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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.

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DateDebate & contributionWords
11 Mar 2026Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 753)

Which was whether meter tariffing and smart meters are part of the decision.

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11 Mar 2026Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 753)

I am running out of time. We will come back to you, Brenda, but, Dion, I want to hear from you as well.

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11 Mar 2026Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 753)

Peter, are tariffs part of the solution? Are smart tariffs or smart metering part of the solution?

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11 Mar 2026Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 753)

Thank you all for coming in and for your evidence so far. Brenda, you dubbed the Warm Homes Plan the “we hope plan”. I quite like that. It depends on people moving from gas, for which you say there is no limit on turning off gas boilers—no one is going to proscribe you from having a gas boiler—and moving to electricity

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11 Mar 2026Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 753)

Okay, thank you.

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11 Mar 2026Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 753)

Indeed. You mentioned something earlier, Brenda, about people paying 14p per unit for their storage heater, yet the middle-class, upper-class family with a Tesla are paying only 7p. What needs to happen to even up that market?

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11 Mar 2026Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 753)

What is the danger of people being left behind in that—

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11 Mar 2026Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 753)

Thank you all for coming in and for your evidence so far. Brenda, you dubbed the Warm Homes Plan the “we hope plan”. I quite like that. It depends on people moving from gas, for which you say there is no limit on turning off gas boilers—no one is going to proscribe you from having a gas boiler—and moving to electricity

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11 Mar 2026Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 753)

Which was whether meter tariffing and smart meters are part of the decision.

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11 Mar 2026Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 753)

Sorry, Peter, what was the name of the scheme? I did not catch the name of the scheme.

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11 Mar 2026Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 753)

Sorry, Peter, what was the name of the scheme? I did not catch the name of the scheme.

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11 Mar 2026Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 753)

How do the Government build trust into the system? What do they have to do?

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11 Mar 2026Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 753)

More people would do that if there was not such a scandal about bad delivery of insulation, particularly solid wall insulation. What can be done to incentivise that again, give people faith in the market and bring costs down, because you are talking about a lot of money for low-income households?

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11 Mar 2026Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 753)

Peter, are tariffs part of the solution? Are smart tariffs or smart metering part of the solution?

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11 Mar 2026Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 753)

Joanne, to pick up on what you said about your personal experience, as well as your professional experience, all the heat pumps in the world make no difference if you are losing energy through your windows, doors and walls. Is there a risk with the Warm Homes Plan of underplaying that fabric-first approach of making su

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11 Mar 2026Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 753)

Would the cheaper, quicker way of saving the planet be to allow people to just insulate their homes without having to do the solar storage battery and so on?

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11 Mar 2026Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 753)

How do the Government build trust into the system? What do they have to do?

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11 Mar 2026Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 753)

More people would do that if there was not such a scandal about bad delivery of insulation, particularly solid wall insulation. What can be done to incentivise that again, give people faith in the market and bring costs down, because you are talking about a lot of money for low-income households?

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11 Mar 2026Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 753)

Okay, thank you.

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11 Mar 2026Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 753)

Would the cheaper, quicker way of saving the planet be to allow people to just insulate their homes without having to do the solar storage battery and so on?

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