Speeches by Crichton.
Every Hansard contribution by Torcuil Crichton this parliament, most recent first. Back to the MP page for the headline figures and analysed positions.
Showing 621–640 of 1,095 contributions · most-recent first
| Date | Debate & contribution | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 21 May 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 868) “And finance is one of the big things there, I guess.” | 11 |
| 21 May 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 868) “Graham, in Suffolk County Council, you have had quite a lot of variation on what developers commit to to protect nationally designated landscapes. What changes would you like to see in the planning statement to address that?” | 37 |
| 21 May 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 868) “Ali, should we just learn to live with turbines on the horizon? The planet is burning up. Should we not just get on with it?” | 25 |
| 21 May 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 868) “Thank you. Isobel, when I hear the RSPB’s support for wind energy, it sounds very qualified. It sounds like objections that lots of people have: “I support renewables, but…” You have strongly criticised the way that the Government’s guidance for onshore wind farms addresses biodiversity and ecological considerations. O…” | 60 |
| 21 May 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 868) “What would you put in the statement?” | 7 |
| 21 May 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 868) “I have a quick supplementary on the point that you made, Lawrence, about taking three years to get to the start line but only six months for other utilities. What is the problem?” | 33 |
| 21 May 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 868) “You mentioned that land access was a problem. Is it about permission from landlords?” | 14 |
| 21 May 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 868) “That is interesting. Thank you.” | 5 |
| 21 May 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 868) “Thank you all for coming in. Just to pick up on what Wera was saying about landscape intrusion with some massive transformation, there may be tonnes of pylons. People do not mind pylons as long as they cannot see them. If they live in a national park, or on the broads, or in a national landscape, the guidance is that w…” | 82 |
| 21 May 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 868) “I get that consistency is good, but would you like a more nuanced approach? It seems quite a blunt instrument now: national park, underground; anywhere else, overground.” | 27 |
| 21 May 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 868) “It is not just people who we have to think about. We have to think about the birds and the bats, and other animals. You talked about mitigations that are already taken for wildlife. Would you welcome clearer guidance on how to avoid environmental damage to the bird population?” | 49 |
| 21 May 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 868) “The Planning and Infrastructure Bill is going through, with reforms to the statutory consultation requirements. Would it make it easier for you to make adjustments to design under these proposals?” | 30 |
| 21 May 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 868) “That is an important message for us to hear. It is not just visuals. It is economics as well. People say that this pylon infrastructure will affects farms and arable and tourism businesses. Tourism generates £4 billion a year in Scotland, which is what you look at rather than what you consume in terms of electricity. L…” | 85 |
| 21 May 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 868) “Quite simply, it costs more to put the stuff underground than it does to put it overground. Are there new technologies—and we hear about cable ploughing rather than digging a trench—that might come along and help us?” | 37 |
| 21 May 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 868) “You are saying that it is a technical constraint rather than a planning one.” | 14 |
| 21 May 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 868) “I can think of specific examples. You are going to be in communities for 40 years, you say. You are going to make a lot of money. You are talking about community benefit. When people hear “community benefit”, they think about five-a-side football strips, astroturf and scout halls. What about giving communities a share …” | 82 |
| 21 May 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 868) “RWE is onshore and offshore.” | 5 |
| 21 May 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 868) “N4, the nearest offshore wind farm to me is offering £4.5 million a year, index-linked, for 35 years to 2,000 people.” | 21 |
| 21 May 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 868) “Interesting. Peta, NIPA suggested that the national policy statement should be future-proofed so that there is reference to biodiversity net gain. What do we mean by this, and what would you add to that?” | 34 |
| 21 May 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 868) “Is that happening? I had not heard of that.” | 9 |