Speeches by Milne.

“My colleague has just partially asked my question. While we broadly welcome the clause, we are concerned by the absence of the code of practice. Could the Minister give any indication of the kind of guidance that it might contain? Also, at what stage of the parliamentary process will there be scrutiny of it, given that…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Jeremy. It is important for us all in this place to remember that, although we make legislation with the best of intentions, it does not always play out perfectly in practice. As a member of the Work and Pensions Committee, I heard evidence a few days ago from a nu…”

“That was before my time and I was not even in the country, so I am afraid I cannot answer that question. It is very important that we should be pushing take-up, not sending it into reverse. For that reason, I ask the Minister to reconsider the need to include pension credit; that the upside—the amount of money that mig…”

“Do you think if it prompted you to take advice or guidance that that would be sufficient? I know that is not an actual top-up.”

“This is a question for the FCA in particular. With regard to prospective dashboard operators, how much interest have you seen in developing and operating dashboards? What feedback are you getting?”

“What is your impression of when they might deliver, from your conversations?”

“Thank you. Finally, the design standards for dashboards, which are going to be set by the PDP and which dashboard operators must comply with, are going to sit alongside your own rules. Compliance with these standards will be monitored every 12 months by independent auditors. Will you have any role in this layer of regu…”

“We talked a bit earlier about the decision to prioritise the MoneyHelper dashboard. Commercial, private sector dashboards are perhaps some way off. From your point of view, when do you think we can expect to see them?”

“No, that was very illuminating. Thank you very much.”

“Do you think that every supplier will ultimately have their own dashboard, or not?”

“To follow on from some of the things you have already been saying, the Government have decided to prioritise the MoneyHelper scheme over commercial dashboards. Do you think that is the right approach? Kim, would you like to start off?”

“We will have to be reasonably swift because I am conscious of time. Brian, this is a question for you. Moneybox is developing its dashboard right now. What has your experience been of that so far? Is there anything the Government or MaPS could do to help you? Also, you are having to answer to two sets of regulation, on…”

“I appreciate that, Chair.   Deirdre Costigan made representations.”

“Absolutely.”

“Absolutely. And it is an important consideration that these storage systems play a very important part in our renewable energy ambitions. If we do nothing now and we let things happen, in 10 years’ time there will be an accident. Everyone will say, “Oh my God, they are all unsafe.” And it will have a terrific effect on…”

“As the Minister described, the powers in the Bill are already used by other parts of Government. Can she provide us with any evidence of their success? Are they doing the job they were made for? Have they led to a change in behaviour in the way potential fraudsters set up accounts or attempt to disguise beneficiary int…”

“I have gone for the main Chamber, partly because it is a very national issue and I intend to make MPs aware of these sites in their constituencies, but also because this is something that I am really looking for legislation on, or action on. I am really trying to draw attention to it, because it cuts across different D…”

“It could do.”

“The Grenfell fire killed 72 people and will cost untold millions in remedial building costs. Essentially, it was wholly preventable and caused by poor regulatory standards. We stand in exactly the same place with BESS units, or battery energy storage systems. Ten years from now, there will be a major accident because t…”

“I am happy to add a motion.”