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 361–380 of 780 contributions · most-recent first
| Date | Debate & contribution | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 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) “Do you need to obligate them to do things?” | 9 |
| 12 Nov 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394) “We rely on committed councils to get us to 8 GW by 2030.” | 13 |
| 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) “And do the energy derisking and underwriting projects?” | 8 |
| 12 Nov 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394) “What rules need to change for that 8 GW to be achieved?” | 12 |
| 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) “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) “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 |
| 12 Nov 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394) “How else are we going to get to 8 GW, then?” | 11 |
| 4 Nov 2025 | Supporting High Streets “I am grateful, in particular, to see the right hon. Member for Beverley and Holderness (Graham Stuart) back in his place. I was particularly struck by the significant intellectual differences between him and those of us on the Government side of the House about the importance of the public realm and investment in our c…” economy-jobsfiscal-policylocal-government | 253 |
| 4 Nov 2025 | Supporting High Streets “I am grateful to the hon. Lady for giving way. I am interested in her acknowledgment that we have made specific progress in dealing with the botched Brexit deal left as part of the legacy of the previous Tory Government, which she may indeed welcome. For example, our sanitary and phytosanitary deal includes being able …” economy-jobsfiscal-policylocal-government | 101 |
| 4 Nov 2025 | Supporting High Streets “I emphasise the importance of the pride in place programme for places such as Ramsgate, where the vacancy rate in the high street has been an appalling 24%. We were left with the legacy of 14 years of Tory Government, and only because of the social and community energy in Ramsgate have we been able to turn that around,…” economy-jobsfiscal-policylocal-government | 68 |