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HANSARD Energy Bill [Lords]It has been a pleasure to speak on the Bill on Second Reading and in Committee, but I agree with my right hon. Friend the Member for North East Somerset (Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg) that…05 Sept 2023HANSARD NATO Summit: VilniusDoes the right hon. Gentleman agree that this mindset has to be present across all Departments and all Governments at the top? There is a reason why we need warehouses full of…06 Jul 2023HANSARD NATO Summit: VilniusI thank all right hon. and hon. Members who have taken part in the debate. I am extremely grateful that we were able to show the work of the NATO PA. Anybody who is observing our…06 Jul 2023HANSARD NATO Summit: VilniusI agree with much of what the right hon. Gentleman said. That is a very good example of the fact that the Assembly is not afraid of being critical of Government policy. It is not…06 Jul 2023HANSARD NATO Summit: VilniusI beg to move, That this House has considered the NATO Parliamentary Assembly and NATO Summit 2023 in Vilnius. It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Sharma.…06 Jul 2023HANSARD NATO Summit: VilniusI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for raising that point. He illustrates the political nature of the Assembly, which helped guide those newly formed democracies, as they…06 Jul 2023HANSARD NATO Summit: VilniusAt the transatlantic forum, which many of us with leadership positions take part in—it takes place in December, at Washington’s National Defence University—American politicians…06 Jul 2023HANSARD NATO Summit: VilniusI notice that we have a Foreign Office Minister with us today. Does the right hon. Gentleman agree that the recalcitrance of the Foreign Office about proscribing the Wagner Group…06 Jul 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Fourteenth sitting)Will the hon. Gentleman give way?22 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Fourteenth sitting)To help the hon. Gentleman, I merely say that my hon. Friend the Member for South Ribble is unfortunately detained in the Chamber because a huge bomb factory was found in her…22 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Fourteenth sitting)The hon. Gentleman said the proposals will not improve our energy security, but will he comment on what will happen to the steel industry if we are not able to produce the…22 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Fourteenth sitting)On that very point, will the hon. Gentleman give way?22 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Fourteenth sitting)I do not know, but what I do know is physics. The physics says that we have to maintain a baseload. If we are unable to maintain that baseload, other options may have to be looked…22 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Fourteenth sitting)The hon. Gentleman is being exceptionally generous with his time. He said that exporting 85% of the coal does not add to our energy security, but does he accept that if we have…22 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Twelfth sitting)Does my hon. Friend the Minister agree with me that although, as he rightly says, electricity production by coal has been as little as 1% and huge amounts of work can be done to…20 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Twelfth sitting)It was a gas turbine.20 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [Lords] (Thirteenth sitting)I am listening carefully to the hon. Gentleman’s speech. During his comments, will he reflect on what is happening in Germany with coalmining and coal-fired power stations? He…20 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [Lords] (Thirteenth sitting)May I say for the first time what a pleasure it is to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Huq? Many hours ago, the Minister said that we need to prevent additional costs—I put it in…20 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [Lords] (Thirteenth sitting)We’ll let that one fly. Let us reflect on how well it is going up in Scotland. Therefore, any Government faced with not having enough electricity capacity to do x, y and z will…20 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [Lords] (Thirteenth sitting)Indeed that is true. It comes back to the physics of the situation and maintaining the base load. Wind turbines cannot be sped up or slowed down. I do not want to jump around the…20 Jun 2023