Speeches by Murray.

“I absolutely agree. Although I am focusing on Scotland, it is Scotland as part of the UK and not Scotland alone. We want to make sure that we do not lose the skilled labour that is vital to a successful transition, because we would then have to pay more later to import the labour and expertise that we should have retai…”

“Mr Leslie, £1.5 billion-worth of curtailment costs were passed on to consumers last year, and NESO estimates that these costs will continue rising through to 2030. How satisfied are you with the current rate of constraint management?”

“What I picked up from NESO was that community energy generation schemes are an additional challenge for it, as opposed to a particular benefit. People’s general conception about community generation is that they will benefit from it. They think they will get that power and therefore they will not need to take power fro…”

“I absolutely agree. We have a real opportunity with Great British Energy, in the current environment, to take advantage of what the commercial companies are offering with regard to reducing costs for individual homeowners and to use digital technology to ensure that community energy generated into the grid benefits the…”

“Continuing on this similar topic, how confident are you that GB Energy’s plans for community energy are well designed and deliverable?”

“The complexity of the system is clear. SSEN has described itself as a strong advocate for community energy prioritisation into the grid queue. You have been talking about projects that directly benefit customers. Would it be possible for community energy schemes to put power straight into those schemes, or does it stil…”

“The Liberal Democrats are keen that we move to a source of green energy. We are calling for the energy profits levy to be looked at again, as it was introduced as a windfall tax in particular circumstances, when there were very high profits.”

“Thank you.”

“Do you think that that solution is workable if a similar outage came again? I suppose, in addition to that, BT has taken the cost of that. Who do you think will ultimately bear the costs of these outages?”

“The contract for the service should include delivering the wider service when things go wrong?”

“I would like to change to asking you specifically about the resilience that is or is not built in and how effective Starlink was in meeting the needs of local people. I am just wondering whether there was a cohort of people who were better supported when Starlink came in and whether other people were not as well provid…”

“Transport in Scotland is devolved, but Labour’s new electric vehicle tax is not. Scotland is home to the largest constituencies by area in the UK. This will mean that many rural Scots, who already pay more for electricity at home, will pay more tax despite having less access to charging infrastructure. Can the Secretar…”

“I absolutely agree; it is important that it is clear who is accountable for the harms that occur. That is why I urge the Government to work with the Liberal Democrats to introduce age ratings for social media. As the hon. Member for Milton Keynes Central (Emily Darlington) so clearly laid out, ratings help parents and …”

“We have all learned that if an online service is free, we are the product. That is the business model used by the social media giants. They track what we watch, what we click, what we like and what we fear. They then build detailed profiles of our behaviour and they turn that behaviour into data and advertising revenue…”

“Retired civil servants in my constituency and across the UK are being offered interest-free loans after serious delays to pension payments following the transfer of their pension scheme administration to Capita in December 2025. Will the Leader of the House grant time for a debate on the administration of the civil ser…”

“It is an honour to serve under your chairship, Mr Twigg. For us Liberal Democrats, this is also a conscience vote. Within the limitations and context laid out in the order, we will support it.”

“I thank the hon. Member for Mitcham and Morden (Dame Siobhain McDonagh) and my hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Charlie Maynard) for securing this important debate. I am here speaking tonight on behalf of my friend George, who is now in his eighties and still fundraising for research into brain tumours in the name of…”

“I agree with the hon. Member. We need to investigate the circumstances fully and, if it proves necessary, reconsider any decisions that have been taken. Russian interference is a shared threat, and we are weaker when we act alone. We must shut the loopholes in election law that let Russian money buy access in British p…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Pritchard. I thank the hon. Member for South Norfolk (Ben Goldsborough) for his well-informed opening speech, and congratulate the petitioners on bringing this important issue to the House. Russian interference is happening today. It is a deliberate strategy to weaken …”

“The recent events we have seen unfold in Gaza have been horrific. They are without doubt some of the worst atrocities to have taken place in modern times, carried out by Israel and centred in one small region. The targeting of civilian infrastructure has caused maximum suffering for the civilian population. Medical pro…”