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 761–780 of 984 contributions · most-recent first
| Date | Debate & contribution | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 13 May 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 393) “How do you ensure that young people are trained not just in the roles and tasks we have now but in the digital and technical competencies we will need in the future?” | 32 |
| 13 May 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 393) “Minister, do you think it would be more effective to increase funding for colleges, or should there be more funding targeted directly at employer-led training through SMEs?” | 27 |
| 13 May 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 393) “Minister, if you want to pop up to Northampton, we have an amazing clean skills training at Northampton College, with industry and FE working together. You are always more than welcome to pop up and see that.” | 37 |
| 13 May 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 393) “We have heard—and correct me if I am wrong—that we need imported labour to deliver Clean Power 2030. I think that is what you alluded to. What other policies that you may not have talked about so far do the Government have in place to ensure that we have home-grown talent delivering this in future?” | 55 |
| 13 May 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 393) “On the balance of skills that some of the large energy projects will need and then the skills for warm homes, do you think the training environment is agile enough to support people moving between those different sectors in the overall realm of clean energy?” | 45 |
| 13 May 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 393) “What do you need to finish the workforce plan? Do you still need more data to finish this plan? You are not sure when it is going to be published. What is the piece of the puzzle you are missing to finish it?” | 43 |
| 13 May 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 393) “This is a question for Hugo. Anecdotally, through lots of discussions and a bit in this Committee, I have heard a frustration from industry that there is a lot of consultation and they provide a lot of information again and again. You touched on this a bit, Minister. They have consulted on the industrial strategy, whic…” | 137 |
| 13 May 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 393) “What is DESNZ specifically doing to engage with your supply chain on that and encourage it to adopt modern delivery methods? As you say, offsite construction manufacturing will smooth the transition and reduce the need for overseas labour.” | 38 |
| 7 May 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 816) “I was going to ask about funding and finance, but, just before I do, I would like to paraphrase what I have just heard. If we could find the right site, and we do not know where that site is, and if we get public money to do the viability, and we do not know if we can get that yet, we could possibly build a commercial …” | 148 |
| 7 May 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 816) “You could therefore get the clean energy that homes desperately need and people desperately need to reduce their energy bills.” | 20 |
| 7 May 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 816) “In your recommendations as a commission, you said that Treasury needs to expand the application of funding and financing frameworks based on the model. What changes do you think you need to see from Treasury?” | 35 |
| 7 May 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 816) “I just wanted to clarify that.” | 6 |
| 7 May 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 816) “So we are potentially 15 years away from being able to deliver at scale.” | 14 |
| 7 May 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 816) “Building on the environmental matters, I will come on to habitat regulations specifically. Does the need to comply with habitat regulations present a significant barrier to development of tidal power in the Severn?” | 33 |
| 7 May 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 816) “We can look at comparators, and Sizewell is a good example. The scheme has managed to restore an area of land to almost SSI levels to deal with mitigation on that scheme. Would this latest-case evidence of the ability to deal with mitigation give you confidence in what could be achieved on the Severn?” | 54 |
| 7 May 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 816) “Yes, that is fair. I have one final quick question. I will start with you, Sarah. Previous projects have not gone ahead because of environmental concerns over the construction of the projects and the impact that the construction would have. Would this scheme or even a demonstrator scheme have a similar limitation and r…” | 54 |
| 7 May 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 816) “Is the impact of construction works a limitation or is it not something we need to worry about?” | 18 |
| 7 May 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 816) “I just have a request for Sarah, if you would not mind writing back to us on how the 70% local content is calculated. That feels extremely high and optimistic, from my experience. Having delved into other major infrastructure projects recently that have very high local content, it is quite hard to substantiate. That fi…” | 79 |
| 7 May 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 816) “I was going to ask about funding and finance, but, just before I do, I would like to paraphrase what I have just heard. If we could find the right site, and we do not know where that site is, and if we get public money to do the viability, and we do not know if we can get that yet, we could possibly build a commercial …” | 148 |
| 7 May 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 816) “So we are potentially 15 years away from being able to deliver at scale.” | 14 |