Speeches by Hobhouse.

“Over the years, the development of smart meter technology is expected to enable appliances to automatically switch on and off in response to supply, tell me what I feed in, and so on and so forth—amazing things that I am not quite sure my smart meter is doing currently. Pil Krogh Tygesen, what is being done in Denmark …”

“Ultimately, you are saying that the whole roll-out is driven by the consumer. We have been hearing that people want a smart meter because they can see the benefits of it. Should our Government aim for a 100% roll-out, because it is also important for balancing the grid, or should we just aim for those customers who rea…”

“Over the years, the development of smart meter technology is expected to enable appliances to automatically switch on and off in response to supply, tell me what I feed in, and so on and so forth—amazing things that I am not quite sure my smart meter is doing currently. Pil Krogh Tygesen, what is being done in Denmark …”

“Ultimately, you are saying that the whole roll-out is driven by the consumer. We have been hearing that people want a smart meter because they can see the benefits of it. Should our Government aim for a 100% roll-out, because it is also important for balancing the grid, or should we just aim for those customers who rea…”

“Across Bath, people wait far too long for the NHS care that they urgently need. There are proven ways to bring down waiting times and boost NHS capacity, but they are not always used to their full potential. I recently visited Bath Clinic, an independent sector provider with the infrastructure, staff and capacity to de…”

“I remind Members that they should bob if they wish to be called. I will call the Front Benchers at 10.28 am. It looks like all Members will get to speak if they stick to six or seven minutes.”

“The convention for 30-minute debates is that the lead Member makes a speech, to which the Minister responds, and only with prior permission can another Member make a speech. More and more, it has become the norm that Members intervene quite a lot. That is not really the point of a 30-minute debate, but I remind Members…”

“I ask the Minister to leave a couple of minutes for the lead Member to wind up.”

“I remind Members to stick to the time limit as much as they can.”

“The solar panels on my roof started working last week, and I am very excited. If you do not have any solar panels, Mr Speaker, maybe you could give yourself a birthday present and ensure that you have an array, too. Mine were made possible by the Solar Together scheme organised by Bath and North East Somerset council. …”

“12. What steps he is taking to improve relations with the EU.”

“I am so pleased that there is cross-party agreement in welcoming a new youth experience scheme. My young constituents in Bath are unequivocal that they want the UK to join Erasmus+ again, because that gives them the best opportunities for study, training and internships abroad. Will the Minister reassure my young const…”

“No one who has watched David Attenborough’s film “Ocean”, to which the Leader of the House has already referred, will fail to have been moved and terrified by the senseless destruction of our oceans, the lifeblood of our planet. In order to save our sick oceans, we need to safeguard about 30% of them; only about 3% are…”

“But, again, that is a separate issue. We have been discussing that as well, but we are looking very tightly at how people are being charged for their energy and how energy suppliers themselves can survive and not go bust, while at the same time a fair price is being charged.”

“Indeed, but the trouble is that not very many people are smart meter-literate, quite apart from the fact that smart meters are already a problem and run out of data, which is a completely different discussion. How do you resolve the problem that some people are active in finding the best tariff and other people simply …”

“Going back to the suppliers, what is the advantage or disadvantage of having an energy price cap, or removing it?”

“But, again, that is a separate issue. We have been discussing that as well, but we are looking very tightly at how people are being charged for their energy and how energy suppliers themselves can survive and not go bust, while at the same time a fair price is being charged.”

“Going back to the suppliers, what is the advantage or disadvantage of having an energy price cap, or removing it?”

“Yes. What are other options? The price cap is basically what is being charged. Do you feel that price reductions are fairly moved on to consumers?”

“Indeed, but the trouble is that not very many people are smart meter-literate, quite apart from the fact that smart meters are already a problem and run out of data, which is a completely different discussion. How do you resolve the problem that some people are active in finding the best tariff and other people simply …”