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HANSARDGreat British Energy BillAnd community energy groups.29 Oct 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy BillI start by thanking the Minister for how constructively he has worked with me, and by thanking the hon. Member for Na h-Eileanan an Iar (Torcuil Crichton) for his words just now.…29 Oct 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy BillI agree very much with my hon. Friend. National grid capacity is critical if we are to unblock all of these projects, which are so critical to powering our community services, our…29 Oct 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy BillI thank my hon. Friend for that fantastic example from her constituency, which is exactly the kind of project we are talking about. We know that “Local power generation is an…29 Oct 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy BillI appreciate that, which is why I quoted from the founding statement. The problem is that those words are not enshrined in the Bill itself, which is why we are surprised that the…29 Oct 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy BillIn fact, I said at the beginning of my contribution that I welcomed the constructive debate in Committee.29 Oct 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy BillI could not have put it better myself. I thank my hon. Friend for leading the fight for the Liberal Democrats as the former spokesperson on energy security and net zero. That…29 Oct 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy BillWill my hon. Friend give way?29 Oct 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy BillI think I will intervene, if that is okay with you, Madam Deputy Speaker. We welcome that question from the hon. Member for East Thanet (Ms Billington). In fact, there are…29 Oct 2024HANSARDDraft Contracts for Difference (Electricity Supplier Obligations) (Amendment) Regulations 2024indicated dissent.16 Oct 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy Bill (Third sitting)I beg to move amendment 10, clause 3, page 2, line 18, at end insert— “(e) an emergency home insulation programme with targeted support for people on low incomes, and (f) the…10 Oct 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy Bill (Third sitting)I thank all hon. Members for their serious consideration of the amendment. The hon. Member for Sheffield Hallam said that it was important to consider the role that energy…10 Oct 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy Bill (Fourth sitting)Taking away labels such as “nefarious” or “baubles” and moving to the serious intent of our interventions, this is about scrutiny, and I take the point from the right hon. Member…10 Oct 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy Bill (Fourth sitting)British-made and home-made. I think the serious issue is the extent to which there is reassurance that a statement of priorities, which everybody is accepting will be within the…10 Oct 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy Bill (Third sitting)I beg to move amendment 8, in clause 1, page 1, line 3, at end insert— “within 6 months of the day on which this Act is passed.”10 Oct 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy Bill (Third sitting)Thank you, Chair, and all Committee members. I apologise for being a moment late. My hon. Friend the Member for Bath will be slightly late too, but will be in Committee. As we…10 Oct 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy Bill (Third sitting)I thank the hon. Member for making that point about the cost for communities of connecting to the grid, which makes it completely unviable for them to do so. It is not about…10 Oct 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy Bill (Third sitting)I very much agree. Indeed, I find it very hard not to agree with my hon. Friend, who tabled the amendment. We are obviously waiting to see the local power plan. We hope that it…10 Oct 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy Bill (Third sitting)No one can deny that, as the Minister said, we have seen huge progress coming through immediately, and commitment from the Government. I thought we would have heard from the oral…10 Oct 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy Bill (Third sitting)I beg to move amendment 2, in clause 3, page 2, line 18, at end insert— “(e) measures to increase low carbon and renewable energy schemes owned, or part owned, by community…10 Oct 2024