Speeches by Wilson.

“Will the Minister give way? She has just insulted my colleague.”

“Will the Minister give way?”

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“Will the Minister give way?”

“I was elected to this Parliament, and the concern I have expressed is my concern as a parliamentarian. On the consultations, let us not forget that people are not fully aware of the impact of proposals until after it has all happened. My main concern, which all Members should share, is that we are elected to this place…”

“A lot of my points have already been made by my colleague, the hon. and learned Member for North Antrim. Once again, we have regulations going through this House that drive a wedge between Northern Ireland and the rest of the United Kingdom. The law for batteries already applies, and these regulations will simply make …”

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“Will the Minister give way? She has just insulted my colleague.”

“6. What discussions he has had with representatives of the logistics industry on the cost of trade between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.”

“The Secretary of State will be well aware of the importance of the logistics industry in Northern Ireland, and also of the burdens that are falling on it at present because of the Brexit arrangements, which have pushed up costs, led to delays, and resulted in many containers coming back empty from Great Britain. On top…”

“A lot of my points have already been made by my colleague, the hon. and learned Member for North Antrim. Once again, we have regulations going through this House that drive a wedge between Northern Ireland and the rest of the United Kingdom. The law for batteries already applies, and these regulations will simply make …”

“In the discussions with the other contributors, whether it is the private finance sources or other Governments, are we in danger, if there is not a commitment from the UK, of the funding package we had hoped would come from other Governments and from private investors falling apart?”

“Just to come back to the Tropical Forest Forever Facility, last week the Minister at Kew Gardens indicated that this was not just a nice idea to have; it was essential. We are at a stage where other countries that said they would commit to it are looking to see what commitment we are going to make. The danger is, of co…”

“I was elected to this Parliament, and the concern I have expressed is my concern as a parliamentarian. On the consultations, let us not forget that people are not fully aware of the impact of proposals until after it has all happened. My main concern, which all Members should share, is that we are elected to this place…”

“I take the view that you have expressed, Ms Langengen, that we need data centres. However, I do have some difficulty when you say, Mr Eaton, that data centres are built in a sustainable and environmentally friendly way. You quoted the fact that you use brownfield sites. But we have already seen—Mr Chanda has quoted the…”

“Nevertheless, it does have environmental impacts—”

“So there will be, on occasions, additional costs imposed on consumers generally as a result of data centres requiring the strengthening of the grid. I just wanted to establish that point that it was not costless to the consumer.”

“Can the data centres accept that kind of flexibility, or would it mean—as I think Dr Savage indicated—that you turned on the generators more often than you would have done had you not had that connection arrangement?”

“Ms Langengen, I think it was you who, in answer to Sarah Gibson, rightly pointed out that consumers in the UK are not likely to experience huge spikes in the cost of energy because of a data centre being located near them due to the fact that we have a national price. But there is another cost that is involved in suppl…”

“Ms Langengen, you have indicated that we need to look at changes in planning, the priorities we give for grid connections, and so on. If this Committee were to recommend, “Look we’ve got to try to make this process as painless as possible,” what changes are you suggesting that we need to the planning system and the pri…”