Speeches by Hobhouse.

“I want to try to get towards the bottom of it. It is fair enough that you do not want to make any recommendations, or to say whether certain tests or other things are necessary, but do you have any recommendation on sequencing the permissions differently to avoid duplication?”

“But you are talking as a small nuclear developer. What about the size of Sizewell? Are you looking genuinely beyond the existing identified sites?”

“Are you genuinely looking beyond the old EN-6 sites?”

“Okay, but what does it depend on that would mean you could do both and there is no competition?”

“But if there are relatively few, or fewer, options for the big gigawatt sites, do you think that ultimately Wylfa should be ringfenced for a big nuclear site?”

“May I bring the discussion back from that high-level question of whether we should have more or less nuclear to the old sites under EN? I understand that we should not look at the whole issue as a matter of small versus big nuclear. You have also already explained, through the previous questions, why the existing and a…”

“I already made the point that we need to take the public with us, but that would be the same for any hydrogen application. Where would we be if people were so concerned about hydrogen that they did not want to be on a hydrogen bus or a hydrogen-powered aeroplane? Is there not a case for educating the public better, rat…”

“Since there is a bit of a south-west mafia here, it might be worth mentioning those at the south-west hydrogen hub and to urge the Government to engage with them, because they are doing great work on the provision of hydrogen across the region and the sectors.”

“I am glad the hon. Member clarified that. He also made a point about mixing hydrogen. Hydrogen is possibly not the end destination for heating in this country, but it will be extremely important to continue looking into it as a transition and to ensure that the Government do not miss an opportunity. In a recent meeting…”

“Thank you, Mr Betts; it is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair. I congratulate the hon. Member for Rushcliffe (James Naish) on securing the debate—I supported the application—and the hon. Member for Worcester (Tom Collins) on introducing it so competently. The UK has established strong foundations for a domestic …”

“T3. Brits chew 4 billion pieces of plastic chewing gum each year. A single piece releases thousands of microplastics into the body that are linked to cancer, diabetes and strokes. Will the Government consider commissioning independent research into the environmental and health implications of plastic chewing gum?”

“May I express my sympathy? No woman in this place will not feel deeply horrified and touched by what we have just heard. I will not invite the Leader of the House to visit Portals paper mill in my constituency, although she should because it is an amazing company that is 300 years old and manufactures security-grade pa…”

“Order. I must now call the Front Benchers.”

“Order.”

“I will call Clive Lewis to move the motion, and I will then call the Minister to respond. I remind other Members that they may make a speech only with prior permission from the Member in charge of the debate and the Minister. There will not be an opportunity for the Member in charge to wind up, as is the convention for…”

“I remind Members that they should bob if they wish to be called in the debate. There are many more people than I have on my list. We are trying to accommodate for that, but the first people on my list get priority. I will try to get everybody in, but now, looking at the numbers, the time limit is one minute and a half.”

“Before I call the Minister, I ask her to leave a couple of minutes for the Member in charge to respond. I thank everyone because we got everybody in today.”

“Order. May I remind Members that we have very little time? Can we keep interventions short?”

“Order. As I have indicated, a lot of people wish to speak. I will start with a formal time limit on speeches of two and a half minutes, but we might have to reduce that further.”

“Before I call the Member in charge, let me say that 21 Members want to speak, which will mean two to two and a half minutes for each speech. There are also a lot of people who wish to intervene. I am letting the Member in charge know that in order to give him an idea of when he might want to finish his speech—I suggest…”