Speeches by Downie.
Every Hansard contribution by Graeme Downie this parliament, most recent first. Back to the MP page for the headline figures and analysed positions.
Showing 201–220 of 671 contributions · most-recent first
| Date | Debate & contribution | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 4 Mar 2026 | NATO and the High Arctic “I thank my hon. Friend for leading a debate on one of the most important security and defence issues that we face. I was in Estonia at the start of January, in my role as chair of the all-party parliamentary group on Estonia. I met members of its military, as well as the British troops in Estonia, to talk about the imp…” defenceenvironment | 118 |
| 4 Mar 2026 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 736) “Jonathan, Ofgem has said that targeted cyber-resilience requirements will be needed for the most significant operators. What determination have you made about who fits under the “most significant operator” category? Is it just the big six, or are you looking more widely?” | 42 |
| 4 Mar 2026 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 736) “On costs, Ofgem has said that calculations show the average cost of a cyber-attack to utilities is about £210,000, with cyber ranking among the top risks across utilities. Who meets those costs, or who would meet those costs in the instance of a cyber-attack?” | 44 |
| 4 Mar 2026 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 736) “We have seen similar cyber-attacks in the UK where the Government had to step in—I am sure you are aware of what I am referring to. At what point would you have conversations with utilities and with the Government to determine who meets a large cost? Would that be Ofgem’s role? I guess that is the question.” | 57 |
| 4 Mar 2026 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 736) “It will roughly make up the same proportion or the same number for the foreseeable future?” | 16 |
| 4 Mar 2026 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 736) “A more general question to Fintan and Claire: Energy UK has suggested that a small investment in modernising NESO systems would deliver billions of pounds in efficiencies, although, to be honest, it was not able to provide details. However, when it comes to NESO systems, what modernisation can be conducted, and how muc…” | 59 |
| 4 Mar 2026 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 736) “Very briefly, as someone who spent quite a large part of their life trying to get renewables projects consented in Scotland, one of the biggest barriers we had with the public was complaints around constraint costs and wind farms being paid to be turned off. It was a recurring theme everywhere we went, which was frustr…” | 122 |
| 4 Mar 2026 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 736) “Who knew that Scottish weather would be helpful. Thank you.” | 10 |
| 4 Mar 2026 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 736) “That is where the savings should happen.” | 7 |
| 4 Mar 2026 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 736) “I want to pick up on some issues about modernisation of NESO systems, but also particularly around cyber-security as well. IBM has found that energy is one of the most highly targeted sectors in the UK for cyber-attack. We had the European Union Institute for Security Studies note that some Chinese hackers have shown t…” | 132 |
| 4 Mar 2026 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 736) “I want to ask a couple of questions around balancing costs, which you touched on earlier. But, Jonathan, I just want briefly to go back to your initial statement around increasing intensity of market research. While we have been meeting, there has been a report that energy firms are pulling all their fixed deals off th…” | 83 |
| 4 Mar 2026 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 736) “The clue is in the name. What is an acceptable balancing cost, or what is the level you think you should be able to get to if everything is working perfectly well or as well as it can?” | 38 |
| 4 Mar 2026 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 736) “I did not mean to put you on the spot. I mentioned it because it has come out and I referred to it earlier on. On balancing costs, the overwhelming majority of that, about £1.7 billion in 2024-25, came from thermal constraint costs and physical infrastructure. Can you outline why that has happened? Will the increase in…” | 87 |
| 4 Mar 2026 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 736) “At what point do you think it will create the significant upward pressure you referred to in your statement?” | 19 |
| 4 Mar 2026 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 736) “It is increasing the contact with suppliers?” | 7 |
| 4 Mar 2026 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 736) “That is fine, thank you.” | 5 |
| 4 Mar 2026 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 736) “Will that be thermal restraint costs that are likely to rise? Is the idea then that, by 2030, the infrastructure will be better and that will fall?” | 27 |
| 4 Mar 2026 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 736) “Jonathan, just to go back to your statement at the beginning, there were a couple of “in due course”-type phrases that I want to gently explore. First of all, in terms of the strait of Hormuz being closed for “a prolonged period of time”, I have read analysis suggesting that two weeks would be manageable, but that anyt…” | 119 |
| 4 Mar 2026 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 736) “I am keen to understand how often you run tests of that. Is that externally monitored? I do understand the difficulty of giving away how you protect, but could you give as much detail as you can to provide reassurance?” | 40 |
| 4 Mar 2026 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 736) “Would you say that you are very confident that the UK network is as secure from cyber-attack as it can be?” | 21 |