Speeches by Young.

“I asked a question about the current voluntary approach in the last session. How do you see that working for community energy projects? What should the minimum level of shareholding be?”

“Is it effectively the same answer that you would give for community energy and for shared ownership? Is there anything specific to shared ownership as opposed to other models of community energy?”

“We talked briefly at the very end of the previous session about shared ownership. How could incentivising shared ownership help align connection reforms with community energy needs?”

“If you are getting special status through it, that is part of the definition.”

“Mairi, you made it clear in earlier answers that you think that shared ownership should be mandated, but can you elaborate a bit on how the current voluntary approach is working for community energy projects?”

“Sarah, what caveats do you need in place to ensure mutual benefits from shared ownership, and avoid it being used, effectively, just to game the system in terms of commercial developers jumping the queue?”

“I asked a question about the current voluntary approach in the last session. How do you see that working for community energy projects? What should the minimum level of shareholding be?”

“Is it effectively the same answer that you would give for community energy and for shared ownership? Is there anything specific to shared ownership as opposed to other models of community energy?”

“Time and again in my constituency surgeries, I hear stories of children’s needs going unrecognised and unsupported for years. Given the aim of increasing mainstream inclusion, what are the Government doing to ensure that all teachers receive comprehensive SEND training?”

“Last week, I visited Christ the King school in Thornbury for the great school lunch, which raises awareness of the benefits of healthy and nutritious school meals. There is real concern that the funding for both school lunches and breakfast clubs is not enough to cover the cost of providing them, putting pressure on sc…”

“Notwithstanding the decision to drop this case, it is clear that China is trying to undermine our democracy. Will the Government include all Chinese officials, Hong Kong special administrative region officials and Chinese Communist party-linked organisations on the enhanced tier of the foreign influence registration sc…”

“We do have some evidence. Generally, does any of the companies pursue businesses where that is happening? No, okay. Stepping back from that specific question, what are the differences between supplying businesses and supplying consumers?”

“I am going to switch focus to business customers. I would like to start with Chris Norbury. Do you pursue businesses with debt collectors or through the courts when they have unresolved complaints with the ombudsman?”

“I have a quick follow-up on a couple of points. First, would anyone object to businesses being given a 14-day cooling-off period after signing a new contract? No. What about extending the eligibility for going to the ombudsman? At the moment, it is restricted to quite a small section of the commercial sector.”

“For those of you who have a business element, would you say that the one thing you would do to help businesses with energy issues is to regulate the market for brokers? Is there something else you would suggest, if you were going to suggest one thing to the Secretary of State to support businesses?”

“One of the key findings of the report is that there needs to be a clear definition of what an inclusive education means. Does the Chair of the Select Committee agree that inflexible, draconian disciplinary systems at secondary level applied without consideration for reasonable adjustments are one of the things that con…”

“I thank the 257 constituents in Thornbury and Yate who signed the petition. I want to focus on one symptom of the broken system: emotionally based school non-attendance. Children whose needs are not met can struggle to attend school and, too often, the response is to punish the parents rather than to provide extra supp…”

“Is that something you could look at and get back to us about?”

“Okay. To move on to biodiversity and habitat rules, current habitats and environmental impact assessment rules often require mitigation on or near the project site. What should EN-7’s approach be to off-site or offsetting measures to meet biodiversity and habitat obligations?”

“Rebecca, have you anything to add on that question about how the policy interacts with housing targets and the Government’s planning reforms?”