Speeches by Gardiner.

“The EU has now introduced the regulations about it being cover crops only and not biomass from—”

“It is rather a major part of it, isn’t it—the whole of the EU?”

“I am talking about the production. The production in Europe is constrained to cover crops, is it not, and not to anything that is for food production? They have been very careful in distinguishing that.”

“Ms Whitehouse, last year 0.03% of total global emissions were sequestered by CCUS. Are you telling us that you believe that in a timescale that is sufficient to achieve our targets, CCUS in this country is going to suddenly transform itself? We have been saying this for 30 years. We now have three years globally, at th…”

“You are a tremendous spokesperson for biomethane. Of course, we have to have the repositories ready and waiting to put it in. We have one part of this value chain that we know we have, but we need to see the whole thing, and we need to see when it is coming together and how it is going to be delivered. That is what I a…”

“Perhaps you could write to the Committee subsequently, after appropriate consultations.”

“A quick challenge: you did not say, Mr Huhne, how much the transport and storage costs would add to the price of your product. That relates to what Ms Whitehouse was saying about the costs of transport and injection. Isn’t one of the problems at the moment that the costs can increase by up to 25%, and as a result there…”

“As you said earlier, for their own production in China and so on.”

“As the price goes up, people will choose to fly less.”

“But you are not trying to achieve that.”

“The hon. Gentleman is right, of course: cheapest is not always best. That is partly what the social value model is all about; it is designed to ensure that there is genuine social value, not simply the cheapest model. The 2025 version of the social value model extends the scope to all contracts of central Government De…”

“On 1 October, it became mandatory for Government contracting authorities to include social issues like jobs and skills in their procurement processes. That in itself is a good thing, but the social value model they have prepared is flawed. I welcome the consultation on further reforms to public procurement issued by th…”

“My hon. Friend gives an apposite example of some of the problems that can arise. I will not be so bold as to say I have the solution, but I will at least try to set out the problem with clarity, so that the Minister can ensure that his officers are able to provide a proper solution. The model details eight types of soc…”

“Goodness me! It is very rare that I stand in this Chamber and get such immediate results from the Government. If this is a precedent, it is one that I wholeheartedly welcome. I am delighted to hear what my hon. Friend has just reported is the new Government policy. As I was saying about the Department for Work and Pens…”

“I am heartened. When some hon. Members approached me about this Adjournment debate, I said, “Look, it’s extremely boring—you won’t want to be in it,” but to have had three interventions that have been so apposite is really gratifying. An alternative approach would be for most social value requirements to be included in…”

“I will not. Parliament is supposed to be a gathering of the leaders of our community: rational and intelligent human beings capable of horizon scanning and guiding our country to a safe and sustainable future. Instead, it acts like the frog in the pan of gradually boiling water, delaying its escape until too late. The …”

“I am grateful to my hon. Friend for making that point. He is absolutely right, and that money gets recycled throughout our economy. I think it is a scandal that more than 60% of people in receipt of universal credit are actually in work—often working two jobs to make ends meet. That is a scandal because it means that t…”

“I joined the Labour party because I believe in equality and justice, and those are two of the values that I use to judge any Budget. Does it create a more equal society, and is the society that it creates more just? Therefore, there are aspects of the Budget that I welcome, such as the removal of policy costs from hous…”

“The Chief Secretary quoted the OBR review, which said: “The ultimate responsibility for the circumstances in which this vulnerability occurred” was “with the leadership of the OBR.” Has anyone in the OBR leadership offered their resignation, or has that gone out of fashion?”

“I thank my right hon. Friend for the leadership he has shown internationally and nationally over the past 20 years—it has been quite remarkable. I thank him for his statement today. He will have seen over the time that has elapsed since COP26 in Glasgow the change in the language that is used. In Glasgow, when discussi…”