Speeches by Young.

“Heat batteries are the only clean heat technology certified by the microgeneration certification scheme that is excluded from VAT relief under the energy-saving materials framework. This penalises smaller homes and lower-income households that cannot accommodate a heat pump. Will the Chancellor commit to removing that …”

“My constituent is a hard-working taxpayer, but his wife and daughter remain in Iran because the family reunion route has effectively been closed since September. Does the Minister accept that failing to provide controlled, safe and legal routes not only lets down families like this one, but fuels the use of dangerous r…”

“On nuclear, I note that, had small modular reactors gone to Oldbury, Wylfa would still be available for other options to reduce our fossil fuel dependence. I want to ask about small businesses. On top of a rising tax burden, the fear of further energy spikes causes small businesses in my constituency, particularly ener…”

“My constituents regularly complain about private parking companies. Recent examples include a firm passing a case to debt collectors after the constituent provided evidence that they were ill and another issuing a charge when the driver had paid but the machine failed. Following last September’s consultation on raising…”

“A constituent approached me in January having applied for his pension over six months earlier, with no resolution. He has been forced to draw on his personal savings simply to get by. Will the Government introduce a redress scheme for pensioners who were forced to deplete their savings or even take out commercial loans…”

“I want to talk about the distribution use of system costs. Jonathan, obviously we have had some delay and some chopping and changing when it comes to the significant code review, but could you say how much you think we might see distribution network investment costs go up in the future? Do you think they are going to e…”

“It does not need the same level of deployment. Does that long-term plan make much difference in that context? I can see why it is very important for the distribution network—the higher-voltage ends of the distribution network—but ultimately you can make decisions on a much more short-term basis when you see what is hap…”

“At the distribution level, that is more flexible?”

“Are five-year periods of price control long enough to incentivise suppliers and consumers to take up flexibility?”

“My next question may not be so relevant, then, because I was going to say how might ED3, the next price control, keep these costs reasonable? Your argument is that, in the grand scheme of things, even if they change quite significantly, overall the actual change that consumers will see will be very small.”

“When the National Infrastructure Commission estimated a total of £37 billion to £50 billion was required in the distribution network investment up to 2050—although there is potential to reduce that through maximising consumer flexibility—are you saying that you don’t see that making a significant difference on the bill…”

“I just want to follow up on what you are saying: the retailers are not where you think the profiteering is, but they have also hedged against things by their forward pricing. What is the knock-on impact beyond them in the market? Is our price cap mechanism in isolation not significant enough to have an effect on that w…”

“Small charities with excepted charity status, including many individual scout and guide groups, do not have a registered charity number. 1st Ram Hill Scouts in my constituency tell me that they reckon they are excluded from about 80% of grants because they lack a charity number. Does the hon. Member agree that that is …”

“This conflict has grounded travellers at Doha, including a constituent who has three young children waiting at home. Following the Prime Minister’s conversation with Qatari leaders, can he explain how evacuations will be prioritised, and what support is being provided on the ground to those who were expecting simply to…”

“The Government have made some welcome commitments on education, but schools are then left to fulfil them. We have seen with free school meals, breakfast clubs and teacher pay awards that each time the funding falls short, and headteachers are left to make up the difference from budgets that are already on their knees. …”

“Given we have had this long gap, we are stuck in the middle, aren’t we, in that we have a history of nuclear but we have had a long break?”

“Do you want to add anything on that, Mark?”

“The peculiarity with nuclear is the way it is had the dip.”

“Is there a formal mentoring role or something that the industry needs to be managing its workforce?”

“Sue mentioned the division between the public sector for the decommissioning versus the competing private sector companies building the new power stations. Do you see that distinction as being a problem and do you have any suggestions for that?”