Speeches by Young.

“You said that after every shock it becomes more resilient, but Elizabeth seemed to be suggesting that nothing has changed; that it may have given Government a greater understanding, but that has not translated into anything. In what way has it become more resilient?”

“It is not having much of an impact. Verity, what do domestic refineries offer UK manufacturers over imports from friendly nations?”

“David, I would like to talk about carbon repurposing for carbon capture, usage, and storage, but first can I go back to your earlier answer? When you were asked why the employees do not feel supported by the operators, you deflected with an answer about, “We are telling them that their jobs are dirty.” I do not think t…”

“That will be fine. Claire, are you confident the envisaged jobs and careers in repurposing will match existing ones in oil and gas in pay conditions and duration?”

“You said that after every shock it becomes more resilient, but Elizabeth seemed to be suggesting that nothing has changed; that it may have given Government a greater understanding, but that has not translated into anything. In what way has it become more resilient?”

“I would like to talk about the interdependency with refineries. Elizabeth, when you came to see us in October you talked about how vital refineries are. How have international events since you gave evidence to us impacted the role of refineries in the UK’s oil and gas sector?”

“Russian crude, yes, being refined elsewhere.”

“I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Yeovil (Adam Dance) for leading today’s debate. Across my Thornbury and Yate constituency, the lack of dental practices providing NHS services has been particularly acute. As I put it to the Minister last week, less than a third of the adults, and just under half of the children, i…”

“T5. Despite numbers accessing NHS dentists rising nationally, in South Gloucestershire they are falling, where less than a third of adults and half the number of children have been seen by an NHS dentist in the past two years. With no NHS dentists taking on patients and more going private, how will the Government rever…”

“T5. Despite numbers accessing NHS dentists rising nationally, in South Gloucestershire they are falling, where less than a third of adults and half the number of children have been seen by an NHS dentist in the past two years. With no NHS dentists taking on patients and more going private, how will the Government rever…”

“1. What steps her Department is taking to support farmers with fuel costs.”

“During the nearly three months it took the Government to decide to cut duty on red diesel, farmers in my constituency had already had to take steps to mitigate costs for fuel, energy and fertiliser. With changing weather patterns also threatening food security, will the Department look at other reliefs for our farmers,…”

“I want to return to the issue of UK maritime services bankrolling Putin’s barbaric war by supporting Russian fossil fuel exports. Despite the ban relating to LNG, campaigners have criticised what they see as a lack of enforcement of the rules. What will the Government do to ensure that sanctions are not just a paper ti…”

“One final very quick question. Stuart, how do you assess the adequacy of funding for cyber-security upgrades under the RIIO-3 price control framework?”

“Do you feel that your feedback on that is being listened to?”

“Are there any gaps you would identify in that oversight?”

“Stepping back from that, do you think there is sufficient Government and regulatory oversight of the cyber-protection of electricity transmission networks?”

“You don’t think there is any difference between nation state-level attacks versus compromised supply chains?”

“It has been suggested to us that it is not clear what types of cyber-attacker the Government are now expecting OESs to protect the energy networks from. Do you think that is a fair criticism?”

“Given that we have new and emerging threats, such as rapid advancements in AI weaponisation by threat actors, how will the strategy be changed to counter those?”