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 101–120 of 640 contributions · most-recent first
| Date | Debate & contribution | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 10 Dec 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 736) “This goes back to my point about CfDs. Are we risking locking in high electricity costs which will create a disincentive for the decarbonisation that we are looking for?” | 29 |
| 10 Dec 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 736) “Apologies for being late. Professor Grubb, I am interested in your idea about consumers having access for the cost of investment on bills. What would that look like?” | 28 |
| 10 Dec 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 736) “These are the consequences of policy changes; if you change your policy, you electrify the heat and you electrify EVs you get electricity demand go up. The CCC, Mission Control, Clean Power 2030 Plan, everything accepts that fundamentally if we are going to decarbonise our system electricity demand will go up.” | 51 |
| 10 Dec 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 736) “It will go up radically because we will electrify the system and particularly increase the need for electrification of heat and EVs.” | 22 |
| 10 Dec 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 736) “Adam?” | 1 |
| 10 Dec 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 736) “We also know with high capital costs and so forth, and with the auction coming up, there is a risk that we end up locking in high costs for new investment—” | 31 |
| 10 Dec 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 736) “I am just going to ask one more question because I know I am being annoying, sorry. In that circumstance is there a risk that if you are paying for the cost of investment and not the amount of energy that you use that the bill disincentivises energy efficiency?” | 49 |
| 10 Dec 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 736) “Your solution for reducing this is to take gas out of the system?” | 13 |
| 10 Dec 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 736) “Ana, I am sure you have some views on this.” | 10 |
| 10 Dec 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 736) “I will be a bit of gloomster here. Things will get worse. Things will get worse in the middle of a development. You could have a CfD price you have agreed and then suddenly, dare I say it, capital costs could go exponentially, so you end up with an uneconomic development. Should there be some kind of mechanism to recov…” | 71 |
| 10 Dec 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 736) “This is on CfDs, and we heard a little bit from the previous panel about once ROs run out and so forth, and how things will keep running. With the CfD now fixing prices for up to 20 years are we at risk of locking in higher costs for consumers through to 2045?” | 53 |
| 10 Dec 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 736) “People pay twice?” | 3 |
| 10 Dec 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 736) “Because of its centralising instincts?” | 5 |
| 10 Dec 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 736) “Is this too counter to the way we currently run our system for it to be a natural step in part of our transition?” | 24 |
| 10 Dec 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 736) “Do you have a proposal for what we should do as an alternative to that outcome?” | 16 |
| 10 Dec 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 736) “Do you have a proposal for what we should do as an alternative to that outcome?” | 16 |
| 10 Dec 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 736) “I am just going to ask one more question because I know I am being annoying, sorry. In that circumstance is there a risk that if you are paying for the cost of investment and not the amount of energy that you use that the bill disincentivises energy efficiency?” | 49 |
| 10 Dec 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 736) “Forgive me, Professor, I know I do not know very much about this in comparison to you, but when I look at my energy bill and when we have been talking about network costs and policy costs and people’s usage, that is how it feels. It feels like I am paying that amount of money. If I spend any time thinking about it at a…” | 124 |
| 10 Dec 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 736) “No, but other energy costs would be cheaper over time and possibly more competitive with renewables to be able to set that price.” | 23 |
| 10 Dec 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 736) “Ana, what do you think about this?” | 7 |