Speeches by Crichton.

“T1. If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.”

“May I tempt the Minister on a voyage to a far-off island? St Kilda is almost 50 miles off the coast of Lewis, and it comes within my constituency and within the Minister’s remit as one of those rare things, a UNESCO double world heritage site. Will the Minister meet me and representatives of the Uig community in Lewis …”

“I want to ask about the carbon border adjustment mechanism and the role that CBM could play in sustaining domestic supply chains for UK clean energy. Steve, can you help us with that?”

“Olivia, what would help? There are these public sector institutions, such as the UK Infrastructure Bank and the British Business Bank. What do you want them to do? How can they help to create those changes?”

“Are these institutions risk-takers? Are they cautious? Where are they on a scale with commercial banks or commercial lending?”

“Darren, you have a success story in Hull. There must be lessons from that about the obstacles and the difficulties in getting there. Can you give us a quick list of what gets in the way of building that supply chain?”

“Everybody wants one door, do they not?”

“Because Olivia is here and I am Scottish, I want to ask about Acorn. Where are we with Acorn? Will it happen?”

“To address our curiosity, where and what would be 15 GW?”

“What would that look like and where would it be?”

“Dr Marie-Laure, how does this affect the UK’s industrial competitiveness? We have really high electricity prices, regulatory burdens, reporting missions and the introduction of CBAMs.”

“Steve, are there instances where importing would be easier or more effective even if the UK has domestic resources available?”

“The lesson is that if you are first, you are first in the supply chain as well.”

“Grangemouth would be the living example of that.”

“Darren, you have a success story in Hull. There must be lessons from that about the obstacles and the difficulties in getting there. Can you give us a quick list of what gets in the way of building that supply chain?”

“Thank you, Olivia and Darren, for coming in. Before I begin, I want to pick up Luke’s point: in short, will we be buying 2030 targets off the shelf abroad, or do we have enough of a supply chain to do that here?”

“Olivia, what would help? There are these public sector institutions, such as the UK Infrastructure Bank and the British Business Bank. What do you want them to do? How can they help to create those changes?”

“Are these institutions risk-takers? Are they cautious? Where are they on a scale with commercial banks or commercial lending?”

“Everybody wants one door, do they not?”

“Because Olivia is here and I am Scottish, I want to ask about Acorn. Where are we with Acorn? Will it happen?”