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HANSARDElectric Vehicles: Transition by 2030I thank everybody for their contributions to the debate. As has been said, there is a lot of consensus. We agree with the Government that the 2030 target to phase out petrol and…09 Dec 2021HANSARDElectric Vehicles: Transition by 2030Does the hon. Gentleman agree that ultimately local councils are best placed to provide that infrastructure and to ensure that it actually works, because they are the ones who are…09 Dec 2021HANSARDElectric Vehicles: Transition by 2030I beg to move, That this House has considered the matter of support for the UK’s transition to electric vehicles by 2030. It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mr…09 Dec 2021HANSARDDisabled School Leavers: Professional Development5. What steps he is taking to support the professional development of disabled school leavers.06 Dec 2021HANSARDDisabled School Leavers: Professional DevelopmentBath and North East Somerset Council, together with Bath College and Virgin Care, run a partnership called Project SEARCH to help young people with physical and learning…06 Dec 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseIn my constituency, a 91-year-old man was left waiting for an ambulance for seven hours. This crisis includes the Leader of the House’s constituency: in the south-west, ambulance…02 Dec 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsSynthetic aircraft fuels are still in their infancy. Domestically, the Government have a tool, the renewable transport fuel obligation, by which they can mandate the mixing of…01 Dec 2021HANSARD Community Energy SchemesI thank the right hon. and learned Gentleman for that analysis. Do we all want Ferraris? Who knows? But we probably all want community energy. The problem is indeed the cost of…30 Nov 2021HANSARDEthiopia: Tigray Crisis10. What diplomatic steps she is taking to help de-escalate the crisis in Tigray following the declaration of the state of emergency in Ethiopia.30 Nov 2021HANSARDEthiopia: Tigray CrisisThe conflict in Tigray has dramatically escalated in the past year. My constituents in Bath who have family detained in the capital in Ethiopia have not heard from them for the…30 Nov 2021HANSARD Community Energy SchemesI beg to move, That this House has considered the matter of empowering community energy schemes. It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mr Betts. I start by thanking…30 Nov 2021HANSARD Community Energy SchemesIf I were the Government, I would happily take up that offer. It is about the surplus energy that can go back into the community. If we look at the crisis in the energy market and…30 Nov 2021HANSARD Community Energy SchemesThe right hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. Something does not work, and I will come on to why it does not work. The whole system is outdated and does not allow for the changes…30 Nov 2021HANSARD Community Energy SchemesI thank all right hon. and hon. Members for contributing to the debate. It shows the Government that there is cross-party, cross-region and cross-nation support for the Local…30 Nov 2021HANSARD Community Energy SchemesI was originally a little disappointed that the Minister’s invitation went only to his colleague the hon. Member for Wantage (David Johnston), but if he has already fixed a…30 Nov 2021HANSARD Community Energy SchemesI listened very carefully to the hon. Gentleman’s explanations about the complexities of the grid. Does he agree that, when thinking about licensing for a new devolved scheme, we…30 Nov 2021HANSARD Community Energy SchemesCan the hon. Lady outline that the whole idea does not work because the improvements to the grid have not materialised in the way that we had hoped, or rather the way that the…30 Nov 2021HANSARD Community Energy SchemesIndeed—I completely agree. I urge the Minister to look at clause 3 of the Bill, which would give Ofgem the task of setting up the local supplier licence process, which should be…30 Nov 2021HANSARD Community Energy SchemesThe hon. Gentleman makes a very good point. Lots of small and diverse players are probably the answer to our future energy demands. The Government in the past have always…30 Nov 2021HANSARD Community Energy SchemesIn other countries there are much more diverse markets for this, and we really have to look at why it does not work in this country. I agree with the hon. Lady—absolutely, it has…30 Nov 2021