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 501–520 of 984 contributions · most-recent first
| Date | Debate & contribution | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394) “I am going to talk about prioritisation in the transmission queue. Before I do, I would like to come back to something briefly that you talked with Torcuil about, which was securities. You said that the community projects, Calum, do not need that £2.5 million up front: “You can trust us. We are a community project.” Al…” | 140 |
| 22 Oct 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394) “Matt, do you see community energy as a benefit or a hindrance?” | 12 |
| 22 Oct 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394) “If we had a definition of what a community energy project was, there could be a change to your licensing requirement to enable you to deal with them in a different way and one that is perhaps more appropriate to the scale of the organisation. Sarah and Mark, do you see community energy as a benefit or hindrance to deli…” | 64 |
| 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) “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) “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 |
| 22 Oct 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394) “I am going to talk about prioritisation in the transmission queue. Before I do, I would like to come back to something briefly that you talked with Torcuil about, which was securities. You said that the community projects, Calum, do not need that £2.5 million up front: “You can trust us. We are a community project.” Al…” | 140 |
| 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) “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) “Matt, do you see community energy as a benefit or a hindrance?” | 12 |
| 22 Oct 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394) “If we had a definition of what a community energy project was, there could be a change to your licensing requirement to enable you to deal with them in a different way and one that is perhaps more appropriate to the scale of the organisation. Sarah and Mark, do you see community energy as a benefit or hindrance to deli…” | 64 |
| 20 Oct 2025 | English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Eighth sitting) “Is there evidence that existing mayors—such as the Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough or the Mayor of North Tyneside—are not considering rural communities in their work, which would suggest that we need the amendments?” local-governmentenvironmenteconomy-jobs | 34 |
| 20 Oct 2025 | English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Seventh sitting) “A big reason we have a problem with housing numbers is the Building Safety Regulator. There will be a Back-Bench debate on it on Thursday, which I am sure the Minister will attend in order to give the Opposition’s views. It is critical that we get that sorted to get house building going.” housinglocal-governmentenvironment | 53 |
| 15 Oct 2025 | English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Fifth sitting) “I am a Labour party member, so I love a meeting that is a talking shop—anyone who has ever been to a constituency Labour party meeting will know exactly what my experience has been. The idea behind a citizens assembly is really positive—empowering people—but I see a couple of challenges. First, on the Energy Security a…” local-governmenteconomy-jobstransport | 122 |
| 15 Oct 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 736) “For those who said yes, at what point does your satisfaction level trigger you not getting a bonus? At what point does it get bad enough that you do not get a bonus?” | 33 |
| 15 Oct 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 736) “Can I quickly ask you all a yes/no question? Is customer satisfaction linked to your remuneration, bonus, balanced scorecard or whatever you have?” | 23 |
| 15 Oct 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 736) “Is the Ofgem data wrong? Is Ofgem measuring it wrong if you think you are improving but it is not showing that?” | 22 |