Speeches by Wilson.

“Jesus of course warned his disciples that in this world they would have tribulation. Many Christians across the world have experienced that tribulation in their own personal lives. Over 340 million Christians are actively persecuted for their faith. That ranges from discrimination, to imprisonment, torture and death. I…”

“The Secretary of State says that the EU will take action on tariffs in its best interests, but businesses in Northern Ireland expect the Government to take action in the best interests of the United Kingdom—including Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom. He talks about how this can all be resolved by t…”

“What discussions has the Chancellor had with the Northern Ireland Executive to ensure that the national wealth fund is used to promote economic growth in Northern Ireland? Does she not agree that the big impediment to growth is the fact that she is taxing businesses to death?”

“But even with your message there about, “Well, get your heat pump, which will be reliant on electricity, and get your electric car, which will be reliant on electricity, but don’t worry; the price is going to come down.”, the caveat that has even been given to us today is that, with the up-front capital costs for the i…”

“You also recommended that buy-in should be a two-way process, enabling people to feed back. If one of the ways of pushing towards a target—whether for heat pumps, EVs, or infrastructure—is to have changes in legislation to either mandate the sale and production of certain kinds of cars or heating methods, or to reduce …”

“One last question: you have said that the cost is about 0.2% of GDP. I think Stern measured it at 3% of GDP. How did the costs fall so quickly?”

“One of your recommendations is that, given the magnitude of the change and the sacrifices we are asking people to make, there needs to be an effective community strategy of communication. Reading your own executive summary, do you accept that in many cases the message that is coming out is at best ambiguous and sometim…”

“I think we have seen a good example of faux outrage in this House today, as Members have condemned the Israeli Government. Would the Minister accept that, first of all, the Israeli Government have every right to decide to whom they give entry and to whom they refuse entry? Will he remind some of his colleagues that it …”

“The statement today is further evidence of the economically damaging and market-distorting impact of the unrealistic net zero policies. The only reason that the Minister is having to impose fines on producers is that demand does not meet the targets that she has set for the production of electric vehicles. Does she not…”

“I know that you cannot talk about specific projects, but there is one project—and I really just want to find out about the process by which people can have their input—which is a large wind farm being proposed on Scottish Crown Estate land. It is off the shore of Northern Ireland. It will be adjacent to a world heritag…”

“Following on from the point that you have made, there is a certain thrust of Government policy at the moment, whether it is the net zero targets they have set and the amount of renewable energy they want to see generated, the way in which they are seeking to circumvent some of the planning objections through the infras…”

“I do not know what the impact on the seabed will be and what environmental assessment has been carried out so far on the proposed project, but in the case where it is not just the seabed that is affected but vital economic activity in an area that will be impacted by the development, what consideration would Crown Esta…”

“Following on from the point that you have made, there is a certain thrust of Government policy at the moment, whether it is the net zero targets they have set and the amount of renewable energy they want to see generated, the way in which they are seeking to circumvent some of the planning objections through the infras…”

“I know that you cannot talk about specific projects, but there is one project—and I really just want to find out about the process by which people can have their input—which is a large wind farm being proposed on Scottish Crown Estate land. It is off the shore of Northern Ireland. It will be adjacent to a world heritag…”

“I do not know what the impact on the seabed will be and what environmental assessment has been carried out so far on the proposed project, but in the case where it is not just the seabed that is affected but vital economic activity in an area that will be impacted by the development, what consideration would Crown Esta…”

“While no one wants to see the continuation of war in Gaza, under the terms of the ceasefire agreement Israel has the right to take action where there is an immediate threat. We have seen that Hamas have refused to release hostages and are now firing rockets into Israel. They are planning further attacks and, indeed, at…”

“In pursuit of their unrealistic and costly net zero policies, this Government have committed billions of pounds to carbon capture; guaranteed long-term prices to renewable energy sources, which has added to consumer Bills; and set up GB Energy, a costly quango. One project that is likely to apply to GB Energy is the pr…”

“The potential is there, and it has been put in the Bill. I suspect that clause 2(7) has been included in the Bill to give that opportunity, if not now, then at some future time. The other reason why businesses have opposed the implementation of EU regulations and the other danger of dynamic alignment is that many of th…”

“The Minister gives the House the assurance that the idea is not to take us back to EU laws or to have EU laws imposed on the United Kingdom, and yet the Bill heavily references EU laws. How does he explain that?”

“Although Opposition Members will perhaps deliberately choose to believe that the words and assurances given are ambiguous, does the hon. Member accept that even Government Members in the House of Lords believe there is an ambiguity that needs to be cleared up? One comment was: “The question of dynamic alignment with th…”