Speeches by Crichton.

“If we got rid of ROCs or got rid of the renewable obligations that would have a huge effect on domestic bills, would it not? As Michael says, there is no mechanism to replace it as yet is there?”

“Michael, to go back to renewables obligations, you said that 16 GW of ROs is going to end quite soon and that 10% would move on to CfDs. Would it make sense to reform renewable obligations or turn it into something else or abolish it?”

“Or the £500 per bill that is the energy sector’s profits from doing this?”

“You have not added the £174 per household that comes from millionaires, electricity traders, profiteering, have you?”

“Some people are making a lot of money out of consumers.”

“There is this £2.8 billion that we could have put to that as well.”

“The Budget gives £150 off bills by removing the renewables obligation, taking that off the bills and putting it into general taxation.”

“You said 15% of a bill is levies.”

“That is interesting.”

“That is going into Treasury, but it is not being put into consumer bills?”

“Thanks all for coming in. I have questions on renewable obligations and contracts for difference. First, I think I missed something at the very beginning. Susie, when you mentioned £2.8 billion coming into Treasury, where was that coming from?”

“Has the Treasury made any assessment of the SNP’s plans to separate Scotland from its main market, the rest of the UK, which accounts for 60% of its trade? While I am at it, may I thank the Chancellor for the £820 million extra for the Scottish budget?”

“Hugh, what is the cost of doing nothing, of me doing nothing, personally?”

“Yes, I get that, but looking for heat pumps by 2050, when you see it says that we can lose 60% of GDP within 20 years, it is a lot more urgent than that than persuading people to get going by 2050.”

“I have two quick points of clarity on what you said before. First, you talked about having to go to the front foot on disinformation. How do you suggest we do that? Secondly, you talked about the catastrophic crisis. I do not know if I picked you up right about what you said about the Gulf Stream, that there were three…”

“We have talked a lot about economics. Thank you all for coming in and for your stark evidence on what you, Eric, called this very shallow support for net zero. You described it as useless jargon. Emma, you have told us how there is stark evidence that people just do not get it, do not understand what climate change is.…”

“Eric, what do I have to do as an individual and what do the Government have to do to step off this tipping point, to get away from this tipping point?”

“My friend the Scottish journalist Jen Stout has just returned from the grey zone between Russian and Ukrainian forces, where to try to evacuate the wounded or even to wander outside for a moment is to invite death from the sky by drones. The message she brings back from Ukrainians on the frontline is that they will not…”

“The Yantar was intercepted in the north Atlantic, which is the UK’s new frontline but my constituents’ backyard. I was reassured by the preparedness of the RAF and the Royal Navy and grateful for their defence of our airspace and seaspace, but what assurance can the Minister give my constituents about our preparedness …”

“Thank you, Mr Speaker. When the Prime Minister next meets the President of the United States, will he ask him if he knows any reasonably priced hotels near the MetLife stadium in New Jersey, where the world cup final is to be held, and, as we are about to provide the biggest boost to whisky exports since our trade deal…”