Speeches by Crichton.

“The time has run, really, but thank you for you for your evidence and for coming in. You have typified an industry that seems out of control. You have called them rogue traders, but I am looking at the website of the company that installed your mum’s insulation. It is there, it has TrustMark, it has stars on TrustPilot…”

“I think the message from you all is: forget accreditation and start enforcement. Am I right?”

“The time has run, really, but thank you for you for your evidence and for coming in. You have typified an industry that seems out of control. You have called them rogue traders, but I am looking at the website of the company that installed your mum’s insulation. It is there, it has TrustMark, it has stars on TrustPilot…”

“I think the message from you all is: forget accreditation and start enforcement. Am I right?”

“I thank the Minister for his statement, constrained as it is by the legal situation. What a cheek the hon. Member for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine (Andrew Bowie) has. He comes to the House pretending to be a hero and protector of the oil industry, when 70,000 jobs, as my hon. Friend the Member for Sefton Central (…”

“Along with many hon. Members on both sides of the House, I welcome the £3 billion commitment to Ukraine this year, next year and the year after, but there are things that we can do at home as well. For example, this weekend I hope to host a reception for Ukrainian refugees in my constituency—a Valentine’s for Ukraine t…”

“Having accused you of being perhaps over-ambitious, can I turn to solar energy? Solar Energy UK has pressed for 60 GW of solar. The Secretary of State, when he was in front of us, said that that was a floor, but you have set targets of 45 GW to 47 GW. Why?”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Furniss. I commend the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross (Jamie Stone) for securing this important debate. He and I know the importance of retaining a physical high street in our own highlands and island communities—the most rural in the country. It…”

“I do. I mentioned that the building in which in the main post office—the Crown office—in Stornoway is housed in is beautiful and over a century old. Although I understand that the Stornoway post office may itself be retained, it may be converted into a franchise and moved elsewhere. That would have a detrimental effect…”

“We are lucky that we have retained a mobile banking service in the highlands and islands, with the bank van a familiar sight in villages throughout the islands and parts of the highlands, but a central post office in any town in a rural constituency is vital for businesses to deposit their cash as well as for cruise sh…”

“When will we see an appointment?”

“That was my final question, but I would like to ask a final, final substitute question on behalf of Josh MacAlister, who is not here. Do you agree that action needs to be taken to ensure appointments are made more swiftly to arms-length bodies related to nuclear, most notably Great British Nuclear?”

“It comes from the Secretary of State. He stressed that he sees nuclear power playing a very important part in the electricity mix. The think-tank E3G’s recent power report was very critical of nuclear. It suggests that there is vulnerability to delays and closures, and it is expensive. We wonder what your view is on th…”

“There is a “Columbo”-style last question.”

“Will it be the consumer?”

“Who should pay, the industry or the public?”

“All of that is very expensive. Who should be paying for that, the consumer or the investor?”

“Does that mean new-build gas stations that take carbon out or do you retrofit existing gas stations?”

“Hello again, guys. Can I ask a few questions about carbon capture and storage? We heard evidence in our earlier session from the Green Alliance that CSS would have a limited contribution to the 2030 targets. Will CSS make any meaningful contribution to 2030?”

“That inevitably has massive consequences for jobs in Scotland and the North sea.”