Speeches by Young.

“I thank the Minister for advance sight of his statement. Our thoughts are with all those affected by these power outages, which are a stark reminder of how key our energy security is to our national security. That is why it is vital that the Government learn from this latest incident by acting now to boost our home-gro…”

“Through my work on the Select Committee, I have heard repeated concerns from industry leaders that existing workers in their 50s and 60s see no point in retraining because they believe they will see out their careers supporting old technologies. That has a knock-on impact on young entrants to the workforce, who have tr…”

“Following the publication of the Severn estuary commission report on tidal power, will the Government produce a national policy statement to support tidal range energy, and will they publish a review of the available opportunities?”

“I want to focus on the distribution of revenues through the pyramid. Thornbury and Yate is a largely rural constituency with no league clubs, but it does have a number of clubs with passionate supporters in steps four to seven—otherwise known as levels eight to 11 of the men’s football pyramid—as well as teams in level…”

“Businesses across my constituency, the wider west of England and south Wales were given a rather glum Easter present in the news that heavy goods vehicles will be banned from the M48 Severn bridge from the end of May. That will lead to expensive and environmentally damaging diversions, and one local haulier called it a…”

“My own local council is attempting to address the issue of fleecehold through its new local plan, which I commend. Would my hon. Friend urge the Government to bring forward the legislation quickly in order to strengthen the council’s position?”

“When I was leader of South Gloucestershire council, in partnership with Labour, we restored the right of local people to speak at planning committee site visits, giving people back their voice in the affected community. However, clause 46 of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill would enable the Secretary of State to by…”

“18. What her policy is on the future role of planning committees in the planning process.”

“When I met Great Western Railway earlier this week, we discussed how the half-hourly Bristol to Gloucester service is vital not only for capacity at Yate station, but to serve the new station due to open at Charfield in 2027. However, the current funding ends next year and an extension is vital to bridging the gap. Wil…”

“I congratulate the hon. Member for Stafford (Leigh Ingham) on securing the debate. I could easily spend my whole speech talking about the challenge of increasing girls’ participation in PE and sport in schools. Despite the progress made through initiatives such as the “This Girl Can” campaign, there is still a gender g…”

“Let me come back on that point about the community energy contracts for difference idea. Does the complexity of the contracts for difference regime and the uncertainties around the auction process make this less preferable? You almost sound like you are framing it as an envelope around the outside of having things such…”

“Pete, why has Community Energy England proposed a community energy export guarantee and how would it work in practice?”

“Maybe I phrased it in a slightly provocative way, but should the focus be on how we support those sorts of schemes more directly when developing them in the first place? Government have limited resource that they are going to be directing towards these things. I am just trying to understand where the Government should …”

“You think that they have to.”

“You have been talking about the unfairness, and I can see that this may exist at a number of levels, because it may be that you are more likely to develop community Energy Local clubs in more affluent areas where there is perhaps more local capacity within the community to develop that. Stephen talked about that risk, …”

“Afsheen, what difference would the proposal make to projects you have been involved in?”

“Afsheen, what difference would the proposal make to projects you have been involved in?”

“Let me come back on that point about the community energy contracts for difference idea. Does the complexity of the contracts for difference regime and the uncertainties around the auction process make this less preferable? You almost sound like you are framing it as an envelope around the outside of having things such…”

“Pete, why has Community Energy England proposed a community energy export guarantee and how would it work in practice?”

“Maybe I phrased it in a slightly provocative way, but should the focus be on how we support those sorts of schemes more directly when developing them in the first place? Government have limited resource that they are going to be directing towards these things. I am just trying to understand where the Government should …”