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HANSARD Climate Change, the Environment and Global DevelopmentI absolutely agree. Some of those coastal towns, cities and regions stand to benefit the most. In my own region, Yorkshire and the Humber, the job opportunities from offshore wind…10 Jul 2019HANSARD Climate Change, the Environment and Global DevelopmentIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Chichester (Gillian Keegan). The Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee, which I chair, working with five other Select…10 Jul 2019HANSARD Climate Change, the Environment and Global DevelopmentDoes the hon. Gentleman share my concern that the most recent data shows that the number of electric vehicles sold has actually fallen? That suggests that the cut in grant and the…10 Jul 2019HANSARD Climate Change, the Environment and Global DevelopmentBoth the right hon. and learned Gentleman and my hon. Friend the Member for Harrow West (Gareth Thomas) have mentioned my city of Leeds, so I feel I should stand up and say…10 Jul 2019HANSARD Climate Change, the Environment and Global DevelopmentThe resilience point is well made and incredibly important. The Committee on Climate Change said today that some 9,000 properties a year need to be fitted with flood protection—up…10 Jul 2019HANSARD Climate Change, the Environment and Global DevelopmentI thank the hon. Gentleman—I was going to call him my hon. Friend, because he is very much my friend and an excellent member of my Select Committee. He makes a really important…10 Jul 2019HANSARD Climate Change, the Environment and Global DevelopmentElectric vehicles have been discussed quite a bit already today, and much more could be done to encourage people to buy them and to make it easier for people to charge them, as…10 Jul 2019HANSARD Climate Change, the Environment and Global DevelopmentWe have made huge progress in just the last decade in terms of our reliance on fossil fuels, and we can now get through a week or two without using coal. By 2025, we will not be…10 Jul 2019HANSARD Climate Change, the Environment and Global DevelopmentI very much agree with my hon. Friend, and I would also add the opportunities from onshore wind, which the Government disappointingly continue to block, and from tidal power. The…10 Jul 2019HANSARDNorthern Powerhouse4. What fiscal steps the Government are taking to support the northern powerhouse.02 Jul 2019HANSARDNorthern PowerhouseIt is quite an achievement for the Minister to get up and say that without any sense of irony whatsoever. The truth is that we have had the incredibly disappointing news this week…02 Jul 2019HANSARD Climate ChangeThe Government have committed to phasing out new sales of the internal combustion engine by 2040. My Select Committee on Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has recommended…24 Jun 2019HANSARD Climate ChangeI am proud to speak in this debate, and I am proud that the country that first legislated with the Climate Change Act in 2008 is going a step further today by updating the Act and…24 Jun 2019HANSARD Businesses: Late PaymentsThank you very much, Mr Deputy Speaker. When our Select Committee looked into this issue, many small businesses insisted on giving evidence in private, so worried were they about…19 Jun 2019HANSARDNet Zero Emissions TargetMay I start by welcoming the statement and the commitment that the Secretary of State and the Minister for Energy and Clean Growth have given to this? May I also say how proud I…12 Jun 2019HANSARDGreenhouse Gas Emissions: TargetsWe have a moral obligation to bring our carbon emissions down to net zero, and there are real economic and social benefits in doing so. Although the Chancellor has expressed his…11 Jun 2019HANSARD British SteelThis is a desperately sad day for our steel industry and those who work in it, and I am sure that the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee will want to look at what…22 May 2019HANSARDClimate Change19. Climate change is increasing the risk of flooding, and despite devastating floods in my constituency in 2015, the Government have not yet committed funding for the…21 May 2019HANSARDBritish SteelThe Government have presided over the decline of the UK steel industry: the closure of Redcar in 2016; the lack of assurances obtained from Greybull when it took over British…21 May 2019HANSARDBritish Steel: EU Emissions Trading ComplianceI welcome the Secretary of State’s decision. Without it, there would be huge job losses in the industry. This crisis at British Steel has been caused by the uncertainty over our…01 May 2019