Speeches by Reader.
Every Hansard contribution by Mike Reader this parliament, most recent first. Back to the MP page for the headline figures and analysed positions.
Showing 481–500 of 984 contributions · most-recent first
| Date | Debate & contribution | Words |
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| 22 Oct 2025 | Building Safety Regulator “It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Desmond. I thank the Backbench Business Committee for granting the debate, and I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Milton Keynes North (Chris Curtis) for doing tireless work to co-ordinate it on behalf of us both. I thank his team as well. I want to start by echo…” housingeconomy-jobslocal-government | 1,535 |
| 22 Oct 2025 | English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Ninth sitting) “There has been a lot of conjecture about what could happen. I am from an area that has a unitary, because the Conservatives bankrupted the county council. Has the hon. Gentleman spoken to people who have unitaries in order to fix some of his ideas in some sort of foundation? It is great to hear people’s ideas, but let …” local-governmenteconomy-jobs | 64 |
| 22 Oct 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394) “Thank you, Matt. I will come on to colleagues on engagement. We have heard that community energy is needed. You probably heard the first panel and even some of our previous sessions, and you have seen the passion in the sector. One of the challenges that groups have mentioned is that their voices are not always heard. …” | 84 |
| 22 Oct 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394) “Is the Department aware of the delivery risk on clean power 2030 because of this significant delay, particularly with projects unable to achieve FID now impacting on the potential investability of projects?” | 32 |
| 22 Oct 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394) “Sarah, one of the areas that we heard frustration about is the complexity of engaging with DNOs. What is your organisation doing to help community organisations and community energy projects through that engagement process?” | 34 |
| 22 Oct 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394) “Thank you, Matt. I will come on to colleagues on engagement. We have heard that community energy is needed. You probably heard the first panel and even some of our previous sessions, and you have seen the passion in the sector. One of the challenges that groups have mentioned is that their voices are not always heard. …” | 84 |
| 22 Oct 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394) “Given that all of the tier 1 major developers have written to me and asked me to pass on to the Chair and to the Minister their big concern about this, do they have confidence, or does NESO need to do more to listen to them?” | 46 |
| 22 Oct 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394) “Is the Department aware of the delivery risk on clean power 2030 because of this significant delay, particularly with projects unable to achieve FID now impacting on the potential investability of projects?” | 32 |
| 22 Oct 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394) “Matt, I am going to carry on with you, if that is okay. I will come to the other panellists on engagement with community energy after my question. On 1 October, NESO published revised timelines on grid connection offers, which means that you now have significant delays. The gate 2 notifications may now not be coming un…” | 138 |
| 22 Oct 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394) “Did you just point at me when you said that?” | 10 |
| 22 Oct 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394) “Alex, NESO told DESNZ that all the projects needed to meet clean power 2030 are in the queue. They have designated project status. Do we need a community-energy-specific designation to ensure that community energy projects can get on to the grid system or the queue?” | 45 |
| 22 Oct 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394) “What challenges would you see if that was brought forward, apart from perhaps the big developers saying, “We do not need this,” and using their lobbying power to say, “We do not need a community-energy-specific designation process because we have got it covered, guys, because we are the big boys. We are going to get it…” | 57 |
| 22 Oct 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394) “Calum, what do you think could be the eligibility criteria for a community energy project to be given designated status if we had a specific scheme for community energy?” | 29 |
| 22 Oct 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394) “We have also had evidence that has warned us that, if we have a case-by-case assessment of all these community energy projects, it is a lot more cumbersome for regulatory authorities and community energy companies to implement. Would you agree with that assessment?” | 43 |
| 22 Oct 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394) “Calum, what do you think could be the eligibility criteria for a community energy project to be given designated status if we had a specific scheme for community energy?” | 29 |
| 22 Oct 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394) “What challenges would you see if that was brought forward, apart from perhaps the big developers saying, “We do not need this,” and using their lobbying power to say, “We do not need a community-energy-specific designation process because we have got it covered, guys, because we are the big boys. We are going to get it…” | 57 |
| 22 Oct 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394) “Alex, NESO told DESNZ that all the projects needed to meet clean power 2030 are in the queue. They have designated project status. Do we need a community-energy-specific designation to ensure that community energy projects can get on to the grid system or the queue?” | 45 |
| 22 Oct 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394) “Do you see any challenges with having a community-energy-specific designation process needed in the grid system?” | 16 |
| 22 Oct 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394) “I will come on to prioritisation. Mairi, I will start with you. We have had it suggested that larger community projects should be prioritised in the transmission queue by designating them as needed for 2030. Would you support that? What do you think are the key challenges in creating a community-energy-specific designa…” | 53 |
| 22 Oct 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394) “Yes, the project actually getting to spades in the ground. The risk is higher that it will not get there.” | 20 |