Speeches by Reader.

“I was at the same breakfast as Wera yesterday; we heard that the cost of batteries is through the floor and lithium is very cheap at the moment, primarily driven by China’s trade ambitions. If we start building lots of batteries and the price goes up, are we at risk of market extortion from China if we become reliant o…”

“How do we avoid the potentially significant costs of the development of large scale energy storage under the capacity market cap and floor scheme and other schemes setting consumer bills for years to come?”

“I will pick up on my point and ask if we could focus on the cost of energy to the consumer. What has a bigger impact on reducing bills? Should we just carry on paying curtailment costs, so we do not have to build loads of batteries, or should we be building batteries to have an impact now on the cost of energy?”

“I will ask the questions on large scale energy storage in a second. In terms of the cost to the consumer right now and in the next few years, and in terms of energy bills, is there more of an impact from the Government paying lots of curtailment costs or from investing in loads of 40 GW of storage? What is actually goi…”

“Lawrence, if our supply-side flexibility is provided through large scale energy storage, how much does that add to the cost of bills?”

“T8. In her interview two weeks ago in The Sunday Times, the Foreign Secretary warned that the only person who benefits when NATO is divided is Vladimir Putin. That warning looks even more relevant today, so may I ask her once again to remind her colleagues across the Atlantic that this is the time to come together as a…”

“For your assessment of this case, what do you think, roughly? Are we talking a few months? Are we talking a year?”

“Typically, is that weeks, months?”

“Is that because it is out of your remit as a regulator?”

“In this case, how long will it take you to make a decision?”

“How long does that process take? Someone has made a complaint. You are now in an assessment. You just have to watch the programme and make a decision, so how long do you take to make that assessment?”

“What we have just heard from you, Laura, is that Ofcom’s regulatory approach is to wait for a complaint. Is that effective regulation in the current media environment?”

“How long does that process take? Someone has made a complaint. You are now in an assessment. You just have to watch the programme and make a decision, so how long do you take to make that assessment?”

“The protection for consumers from misinformation—2 million people, which roughly works out as 4% of the adult population—is making sure that your own information is correct, but are you doing anything specifically to tackle deepfakes and misinformation in the online space?”

“You have received a number of high-profile complaints about the lack of impartiality in GB News’s recent broadcast of an interview with President Trump. Can you update us on your assessment of whether the case requires investigation?”

“What do you do? What specific things has Ofgem put in place to protect consumers from misinformation and deepfakes in the online space?”

“You have received a number of high-profile complaints about the lack of impartiality in GB News’s recent broadcast of an interview with President Trump. Can you update us on your assessment of whether the case requires investigation?”

“We have seen in the past year a loss of political consensus on the delivery of the Climate Change Act and reaching net zero by 2050, particularly with the policy U-turn from the Conservative party. How does that affect Ofcom’s application of due impartiality on broadcast debates on these issues?”

“9. What steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support economic growth in Scotland.”

“We have heard clearly during our inquiry that there is a drop in trust in the media and what some would call mainstream media. Do you think that Ofcom has been an effective regulator to support trust in the media? Surely one of the key functions of a regulator is to maintain trust in the services that it regulates.”