Speeches by Crichton.

“How do we deal with the scenario of peak winter demand and bad weather and tankers trying to get into ports, for example? Have you looked at that?”

“All that imported stuff is LNG that comes in?”

“What is your advice to me on what the best and most cost-effective way of securing gas supply is?”

“Can I ask your advice to Ministers on the gas network resilience there, where we get it from the North sea, from Norway, from through Europe and LNG?”

“I am going to ask some questions about gas security, and, Deborah, for you to update us on what you have told the Ministers about that. First, you have been in cyber-security, infrastructure security, running the risk assessments for over two decades. Do you sleep at nights, should we sleep at nights and should Ministe…”

“Thank you all.”

“Such as the Ming Yang decision?”

“I have one quick last question, picking up on what Polly said about offshore wind infrastructure and its vulnerability to cyber-attack, but also this fear that there could be things built into these turbines that help to monitor our activity at sea. Have you seen evidence of that?”

“We are running out of time. Graham, I want to go back to drones, because we are all excited by drones, as you know. You said that there were a limited number of incidents in the North sea. There seem to be more in Norway. Can you put a number on the drone incidents, and I think you have said this before, drone incident…”

“I will come to the convening function, but should we see the spending in this sector as defence spending?”

“Elisabeth, you talked about an ambulance service and recovery. Should there be a better regulatory framework to make sure that we can step in to recover connections and to recover infrastructure when incidents like this happen?”

“Thank you all for coming in. Fascinating stuff. Time is short, so I will keep my questions short. Somebody has to pay for all this and Graham raised the question of who owns the risk and Elisabeth talked about the high cost of insuring all this. Chloe, perhaps it is best to ask you: where is the boundary between the pr…”

“What is best to guarantee gas supplies? Should we build more storage? Should we import more energy? Should we take more out of the North sea?”

“How do we deal with the scenario of peak winter demand and bad weather and tankers trying to get into ports, for example? Have you looked at that?”

“I welcome the Government’s measures to support domestic consumers of kerosene heating oil. I am told that if those who are eligible filled their tanks today, they would pay the equivalent of what they will be paying in February 2027. In my constituency we have big commercial users of kerosene oil, such as distilleries,…”

“I welcome the Government’s measures to support domestic consumers of kerosene heating oil. I am told that if those who are eligible filled their tanks today, they would pay the equivalent of what they will be paying in February 2027. In my constituency we have big commercial users of kerosene oil, such as distilleries,…”

“I thank the Chancellor for her statement and her nimble response to the energy shock, including support for heating oil consumers, who make up half the households in Na h-Eileanan an Iar. The future of energy security is not an either/or. We must pursue renewables with a community share in the wealth of wind, and we mu…”

“If officials from Advice Direct Scotland can tell me, as a constituency MP, the number of applicants they have, and the estimated number they will have—16,000, with 5,000 applications already last week—surely they can provide that information to the UK Government as well.”

“It is a pleasure to serve with you as Chair, Dr Allin-Khan. I thank the hon. Member for North Norfolk (Steff Aquarone) for securing this timely debate, and I thank the Minister for visiting the Western Isles last month to hear directly from my constituents in Na h-Eileanan an Iar how the spike in prices has affected th…”

“Like the hon. Member’s constituency, many businesses in my constituency, including distilleries, rely on kerosene heating oil for manufacturing processes. Would he urge the UK Government and the Scottish Government to devise a loan scheme to help these businesses to get over this Trump spike?”