Speeches by Billington.

“I want to follow up, before I go to my international co-ordination question, on your reference to the people who do this as the sort of Dad’s Army of the 21st century, which I like. I also note, however, that in the strategy it cites the fact that the UK faces a significant shortage of professionals who have the requir…”

“That is helpful. It is interesting you mentioned Spider-Man, when you were talking about what happened at Hyde. I think of how this can sound extremely dull until suddenly you are in a “28 Days Later” scenario and so forth. We need to understand what the risks are when you have something that is more distributed and wh…”

“Much like your answers to Lizzi.”

“I would like to ask a little bit about the energy sector cyber-security strategy, particularly the changing nature of our energy system. We are now changing the risk profile quite considerably because of the nature of the more complex and decentralised grid, much of which we have talked about. What I noted in what is s…”

“That is helpful. Thank you.”

“Notwithstanding all the things that we have been talking about with the physical risks of it being offshore, does that increase or affect the cyber-resilience?”

“No, that is fine. Is there evidence that offshore wind turbines are particularly at risk from cyber-attack? What should be done to increase their cyber-resilience?”

“Can you explain more about the supply chain risks?”

“What do you think are the top takes?”

“Talking about one single one, what lessons do you think the UK could learn from the recent cyber-attack on Poland’s energy grid?”

“I am grateful to my hon. Friend for the way that she has approached this incident, particularly for pointing out that South East Water has one job. Unfortunately, the company is accountable to its shareholders more than to the people who it is supposed to serve. Notwithstanding the reforms to the water industry that th…”

“I am interested in the contrast between what Elisabeth said about the mix of energy resources increasing resilience and how changing the structure of our energy system to become more diffuse has significant resilience implications, and the new cyber-security regulatory requirements we therefore need to establish as a r…”

“Often when we are talking about building confidence among the public, we tend to think about it at the moment of crisis, rather than making sure that we explain the causes of the crisis that we need to prepare for. Particularly in the context of the energy crisis that we are living through, it is more important than ev…”

“I congratulate my hon. Friend and the team on reducing the cost of energy, including with recent efforts to break the link between the volatile gas price and electricity prices. However, every witness before the Energy Security and Net Zero Committee, when we ask how to decarbonise and reduce bills, tells us, “Make ele…”

“I was privileged to open our new youth hub in Thanet last week. It is a perfect example of how the DWP is working with third sector and private sector organisations to offer that wraparound help for young people, which of course we need desperately in places such as Thanet, where unemployment is 12%—among the highest i…”

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“Where does the energy crisis we are currently in with the situation in the strait of Hormuz sit on the national risk register?”

“I congratulate my hon. Friend and the team on reducing the cost of energy, including with recent efforts to break the link between the volatile gas price and electricity prices. However, every witness before the Energy Security and Net Zero Committee, when we ask how to decarbonise and reduce bills, tells us, “Make ele…”

“I was privileged to open our new youth hub in Thanet last week. It is a perfect example of how the DWP is working with third sector and private sector organisations to offer that wraparound help for young people, which of course we need desperately in places such as Thanet, where unemployment is 12%—among the highest i…”

“It is very important that coastal communities are recognised for our role in the overall identity of the country, but we are also a vital way of developing economic growth in this country. As co-chair of the all-party parliamentary group for coastal communities, what I am asking for, along with many Back-Bench colleagu…”