Speeches by Hobhouse.

“I ask the Minister to leave a couple of minutes for the lead Member to wind up.”

“I remind Members to stick to the time limit as much as they can.”

“12. What steps he is taking to improve relations with the EU.”

“No one who has watched David Attenborough’s film “Ocean”, to which the Leader of the House has already referred, will fail to have been moved and terrified by the senseless destruction of our oceans, the lifeblood of our planet. In order to save our sick oceans, we need to safeguard about 30% of them; only about 3% are…”

“I am so pleased that there is cross-party agreement in welcoming a new youth experience scheme. My young constituents in Bath are unequivocal that they want the UK to join Erasmus+ again, because that gives them the best opportunities for study, training and internships abroad. Will the Minister reassure my young const…”

“Indeed, but the trouble is that not very many people are smart meter-literate, quite apart from the fact that smart meters are already a problem and run out of data, which is a completely different discussion. How do you resolve the problem that some people are active in finding the best tariff and other people simply …”

“But, again, that is a separate issue. We have been discussing that as well, but we are looking very tightly at how people are being charged for their energy and how energy suppliers themselves can survive and not go bust, while at the same time a fair price is being charged.”

“Going back to the suppliers, what is the advantage or disadvantage of having an energy price cap, or removing it?”

“Going back to the suppliers, what is the advantage or disadvantage of having an energy price cap, or removing it?”

“Yes. What are other options? The price cap is basically what is being charged. Do you feel that price reductions are fairly moved on to consumers?”

“Yes. What are other options? The price cap is basically what is being charged. Do you feel that price reductions are fairly moved on to consumers?”

“Indeed, but the trouble is that not very many people are smart meter-literate, quite apart from the fact that smart meters are already a problem and run out of data, which is a completely different discussion. How do you resolve the problem that some people are active in finding the best tariff and other people simply …”

“But, again, that is a separate issue. We have been discussing that as well, but we are looking very tightly at how people are being charged for their energy and how energy suppliers themselves can survive and not go bust, while at the same time a fair price is being charged.”

“I thank the hon. Lady for that answer. Horribly and tragically, one of my constituents was a victim of abuse in the Church of England. We must never forget that there are victims and survivors involved here, and they were dismayed when earlier this year the Church of England’s governing body rejected a fully independen…”

“8. What assessment the Church has made of the potential merits of implementing an independent safeguarding process.”

“Do you worry that it will limit capacity? Will it limit the market in terms of coming in and building out or proposing projects because they are currently not in the plan, or not in the optimal areas? We might end up having less renewable energy than we need or than the Government hope is going to be developed by 2030.…”

“Welcome. Thank you for coming in front of our panel. We have heard from industry that the endorsement of the strategic spatial energy plan in the national policy statements could dilute market-led developments for energy infrastructure. Do you agree that this relationship needs to be clearer?”

“Do you worry that it will limit capacity? Will it limit the market in terms of coming in and building out or proposing projects because they are currently not in the plan, or not in the optimal areas? We might end up having less renewable energy than we need or than the Government hope is going to be developed by 2030.…”

“Never mind the environmental impacts, what people also often get very worried about is the visual impact of the landscape transformation. Some time ago, there were academics who were working on landscape transformation and how you can visually mitigate some impact. Do you talk to these guys? I have some contacts that I…”

“Welcome. Thank you for coming in front of our panel. We have heard from industry that the endorsement of the strategic spatial energy plan in the national policy statements could dilute market-led developments for energy infrastructure. Do you agree that this relationship needs to be clearer?”