Speeches by Crichton.

“I very cleverly got an answer about good connections, councils, local authorities buying energy power, heat pumps and messaging—very good. You also mentioned schools and education as one field where there could be more work. I find when I go to schools, kids are teaching me about the environment. I just wondered if the…”

“Unsurprisingly. Amanda, I will address them to you, and you very kindly talked about community shared ownership schemes in my constituency. It is important to emphasise that these community wind farms depend on community land as well—the land they are built on is owned by the community. Not all places are the same, but…”

“Glasgow has one of the most polluted streets in Europe.”

“You talked about consistency as well.”

“I welcome the UK-India trade deal, which is good for salmon and good for whisky. Will the Secretary of State use his muscle to ensure that a chain of small distilleries in my constituency and across Scotland can sell a wee dram to India, as well as the big brands? Mr Speaker, I would like to draw the House’s attention …”

“Thank you all for coming in. I have some questions for Ned and Alex on the role of energy suppliers, but first, Sara—I feel like I have to wave because I am a long way away—I want to challenge the 66% roll-out figure. Where I come from, on the western seaboard of Scotland, 75% of my constituents in Na h-Eileanan an Iar…”

“Ned, you mentioned that there are targets for energy suppliers. Do we know if they meet them? Are they audited? Do we have the data to find out if they are doing their job?”

“Are there penalties if they do not reach their targets?”

“They are named and shamed, but do they lose money?”

“With the RTS switch-off for consumers, there is no incentive for the energy suppliers to go there because they put their consumers on to a higher tariff. Would it be a good idea for Ofgem to insist that consumers switch from RTS or, if they are left behind on RTS, go on to the lowest possible tariff?”

“Alex, in order to reach that 33%, or 75% in my area, are the energy suppliers the best people to engage consumers and get to the hard-to-reach people—those who do not want the meters, or who we cannot get to?”

“Once again, that is the first time that I have heard that; I have never heard that from a Minister or any other Government official.”

“Isn’t there a fortnight left or something before the RTS switch-off?”

“No, for the supplier to push them. The customer is pushed on to a high tariff, but if they were pushed on to a low tariff, the supplier would then be incentivised to sort this problem.”

“They are named and shamed, but do they lose money?”

“Are there penalties if they do not reach their targets?”

“Ned, you mentioned that there are targets for energy suppliers. Do we know if they meet them? Are they audited? Do we have the data to find out if they are doing their job?”

“Thank you all for coming in. I have some questions for Ned and Alex on the role of energy suppliers, but first, Sara—I feel like I have to wave because I am a long way away—I want to challenge the 66% roll-out figure. Where I come from, on the western seaboard of Scotland, 75% of my constituents in Na h-Eileanan an Iar…”

“Alex, in order to reach that 33%, or 75% in my area, are the energy suppliers the best people to engage consumers and get to the hard-to-reach people—those who do not want the meters, or who we cannot get to?”

“I hear what you are all saying: there are customers who are physically hard to reach, and you have mentioned consumer resistance. But you seem to be saying that, for the remaining 25% of consumers, we stick with the same system that is not getting to them. Surely, we need a rethink about how this is sold to consumers, …”