty…17 Jul 2025HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel Bill (Third sitting)I do not have the answer in front of me, but I commit to providing the hon. Gentleman with an answer in due course. I thought the point he was making was about whether we are…17 Jul 2025HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel Bill (Third sitting)My kingdom for a chemistry degree! I will let the hon. Gentleman know the answer to his question in due course. To go back to the point, new clause 5 would duplicate the process…17 Jul 2025HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel Bill (Third sitting)A latter day Hilaire Belloc, in my humble opinion. However, on this occasion, the hon. Member for Wimbledon will no doubt know that I disagree with him. Committee members will be…17 Jul 2025HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel Bill (Third sitting)I think the hon. Member for Sutton and Cheam has a point, in that the public will be interested in how this is made. Advanced-waste SAF, including SAF made from non-recyclable…17 Jul 2025HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel Bill (Third sitting)The clause gives the Secretary of State the ability to control some of the activities of the designated counterparty through directions. The counterparty will maintain day-to-day…17 Jul 2025HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel Bill (Third sitting)Well done to the hon. Member for Mid Buckinghamshire; he pulled it out of the fire there with the amendments. He is right that we are putting SAF on the statute book. We should…17 Jul 2025HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel Bill (Third sitting)Clause 11 creates new civil penalties that are necessary to secure the payment of the levy and compliance with regulations. Any penalty will be limited to a maximum of the lesser…17 Jul 2025HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel Bill (Fourth sitting)I beg to move amendment 1, in clause 15, page 8, line 7, leave out paragraphs (c) and (d) and insert— “(c) section 10 (payment of surpluses to levy payers); (d) section 11(4)(a)…17 Jul 2025HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel Bill (Fourth sitting)Thank you, Mr Western, for chairing the Committee. I also thank the Clerks, Hansard Reporters and Doorkeepers for overseeing proceedings. The Committee also benefited from the…17 Jul 2025HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel Bill (Fourth sitting)Clause 15 provides that regulations are to be made by statutory instrument and that they may make different provision for different purposes and supplementary, incidental,…17 Jul 2025HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel Bill (Fourth sitting)On new clause 8, the hon. Member for Wimbledon is right to talk about deindustrialisation. Growing up in the 1970s, I saw the impacts of that, particularly on the east side of…17 Jul 2025HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel Bill (Fourth sitting)I thank the hon. Member for the new clause, which seeks to ensure parliamentary scrutiny and that the SAF revenue certainty mechanism will run effectively. I also thank him for…17 Jul 2025HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel Bill (Third sitting)I am grateful to the hon. Member. Because this will be a matter between the counterparty and the companies invited to bid, it will be subject to normal contract law, but I am…17 Jul 2025HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel Bill (Third sitting)Clause 10 enables the Secretary of State to make regulations to ensure that a designated counterparty pays any surplus it collects to the people who have paid the levy. There…17 Jul 2025HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel Bill (Third sitting)Clause 4 enables the Secretary of State to designate a counterparty for the revenue certainty mechanism. It also sets out that the counterparty must be a company wholly owned by…17 Jul 2025HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel Bill (Third sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Western. We often discuss our bicycles and their technology, but today we have to talk about the revenue certainty mechanism,…17 Jul 2025HANSARDDraft Transport Act 2000 (Air Traffic Services) (Prescribed Terms) Regulations 2025I beg to move, That the Cttee has considered the draft Transport Act 2000 (Air Traffic Services) (Prescribed Terms) Regulations 2025. It is a pleasure to serve under your…09 Jul 2025HANSARDDraft Transport Act 2000 (Air Traffic Services) (Prescribed Terms) Regulations 2025I thank the hon. Member for Wimbledon for his support; we have the whole House behind the measure. I commit to laying out the details of the steps for setting up the service, how…09 Jul 2025HANSARDDraft Transport Act 2000 (Air Traffic Services) (Prescribed Terms) Regulations 2025I am grateful to the hon. Member for Orpington for stating the Opposition’s support. UK aviation enjoyed its most successful month in history in April. Over the next 20 years, we…09 Jul 2025