Speeches by Gardiner.

“I have some in my own constituency, don’t you worry. So far, when we have been thinking about this issue of whole life carbon, what you said to us is, “We want clarity of standards, we want uniformity of application of those standards, and that will require Government mandating and regulation”. These are the things tha…”

“I think you and I could become good friends on that one.”

“If I can turn to Dr Hills, when an application comes forward to bulldoze and existing property should there be an obligation to look at retrofitting before that happens?”

“Let us look forward at the targets that we have for 2050 because the one thing we do know is that between 75% and 85% of the houses that we will have in 2050 have already been built. What is the importance of retrofitting here? How should we be looking at that in comparison with new build, and what are your views on th…”

“Basically when we look at things like solar panels there has been debate between the previous Government and this Government as to what the role of solar panels on new builds should be, but would you like to see it mandated that as a default—not in every case because it is not suitable in every case—but that the defaul…”

“Thank you. We have received evidence that says it is between 5% and 9% of that total carbon budget. When we are thinking about all the other aspects of delivering on the fifth and sixth carbon budgets this will be a critical element. It is helpful to have the comments you have made, Ms Neal, from the point of view of R…”

“How many do you assess are not competent?”

“How many do you assess are not competent?”

“Many are not.”

“Many are not.”

“Basically when we look at things like solar panels there has been debate between the previous Government and this Government as to what the role of solar panels on new builds should be, but would you like to see it mandated that as a default—not in every case because it is not suitable in every case—but that the defaul…”

“Thank you. We have received evidence that says it is between 5% and 9% of that total carbon budget. When we are thinking about all the other aspects of delivering on the fifth and sixth carbon budgets this will be a critical element. It is helpful to have the comments you have made, Ms Neal, from the point of view of R…”

“If we look at our total carbon budget between 2025 and 2030 we have been talking about embodied carbon. Can you give us an idea of what percentage of that total carbon budget would be taken up by embodied carbon of 1.5 million homes?”

“Very briefly, Dr Boulton, you mentioned Buglife. I think this Committee, in a previous life, has heard evidence from Buglife in relation to brownfield sites, where specifically it was chemical sites and contaminated chemical sites that had some extremely rare and valued biodiversity on it from an invertebrate point of …”

“When it comes to the data, open source data with clarity of standards so that it is absolutely apparent to everybody what we are dealing with and what we are achieving as a result?”

“That would be very helpful if you would come back to us in writing. Mr Kite?”

“That would be very helpful if you would come back to us in writing. Mr Kite?”

“Let us look forward at the targets that we have for 2050 because the one thing we do know is that between 75% and 85% of the houses that we will have in 2050 have already been built. What is the importance of retrofitting here? How should we be looking at that in comparison with new build, and what are your views on th…”

“Very briefly, Dr Boulton, you mentioned Buglife. I think this Committee, in a previous life, has heard evidence from Buglife in relation to brownfield sites, where specifically it was chemical sites and contaminated chemical sites that had some extremely rare and valued biodiversity on it from an invertebrate point of …”

“If we look at our total carbon budget between 2025 and 2030 we have been talking about embodied carbon. Can you give us an idea of what percentage of that total carbon budget would be taken up by embodied carbon of 1.5 million homes?”