Leveson Inquiry

Debate between Baroness Coffey and Nigel Evans

Monday 3rd December 2012 Commons Chamber

[Dr Coffey]

That is a fair point. Of course, we all accept that the status quo is not good enough, but there is a great nervousness about the effect of statutory underpinning and the slippery slope. It seems that statutory underpinning is what the overwhelming majority of MPs want, and I hope we will persuade people that it is not right. If the statute is introduced and in a few years’ time it is not working, the argument will be that we need more regulations or that they need tightening up. I wonder where it will stop. It seems to me that what the victims really want is a more robust law on privacy and for a code of ethics to be enforced. Perhaps that is the question that should be consuming us.

This has been a good debate, but there are not enough hours to interrogate the report in the depth that it requires.

[Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Nigel Evans)]

To accommodate more Members, the time limit is being reduced to eight minutes.

Jobs and Growth in a Low-carbon Economy

Debate between Baroness Coffey and Nigel Evans

Monday 5th March 2012 Commons Chamber

[Dr Thérèse Coffey (Suffolk Coastal) (Con)]

I thank my hon. Friends the Members for Waveney (Peter Aldous) and for Great Yarmouth (Brandon Lewis) for their continued championing of East Anglia as the energy coast.

It is fair to say that there will be no economic growth without increased energy consumption, and the challenge to decarbonise our economy comes at a time when we have to spend about £200 billion on rebuilding it. The electricity market reforms have been very positive for the construction of new nuclear power stations. That did not happen under the previous Government, and I am proud that it will be happening under our Government. Sizewell C will be a key employer for many years to come, and it will afford construction opportunities in the near future.

My hon. Friend the Member for Romsey and Southampton North (Caroline Nokes) talked about energy from waste.

[Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Nigel Evans)]

Order. I apologise to the hon. Lady, but it is time for the wind-up speeches.