Speeches by Stewart.

“This question is for everyone. In your view, what actions, if any, do the Government, NESO or Ofgem need to take to make clean energy by 2030 genuinely achievable? I will start with the optimistic Mr Jefferson.”

“This is for both of you. How confident are you that the 80 transmission programmes identified by NESO to meet clean power by 2030 will be delivered on time?”

“NESO has also shifted plans so that the offer releases will stagger by area. What are the delay consequences of this approach if you are staggering your connections across Britain?”

“Mr Leslie, NESO published revised timelines for grid connection after missing its January deadline. Why did you miss that deadline?”

“What specific actions do you need the Government to take to meet the clean energy target by 2030?”

“On the back of that, what specific upgrades to north and south transmission capacity are urgent to address bottlenecks?”

“That comes back to that skipping process.”

“Mr Basden, this question is for you. What regulatory or policy changes would allow storage providers to reduce network congestion at lower cost to consumers?”

“Q8. After decades of failing policies under both Conservative and SNP Governments, I welcome this Labour Government’s major drive to get young people earning and learning. In my constituency, by working with Ayrshire college and the Pride in Place board, we finally have a chance to break that cycle and bring real youth…”

“I will move on to my next question. To what extent has NESO’s connection reform struck the right balance to provide a manageable queue without holding back valuable projects?”

“I would be interested in getting some more information on that.”

“And that would be the main challenge, do you think, to burying it deeper?”

“Burying them deeper has challenges due to the seabed. Are we looking at burying them deeper?”

“It is been reported that part of the SHEFA-2 cable was not buried deep because the risk of damage was thought to be low at the time. Is SHEFA looking to rectify this?”

“It can be quite a lot of money for some families.”

“I am just looking at what the associated costs are and why there would be that disparity between being able to have Starlink and not?”

“Threats to day-to-day life as well.”

“You spoke about the key systems that can go down and the threat to life that can happen. Are there other systems that are non-life threatening that go down?”

“This is for you, Ann. What are the main threats to communities when damage occurs and partial or total connectivity is down?”

“Yes. I hope they are listening in and that there is a back-up plan done soon.”