Speeches by Murphy.

“What kind of engagement have you had with the Office for Clean Energy Jobs?”

“Do you think there is enough working across Government? Do you think the Department for Education and Skills England are involved in the way they should be, in terms of workforce planning? Is there enough join-up between Government Departments?”

“Finally, we obviously do not want to wait until 2030 to see whether the Government’s workforce planning has succeeded. What are the things that you are going to be looking out for, and how should we be measuring and monitoring whether the workforce planning that the Government are undertaking is succeeding? What are th…”

“Do you think that workforce planning is done well by any country or Government, around the world?”

“Welcome to the witnesses. How relevant is the Government’s definition of a green or clean job to the running of your business, Leah?”

“I am very familiar with the Farmer review, and I did a lot of work around that at the time. There is an issue around diversity, for example, in construction in terms of the breadth of people from different backgrounds who are attracted to the industry. Do you think there is any language or terminology that would be use…”

“Sorry—when you say “they”, who are you talking about?”

“It is good to see you both. One of the big calls in the written evidence that we have received is for greater collaboration between Government and those involved in workforce planning—trade unions, businesses and educational institutions. Could you say a little bit about how you think that collaboration is working? Do …”

“What kind of engagement have you had with the Office for Clean Energy Jobs?”

“I welcome the Minister’s statement and the measured way in which he has approached the situation. As he and other Members have said, these kinds of blackouts happen, whether systems are dominated by fossil fuels or renewables. I particularly welcome the Minister’s rejection of the approach of some Opposition Members, i…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Hobhouse. I note the hon. Member’s comments about how the Government arrange the witness sessions, but surely she would not dispute the point about the increasing delays in the pre-application process from 14 months to 27 months. That is a serious issue. The Fens rese…”

“It is useful to reflect on what Cavendish Consulting said in responding to these proposals: “Removing a lot of the tick box requirements of a statutory consultation opens up an opportunity to be a lot more strategic and insight led in the pre-application communications, moving away from the security of ‘this is how we’…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Twigg. Might it not be that the hon. Member for Hamble Valley is embarrassed by his party on net zero? After all, on 17 January he said: “I will conclude—many will be pleased to hear—by reaffirming the Conservative party’s strong commitment to the UK’s target of reachi…”

“Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. There is no place I would rather be than following the hon. Member for Great Yarmouth (Rupert Lowe), with his interesting view that the issues of the game are the fault of fans—it was truly enlightening. I am so pleased to speak in this debate on the Football Governance Bill—gifts from …”

“I am grateful to my hon. Friend for her gift of an intervention, and I wholeheartedly agree with her sentiments about women’s football, which is a basic part of Basingstoke Town football club as well. Stronger governance is vital. We need tougher ownership tests to stop reckless takeovers, better financial oversight to…”

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“Q Very quickly, can you say something about the benefits, in terms of economic growth, of electrifying the economy? Dhara Vyas: I think it links neatly to the last question around demand. The reality is that we need to decarbonise business in a significant way. Right now, what businesses in this country are paying is a…”

“Q I thank our witnesses for coming. My question concerns growth and the timeline of the NSIP regime. We know there was a significant deterioration, as the Minister said, between 2012 and 2021, and the time taken to get development consent almost doubled. From 2.6 years in 2012, it rose to 4.2 years. Is there a target t…”

“Q You both worked for the previous Government in different roles, one in housing and the other in climate and the environment. Are there things in the Bill that you would have argued for then but that did not happen under the previous Government? Are there any areas where you would go further? Does the Bill deliver on …”

“Q Rachel, on the hope value, you used the phrase, “through no fault of their own”. Is that not the point of reforms to hope value? Hope value comes about through the granting of planning permission, which usually comes about because of a public infrastructure investment, such as a tube station or a train station, and t…”