Speeches by Murphy.

“Welcome to the panel. Could you just tell the Committee in a few sentences what you think is the biggest challenge facing community energy?”

“Thanks very much. Just to be clear, you think pricing is the—”

“Welcome to the panel. Could you just tell the Committee in a few sentences what you think is the biggest challenge facing community energy?”

“I suspect I am probably approaching time, but is the answer a bespoke pricing mechanism?”

“Hugh?”

“I suspect I am probably approaching time, but is the answer a bespoke pricing mechanism?”

“Hugh?”

“One of my constituents has endured prolonged financial abuse due to drawn-out divorce financial order proceedings, which largely ignore domestic abuse except in rare cases. Will the Minister commit to reviewing financial settlement proceedings guidance to ensure that the impact of domestic abuse is properly considered,…”

“A week ago today, Basingstoke sadly lost Graham Robins, a long-serving governor at St Mark’s primary school in my constituency. Graham dedicated over 25 years to supporting the school, Immanuel church and St Mark’s church, playing a pivotal role in the lives of countless pupils and families. Even in his final days, he …”

“For too long, the governance and financial model of our game has left clubs vulnerable to mismanagement, unscrupulous ownership and, ultimately, financial ruin. I am fantastically proud of my local club Basingstoke Town FC, with its much-loved Camrose ground, but it is one such example. For over 70 years, the Camrose w…”

“The Government’s recent £100 million investment in hospices, including St Michael’s hospice in Basingstoke, will help to modernise facilities, enhance digital services and provide more comfortable spaces for patients and their families. Given the vital role that hospices play in all our communities, will the Treasury c…”

“I want to come back to what Steve and Marie-Laure have said, and Pranesh might want to come in on this as well. It has been mentioned across the two panels that offshore wind is a success story. It is in terms of rolling it out, but I do not believe it is a success story in terms of manufacture: if it were, we would ha…”

“I take your point on the level, but at the point where there might be a level, do we even have a framework in place for understanding how we trade off national security and energy security with domestic supply consideration?”

“Should there be a differentiated approach towards greenfield and brownfield types of FDI within the UK for low-carbon energy projects?”

“Sorry, I take your point: we cannot manufacture every part of the supply chain here, and I am totally on board. I completely agree with you. If you look at the statistics on the job density and how much wind we produce as part of our energy system, we could have 100,000 more jobs. If we had done similar things to Denma…”

“Just very briefly, you were talking earlier about emerging technologies, the lack of pipeline and the uncertainty around that. I just want to talk about established technologies, particularly offshore wind, solar and onshore wind, where there is probably more certainty around the pipeline. Clearly, Siemens, does quite …”

“Just to add to that, presumably it was an active choice not to have an industrial strategy.”

“Should there be a differentiated approach towards greenfield and brownfield types of FDI within the UK for low-carbon energy projects?”

“Do you think we have enough state capacity and commercial expertise within Government to deliver a successful industrial strategy to build up our supply chains in the way in which we have discussed today? Other countries that have successful industrial strategies tend to have more expertise. It involves quite important…”

“Just on foreign direct investment, what is the scope for improvement in FDI for driving growth within the domestic supply chains for clean energy? Do foreign investors and developers have sufficient insight into the UK manufacturing base for low-carbon energy technologies and projects?”