Speeches by Billington.
Every Hansard contribution by Polly Billington this parliament, most recent first. Back to the MP page for the headline figures and analysed positions.
Showing 321–340 of 780 contributions · most-recent first
| Date | Debate & contribution | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 12 Nov 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394) “Do we need to change the rules?” | 7 |
| 12 Nov 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394) “Can I just follow up? Bearing in mind that we have NESO, which is a national body; we have National Grid, which is a privately owned but national body; and we have distribution network operators across the country whose job it is to keep those wires going—I could go on—what are the responsibilities of those organisatio…” | 90 |
| 12 Nov 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394) “Forgive me, Dan; we are talking about November 2025. We have Clean Power 2030, 8 GW. Normally, I am the biggest social justice warrior on this panel— I know I have competition, and I am pleased that Lizzi is here to fight that corner as a new member—and I am very keen to make sure that this is something that is availab…” | 99 |
| 12 Nov 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394) “I know that you were all present at the previous session. Bearing in mind what evidence we heard then, what prospects do you think we have of achieving the 8 GW of community energy by 2030?” | 36 |
| 12 Nov 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394) “Forgive me; I will ask one last question on that. Community energy advocates spend quite a lot of time saying, “We are all unique and special and different” and then, funnily enough, want something big and co-ordinated that is consistent for everybody, “and we want to achieve 8 GW, but we don’t want to be told to do it…” | 161 |
| 12 Nov 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394) “What is already changing? What are you seeing that this Government are doing? Bearing in mind they have made a target of 8 GW and have the Clean Power 2030 target, what do you already see changing that is making your life easier to contribute to that 8 GW?” | 49 |
| 12 Nov 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394) “Do you need to obligate them to do things?” | 9 |
| 12 Nov 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394) “You are not going to get it from DNOs?” | 9 |
| 12 Nov 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394) “That could also be GB Energy, couldn’t it?” | 8 |
| 12 Nov 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394) “And do the energy derisking and underwriting projects?” | 8 |
| 12 Nov 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394) “That is the paragraph you mentioned, yes?” | 7 |
| 12 Nov 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394) “Which are the barriers you would take away?” | 8 |
| 12 Nov 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394) “It is 12 November 2025, so we have less than five years to get 8 GW of community energy power on to the system. What is your honest assessment of our prospects of being able to do that under the current system?” | 42 |
| 12 Nov 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394) “Let’s go on to the barriers. How long does it normally take to get a community energy project online?” | 19 |
| 12 Nov 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394) “That would be a problem if you just gave it to the energy nerds, for example, who do not think about how many people there are, or you forgot to factor in the grid capacity, but grid capacity is pretty crucial for a local area energy plan, isn’t it?” | 49 |
| 12 Nov 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394) “It is interesting that there are other benefits apart from the generation of the energy that is factored in. Of course, that is not including a metric for Clean Power 2030; should it be?” | 34 |
| 12 Nov 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394) “I would love you all to answer on that.” | 9 |
| 12 Nov 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394) “I am making a back-of-a-fag packet point, but it still stands. We had NESO in the other day. It does not take any responsibility for the 8 GW target, so my concern that is no one is taking responsibility. National Grid did not take any responsibility for it either. The distribution network operators do not take any res…” | 180 |
| 12 Nov 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394) “Yours is 1 GW across London just for solar.” | 9 |
| 12 Nov 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394) “I do not expect you to know specifically the answer to this, but it is worthwhile just putting it on the record. Do we know how much community benefit in gigawatts is already in development, conceptually? Tanuja, you mentioned the 1 GW of solar planned across your part of north London. Does anybody have an idea about h…” | 71 |