Speeches by Reader.

“Is that a subsidy to support manufacturing building up around the ports?”

“I will come on to climate and the environment, but let me pick up on the comments on workforce. Two thirds of the workforce in the North sea say that their employers are not doing enough to support them; 89% say that they want the Government to step in to force oil and gas companies to do more on energy transition and …”

“Why are your members not listening to their workers?”

“What is the difference between support and a subsidy?”

“The Government’s North Sea Future Plan commits to taking a global standard of 1.5°. Are your members committed to keeping warming below 1.5°?”

“Thank you. Tessa, on the assumptions that we have heard today, that we continue production at the same levels, which would include, therefore, more exploration and more drilling, is the 1.5° target that the Government has set achievable?”

“The Government’s North Sea Future Plan commits to taking a global standard of 1.5°. Are your members committed to keeping warming below 1.5°?”

“2. What steps she is taking to improve passenger rail services.”

“The Minister will be aware that freight services using East West Rail infrastructure already terminate at Northampton Gateway. Will the Minister work with me to ensure Northampton is included in East West Rail’s long-term vision for passenger services, ensuring connectivity across the Oxford-Cambridge corridor?”

“Will the hon. lady give way?”

“The hon. Member for Gorton and Denton (Hannah Spencer) referred to retrofitting in her speech, and the Minister has talked about its importance. In Northampton, one of the biggest concerns people have about committing to retrofit is getting a dodgy builder. The Energy Security and Net Zero Committee recognise that, and…”

“Twenty-five per cent of the manufacturing output of the east midlands is in the food and drink sector, but that sector feels left behind in the clean energy transition without support from Government programmes, such as the British industrial competitiveness scheme. What support can the Minister give to the food and dr…”

“Twenty-five per cent of the manufacturing output of the east midlands is in the food and drink sector, but that sector feels left behind in the clean energy transition without support from Government programmes, such as the British industrial competitiveness scheme. What support can the Minister give to the food and dr…”

“Does the Department or GBE-N do supply chain assurance to look at your partners you are working with, such as Rolls-Royce, to make sure their supply chains are robust and free from Chinese or Russian influence?”

“They need to, but will they?”

“You do not know. Would it be in the contract that you would if it does not deliver on what it said?”

“Is there a threshold at which you would consider removing the contract from Rolls-Royce, for example 50% or 40%?”

“In terms of the UK’s nuclear supply chain, how exposed are we to China?”

“Coming back to the supply chain and particularly the 70%, could you talk us through the contractual mechanisms that make sure that Rolls-Royce delivers it? What happens if it does not?”

“Sam, what is being done in the Department to reduce the risk that China poses to UK security?”