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Petition - Policies relating to the climate and nature crisis (28 Nov 2023)

Chris Skidmore: I rise to present a petition on policies relating to the climate and nature crisis. The petition states: The petition of residents of the United Kingdom, Declares that the UK Government needs to significantly strengthen its manifesto and policies with respect to the climate and nature crisis, as called for by 2000 business professionals and leaders; further that there needs to be a rapid...

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: Marine Protected Area (22 Nov 2023)

Chris Skidmore: It is an honour to serve under your chairpersonship, Dr Huq. As chair of the all-party parliamentary group on the environment, I am grateful to my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for South Swindon (Sir Robert Buckland) for the opportunity to speak, and I thank him for securing this debate. The future marine protection of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands has been a...

Making Britain a Clean Energy Superpower ( 9 Nov 2023)

Chris Skidmore: I thank the Minister for making an important point about job creation. As I said in my speech, the net zero review pointed to the 480,000 additional jobs resulting from green industries. When it comes to green steel both in Port Talbot and in Ellesmere Port, and the future of electric arc furnaces, does the Minister agree that, as politicians on both sides of the House, we need to fight the...

Making Britain a Clean Energy Superpower ( 9 Nov 2023)

Chris Skidmore: I draw the House’s attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for calling me in what is my last Gracious Speech debate. My constituency of Kingswood is being formally abolished in the boundary changes and there is nowhere for me to go, but I have had a great time participating in these debates over the past 13 and a half years....

Energy Bill [Lords]: Clause 272 - Local supply for community energy (18 Oct 2023)

Chris Skidmore: I rise in support of the amendment. It is very similar to an amendment that I tabled during the previous stage of the Bill in the Commons. I echo the comments that have been made about the amendment being uncontentious. It calls for additional consultation—if the Government want me to do that, I will do it myself for the community energy groups. The net zero review held several roundtables...

Energy Bill [Lords]: Clause 272 - Local supply for community energy (18 Oct 2023)

Chris Skidmore: I appreciate the Minister’s argument, but that is technically not what the amendment says; there is no requirement for legislative reform, only one to bring forward proposals. It is unfair to mislead the House—

Energy Bill [Lords]: Clause 272 - Local supply for community energy (18 Oct 2023)

Chris Skidmore: My apologies to the Minister. I did not mean to make accusations so strongly. The challenge here is that subsection (4) of the new clause set out in the amendment contains no reference to legislation such as the Minister suggested. That is my point.

Energy Bill [Lords]: New Clause 52 - Revenue certainty scheme for sustainable aviation fuel producers: consultation and report ( 5 Sep 2023)

Chris Skidmore: I draw the House’s attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. The rest of the world has woken up to the reality that the energy transition is here to stay. Investment in fossil fuels is reducing at such a rate that, while 10 years ago capital investment in oil was six times that of solar power, this year for the first time solar received more investment than...

Energy Bill [Lords] ( 9 May 2023)

Chris Skidmore: I draw the House’s attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. I welcome the Bill. I hope all parties will recognise that the Bill is an important and much needed piece of legislation, which I hope we can find consensus to support tonight. Many across the energy sector have waited too long for the provisions in the Bill; we cannot afford any further delay. It is...

Powering Up Britain (30 Mar 2023)

Chris Skidmore: May I thank the Minister for his kind words about the net zero review, and indeed the Government’s full response so soon after the review was submitted? I hope that the UK’s net zero pathway is now in a better place as a result of the recommendations. I should say that they are not my recommendations, but those of all the sectors I went to speak to and thousands of individuals, businesses...

Energy Charter Treaty (21 Mar 2023)

Chris Skidmore: This is a factual question: who is the Minister going to negotiate with in a modernisation programme, when none of the European countries, including Germany, France, Spain, the Netherlands and Italy, will be in the room? Logically, there is no opportunity to discuss modernisation, because no one wants to discuss it. The Minister’s speech may have been written before the decisions taken by...

Energy Charter Treaty (21 Mar 2023)

Chris Skidmore: I beg to move, That this house has considered the Energy Charter Treaty. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Gray. I am grateful to the Minister responding today. I know he is currently very busy, preparing the finishing touches to the Government’s response to the net zero review, which I submitted as the review’s independent chair. I hope he will excuse me taking this...

Energy Charter Treaty (21 Mar 2023)

Chris Skidmore: If the hon. Gentleman looks at the details of the treaty, which I will come to, he will see that it does not create a level playing field for competition. It is weighted in favour of fossil fuel interests. He knows full well, given his interest in clean energy, how Northern Ireland could become a future green energy powerhouse. It wants to ensure that it can continue to build onshore wind...

Energy Charter Treaty (21 Mar 2023)

Chris Skidmore: Absolutely. The other risk, which I will come on to in a moment, is the chilling effect. We do not know, or are unable to quantify, the investments that could be coming to the UK but for the fear that the energy charter treaty will again place its dead hand on those investments. Withdrawal from the energy charter treaty provides the certainty, clarity, continuity and consistency—the four...

Energy Charter Treaty (21 Mar 2023)

Chris Skidmore: The hon. Lady is absolutely right. Far more impressive legal minds than mine—who have been working at ClientEarth, Global Justice Now and Green Alliance—have demonstrated that there is a way for us out of this treaty and that we can, potentially, work with our European partners to create an exemption regime for some of the historic investment cases in relation to which we might be under...

Energy Charter Treaty (21 Mar 2023)

Chris Skidmore: The hon. Lady is absolutely right: the sooner we get out, the sooner we are not under the cosh. However, when it comes to looking at the mitigation circumstances for the 20-year rule, France, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands have all signalled their intention to withdraw from the energy charter treaty. As I will explain later, the EU as a bloc will now potentially decide to withdraw from...

Energy Charter Treaty (21 Mar 2023)

Chris Skidmore: Absolutely. The UK has demonstrated continued leadership time and again, and I was the first Energy Minister to sign net zero into law. We became the first G7 country to do so, beating France by one day. We must collaborate, and I am proud that we have now seen a huge number of countries commit to net zero. I think we are the first country globally to ensure that we have a Department for net...

Independent Review of Net Zero ( 9 Feb 2023)

Chris Skidmore: I thank the Backbench Business Committee again for granting this debate and all Members who have spoken in it. The debate has demonstrated that, while Members may disagree on some of the contents of the report and its recommendations, as should be the case, the overall narrative of the review—that net zero is an opportunity and not a cost, and that we must seize this opportunity now and not...

Independent Review of Net Zero ( 9 Feb 2023)

Chris Skidmore: I beg to move, That this House has considered the Independent Review of Net Zero. I draw the House’s attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, and should declare that I am the chair of the independent review of net zero that we are discussing. I thank the Backbench Committee and its Chair for agreeing to this debate. We had an excellent debate in the other...


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