Speeches by Hobhouse.

“Can you tell us a bit more about why Rebel Energy collapsed in April, despite all of this action?”

“Uswitch told us that Ofgem has not moved quickly enough to a more competitive retail market since the energy price crisis. How do you respond to that?”

“Do you have any plans that you can share to introduce more competition?”

“One of the last questions on the whole new world of energy is: how will customer demand increase the competition? Suppliers will be decentralising and energy will be coming from decentralised sources. Customers should be empowered to use energy and have complete control and see when a tariff is cheap or expensive. What…”

“Are you not worried that this whole new world of energy will always advantage the digitally savvy and those who already can find good tariffs and leave behind vulnerable customers?”

“My constituents have watched in horror as Israeli forces have reportedly killed more than 400 Palestinians and injured thousands more at aid distribution centres in Gaza. Over the weekend, dozens more Palestinians were killed while trying to access humanitarian aid. Why are the Government still permitting the transfer …”

“I thank the Foreign Secretary for his efforts in raising the issue of my being refused entry to Hong Kong. I look forward to reassurances that no UK MP will be refused entry to any Chinese territories. The Foreign Secretary’s statement mentioned that China is our universities’ second largest source of international stu…”

“I felt disturbed by quite a lot of the emails that I received from constituents—some of them who are my friends and people I like—implying that we here are either too stupid or careless to care for the most vulnerable. Is it not true that we all do care, whatever decision we make today, and that we have to continue to …”

“Well, I have an electric vehicle, and it has not broken down in four years.”

“In the last panel, we heard that more conservative communities are more receptive to nature recovery and the benefits to nature. Is that similar in Northern Ireland?”

“No, it is not.”

“So all of those messages would land well if they were packaged up in the right support for jobs, for people’s pockets, for something that they can see with tangible benefits?”

“In the last panel, we heard that more conservative communities are more receptive to nature recovery and the benefits to nature. Is that similar in Northern Ireland?”

“Jobs?”

“Is that linked to Stormont often not sitting? Do you think that had an influence—that the messaging was going out from the UK, which is a long way away, and Stormont was not sitting?”

“Is that linked to Stormont often not sitting? Do you think that had an influence—that the messaging was going out from the UK, which is a long way away, and Stormont was not sitting?”

“Bath is as close to Northern Ireland as we can make it. The latest Northern Ireland Life and Times survey indicates fewer people in Northern Ireland believe that human activity is the primary cause of climate change compared with those recorded in the UK and Europe. Why do you think this is? We have already heard about…”

“So it is linked to the economy?”

“Jobs?”

“Do you think that UK Government support should be focusing more on energy security or on the narrative around climate change? We have already investigated a bit what is a more popular approach. Do you think that would be the same in Northern Ireland and that, ultimately, if the Government focus on the message of energy…”