Speeches by Davies.

“Are you able to give us a sense of how much money the sector is stumping up to support the development of advanced modular reactors?”

“What about green hydrogen? Are those conversations happening? You talked about gas. That still requires a huge amount of electricity to produce. But if we got to a stage where we were doing that with renewables, as the Nordics are, and supplementing it with nuclear, is that technology you could scale up for data centre…”

“As yours is a commercially driven organisation, Ms Christopoulou, what would make the UK more attractive to the people who back your organisation?”

“There are a couple of things that I am surprised have not come through in our discussions with the various panels. These questions are about efficiency improvements to offset growth in data centre demand. The role of advanced modular reactors is significant. That technology is nascent at the moment, but some of the big…”

“Do you mean advanced modular reactors, rather than small?”

“Surely one of the levers to mitigate the environmental impacts is to have better collaboration in relation to the opportunities that can be created through the waste heat. Previously, I was a local councillor and cabinet member. I was very keen to have a data centre at the local swimming pool, because we could use some…”

“We have a national plan to largely decarbonise the grid on the energy that we use by 2030. This will be a new strain on the grid as the sector grows. Mr Hayes, if efficiency gains in the data centres are slower than anticipated, how should the Government and regulators respond to prevent the data centre growth from pla…”

“Debates need to have a more neutral title. Would you be happy with “Support for Unpaid Carers” as an alternative?”

“You probably just need to let the Clerks know who that would be, as soon as possible.”

“Thank you for your presentation. We do require an even split of Government and non-Government Members for debates in the Chamber. Would you be able to find two more Opposition Members? If not, would you be content to have your debate in Westminster Hall?”

“It continues to be the case that the royal medical colleges and many of the organisations representing disabled people take issue with the Bill as it stands. Does the hon. Gentleman agree that, while many among the general public would like to see assisted dying, or assisted suicide, introduced in principle, the detail…”

“Parents, teachers and young people in Mid Derbyshire have spoken to me extensively about the harm that young people are receiving from social media and smartphones, but it is worth noting that many young people get their legitimate news content online. They also have a lot of access to educational material on places su…”

“That is very helpful. When you put the data into the local air quality management support website and portal, does anyone ever come back to you, or does it just sit there?”

“Does that lead to any enforcement that you are aware of in London?”

“In terms of the relationships that local authorities have, those are mostly through MHCLG—there will be DHSC as well. Do you think that this whole piece of work should be taken off DEFRA and given to DHSC or MHCLG?”

“I appreciate the clarity that the Minister has provided, telling us that the overall effect of this country’s package of sanctions will mean that Russia is much more under the screw than it was. One of the effects of Trump’s war in Iran is that the cost of Russian oil has been inflated, and that is perpetuating the war…”

“One thing that has come out of this session is that it is quite a chaotic space. All the stakeholders have different priorities and different pressures, even on whether this is considered a public health issue or an environmental one. Obviously, local authorities have a role to play, but do you feel there is sufficient…”

“In terms of the opportunities for local authorities to engage with central Government, there are issues with the data—how and where it is being collected, and where local authorities may even have a perverse incentive not to collect data. Is DEFRA’s local air quality management support website and portal the principal …”

“Councillor Porter, you obviously represent an area that is somewhat different from Mr Parkes’s.”

“Many of these problems have been put in the “too difficult” box for too long; they are long term and difficult to fix. Does the hon. Member at least acknowledge that the Government’s investment through the national wealth fund of £600 million into small modular reactors is a real step forward and will bring people’s bi…”