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HANSARDGreat British Energy Bill (Third sitting)I rise to support amendment 24, which is broadly similar to the shadow Minister’s amendment 11. I am intrigued by the discussion that we have had, various aspects of which…10 Oct 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy Bill (Fourth sitting)I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention, although I am a bit disappointed that he regards seeking the consent of Scotland’s nationally elected Parliament as a blocking…10 Oct 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy Bill (Third sitting)The Minister is being generous with his time, as always. It is a scandal that people are in cold homes. Why is he supportive of the Government taking away the winter fuel…10 Oct 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy Bill (Third sitting)I rise to speak briefly to new clause 1, which is grouped with amendment 8 and clause 1. It is very straightforward. It will be for Government Members to consider whether it is…10 Oct 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy Bill (Fourth sitting)I beg to move amendment 4, in clause 5, page 3, line 10, leave out subsection (3) and insert— “(3) A statement under subsection (1) or a revised or replacement statement under…10 Oct 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy Bill (Third sitting)I admire the Minister’s attempt to compare GB Energy, as supposedly a producer and generator of energy, with an organisation that could have sold electricity—10 Oct 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy Bill (Third sitting)The hon. Lady misunderstands my point. I do not disagree with that; in fact, I would like to see the Government go further and separate the price of electricity from the price of…10 Oct 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy Bill (Fourth sitting)The Minister has tempted me to have a look at what Juergen Maier said. I asked him very clearly how many jobs would be in Aberdeen. His response was quite clear: “It will be in…10 Oct 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy Bill (Third sitting)I do not think that my Commons colleagues and I would suggest that the Government should have reduced energy bills within 100 days, but, my goodness, they have just gone up by…10 Oct 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy Bill (Fourth sitting)Forgive me, Sir Roger; I think the Minister and I were in agreement there. The point I was making was that a future Secretary of State may seek to change the framework of GB…10 Oct 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy Bill (Third sitting)Of course it did not do anything, because the capital was not there to do that. If it had existed under the price shock that the Tories brought in for all of us, it would not have…10 Oct 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy Bill (Third sitting)I am sure that the Minister, as an esteemed and well-versed parliamentarian, will understand that the voting system in this House means that should a Member choose not to vote in…10 Oct 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy Bill (First sitting)Q Thank you both for coming. In relation to that specific point, which is also in the written evidence that you provided, you referenced Ørsted, EDF, Vattenfall and Statkraft. GB…08 Oct 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you, Minister, for your candour so far. Clause 3(2)(c) refers to energy efficiency. Can you clarify to the Committee when GB Energy will reduce energy bills by £300?…08 Oct 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy Bill (Second sitting)Q GB Energy’s objectives as set out in the Bill make it quite clear that it is intent on becoming a producer, distributor, supplier and storer of energy, and to achieve that the…08 Oct 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy Bill (Second sitting)Q We have heard a great deal today, and rightly so, about the potential investment that GB Energy could make, whether that is in production, storage or generation and so on and so…08 Oct 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy Bill (Second sitting)My question has just been answered.08 Oct 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy Bill (First sitting)Q Thank you for joining us this morning, Mr Maier. May I go back to your answer to a previous question? I do not think you quite clarified how many jobs would be in Aberdeen. If I…08 Oct 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy Bill (First sitting)Q But, for clarity, the things that have been spoken about in this context are not in the Bill. Similarly, is there anything within the Bill that gives you certainty that energy…08 Oct 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy Bill (First sitting)Q You have spoken eloquently and rightly about the energy transition, jobs, skills and STEM, but I have double checked and the Bill contains absolutely no detail about any of…08 Oct 2024