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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.

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DateDebate & contributionWords
2 Apr 2025Scottish Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 459)

In short, they probably will not be covered.

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2 Apr 2025Scottish Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 459)

Thank you, gentlemen, for coming in. To clarify, you seem to indicate that emergency responders and shared services—will they be covered by the 18-month deal?

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2 Apr 2025Scottish Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 459)

You sound excited about sustainable aviation fuel. PetroChina is one of your big shareholders.

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2 Apr 2025Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394)

Thank you all for coming in, for bearing with us while we were away and for your passionate support of community energy. The statements you made prove why we wanted to have this investigation in the first place. Stephen, you gave some very disturbing evidence about the abuse of levies and exemptions, and I just wondere

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2 Apr 2025Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394)

I have one quick question. Thank you all for coming in and apologies for moving the Committee on to the stage where I make a statement and ask you to agree with it. From what you said, Afsheen, about having to ping pong and reinvent the wheel every time you apply with a different local authority, what you said, Alistai

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2 Apr 2025Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394)

It is a way to win.

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2 Apr 2025Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394)

If that does not happen, are there other things that could happen? Should consumers or communities be rewarded for balancing supply and demand locally?

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2 Apr 2025Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394)

As I was saying before we were so rudely interrupted, to what extent do you think community-owned renewable energy projects should be exempted from green levies, so people do not pay twice? They are paying into green levies, and then they are paying again when they are using green energy. Stephen, you had answered, but

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2 Apr 2025Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394)

The holy grail here is that I look out my window on to my community-owned wind farm that is supplying me with cheap electricity, but we cannot get there. How do we get there? What are the restrictions? How could we get a simplified local supply system?

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2 Apr 2025Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394)

As I was saying before we were so rudely interrupted, to what extent do you think community-owned renewable energy projects should be exempted from green levies, so people do not pay twice? They are paying into green levies, and then they are paying again when they are using green energy. Stephen, you had answered, but

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2 Apr 2025Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394)

Mary, I take on board what you said as well, about community energy projects reaching further into people’s lives than just supplying electricity. I have seen that in my own constituency, with all kinds of welfare, food and warm home grants that are available through community energy schemes. You raised the example of

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2 Apr 2025Scottish Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 459)

It would something like £2 billion to get Grangemouth to SAF. Would PetroChina be interested in doing that?

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2 Apr 2025Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394)

Mary, I take on board what you said as well, about community energy projects reaching further into people’s lives than just supplying electricity. I have seen that in my own constituency, with all kinds of welfare, food and warm home grants that are available through community energy schemes. You raised the example of

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2 Apr 2025Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394)

Thank you all for coming in, for bearing with us while we were away and for your passionate support of community energy. The statements you made prove why we wanted to have this investigation in the first place. Stephen, you gave some very disturbing evidence about the abuse of levies and exemptions, and I just wondere

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2 Apr 2025Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394)

It is a way to win.

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2 Apr 2025Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394)

If that does not happen, are there other things that could happen? Should consumers or communities be rewarded for balancing supply and demand locally?

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2 Apr 2025Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394)

The holy grail here is that I look out my window on to my community-owned wind farm that is supplying me with cheap electricity, but we cannot get there. How do we get there? What are the restrictions? How could we get a simplified local supply system?

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2 Apr 2025Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394)

I have one quick question. Thank you all for coming in and apologies for moving the Committee on to the stage where I make a statement and ask you to agree with it. From what you said, Afsheen, about having to ping pong and reinvent the wheel every time you apply with a different local authority, what you said, Alistai

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2 Apr 2025Scottish Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 459)

You see HEFA regulation as one of the keys to that?

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2 Apr 2025Scottish Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 459)

Chicken and egg again.

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