Speeches by Crichton.
Every Hansard contribution by Torcuil Crichton this parliament, most recent first. Back to the MP page for the headline figures and analysed positions.
Showing 321–340 of 1,093 contributions · most-recent first
| Date | Debate & contribution | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 29 Oct 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1206) “Thank you all for coming in. I appreciate your time and expertise. You paint a grim picture. We once had 18 refineries. In 2022 we were down to six. Now we are down to four. How many will we have in 2032 or 2035?” | 44 |
| 29 Oct 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1206) “Thank you, just for clarity.” | 5 |
| 29 Oct 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1206) “Paul, did you estimate the cost of that?” | 8 |
| 29 Oct 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1206) “What is the refinery sector as a proportion of carbon tax in the UK? Do you pay most of the carbon tax, 2% of it or 10% of it? Do you know?” | 32 |
| 29 Oct 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1206) “I seek a simple clarification, because I did not know what it was, so I assume the public will not either. Can somebody explain what CBAM is?” | 27 |
| 29 Oct 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1206) “Katy, I think your final words are Jackdaw and Rosebank, are they not?” | 13 |
| 29 Oct 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1206) “Katy, what is your elevator pitch to the UK Government?” | 10 |
| 29 Oct 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1206) “We have defined the problem. Can you give me the answers in a few short sentences? How do we make this transition for the workforce and the industry into renewables?” | 30 |
| 29 Oct 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1206) “Does that work, or is it just a slogan?” | 9 |
| 29 Oct 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1206) “We have been dancing with this for such a long time now.” | 12 |
| 29 Oct 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1206) “You had some figures there, Katy, and you said we could be losing 1,000 jobs a month. We have lost 77,000 jobs in the last decade. Where have you guys been? Where have we all been in that time? Why were we not planning for this years ago? Stuart, you talked about the First Minister opening an energy transition skills h…” | 80 |
| 29 Oct 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1206) “One more question to Harriet. It is not just the workers who have been left behind. Trade unions have been left behind. The sector has been left behind here. To get that just transition, if we want to get that just transition, what do the UK Government have to do for workers? No one has mentioned it yet but we have thi…” | 76 |
| 29 Oct 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1206) “How can I put Rosebank and Jackdaw against Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica, say, or rising tides or wet climate change?” | 20 |
| 29 Oct 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1206) “I will come back to that in a minute. Katy, you also talked about the language around transition presenting false choices, and you had a very articulate vision for economic growth with Rosebank and Jackdaw being licensed, a new licensing round, and getting rid of the energy profits levy. In my language that is “burn, b…” | 60 |
| 29 Oct 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1206) “Let me put the question another way. Should we not be honest and say that this will be an uneven transition?” | 21 |
| 29 Oct 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1206) “Thank you all for coming. Stuart, thanks for joining us. I cannot see the granite any more as it is getting dark, so I will keep it brief. To wind back to your opening statement, Stuart, when you talked about the language around a just transition, and to reflect on what Polly was asking about the pay difference between…” | 133 |
| 29 Oct 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1206) “Click or tap here to enter text.Sorry for going slightly off subject.” | 12 |
| 29 Oct 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1206) “But Hornsea 4 has stalled.” | 5 |
| 29 Oct 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1206) “With the same wage?” | 4 |
| 29 Oct 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1206) “Can I take advantage of your being here and ask you about Petrofac? Without commenting on the company itself, Petrofac went into administration this week, which of course raises concerns about the oil and gas jobs in the North Sea. The reason they went into administration is because they lost a deal with the Dutch tran…” | 78 |