Speeches by Billington.

“It just suggests that the mission board approach might be somewhat under strain from a Whitehall-siloed approach.”

“First to Joeri and then Matt. The second global stocktake is coming in 2028. Will that stocktake on progress have any value in the context in which you are operating?”

“I think it was well meaning because it meant that the low-lying island states and so forth ended up having as much weight as the petrostates but it has ended up with a very distorting impact. Is there any argument for a reform of that process?”

“A bit like a Standing Orders moment. Go on.”

“I accept that, but, Minister, if I was somebody looking to ask how we will assess properly the UK’s leadership, I would say that they have cut climate aid, so it is difficult. They have cut climate aid out of ODA. What is the full engagement with the factories of the world—Malaysia, Indonesia and so forth—on electrific…”

“Are these effective? There is a various number of diplomatic milestones between now and Antalya. How will the UK government engage in those milestones to be able to maximise ambition and delivery at Antalya?”

“I think it was well meaning because it meant that the low-lying island states and so forth ended up having as much weight as the petrostates but it has ended up with a very distorting impact. Is there any argument for a reform of that process?”

“I recognise what my hon. Friend says, but as my hon. Friend the Member for Suffolk Coastal (Jenny Riddell-Carpenter) pointed out, these are guidelines at the moment rather than obligations. Because they are only guidelines, they can be ignored. Including things like jobs and traineeships within the community allowance …”

“As my hon. Friend knows, the other part of that project is hosted partly in my constituency, and we agree that £2.1 million is a rounding error in the National Grid’s project budget. Does she agree that if we are to establish properly the principle of host communities being able to truly benefit from the energy infrast…”

“That is definitely the case for renewable energy generation projects, but we are talking about infrastructure projects. There needs to be some kind of mechanism by which we have some ownership and accountability for the communities that are hosting infrastructure projects. There particularly needs to be an energy found…”

“I am interested in the possibilities of AI helping with detection and speeding up that process, freeing up resources to be directed into earlier detection by focusing on screening for younger women. If we are to harness the potential of AI, surely the first thing that we should do is to redirect the resources that are …”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Vickers. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for North Ayrshire and Arran (Irene Campbell) for leading this debate. Gemma Reeves is a breast cancer nurse at the Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, my local hospital in Margate. She started a petition that I noticed on my In…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Jardine. As many people will have already heard, East Thanet is surrounded on three sides by sea. From Ramsgate, we can see France on a clear day, but our port stands idle and neglected, despite its noble history as the home of the Navy during the Napoleonic wars. More…”

“My right hon. Friend will be aware that, in response to violence and disorder last year in Broadstairs, I have worked with Kent police, Southeastern railways, local councils and the British Transport police to establish better ways of tackling the problem of antisocial behaviour, yet still it returns—this time in Marga…”

“Neil, I would like to ask you a question about the nationally determined contributions. Do Britain’s NDCs strengthen or weaken the UK’s climate leadership globally?”

“My point is that the ongoing crisis with the Strait of Hormuz has a huge, long-term impact in different ways across different economies, but we will not be unimpacted here by inflation, economic threats and so on. Therefore, it seems to me that there is an argument for greater collaboration on energy securitisation, ar…”

“Dr Zhang, in that context, we have a Government that claims that they have restored Britain’s global climate leadership. Do you think that is true?”

“Eliot?”

“Dr Zhang, in that context, we have a Government that claims that they have restored Britain’s global climate leadership. Do you think that is true?”

“They will keep dancing because they have enough cocktails to keep fuelling them for now?”