Oral Answers to Questions

Alan Brown Excerpts

Tuesday 17th July 2018 Commons Chamber

[Claire Perry]

Thirty years seems like a long time ago, but this is still the freshest possible knowledge for many people in my hon. Friend’s constituency: 167 men, many from a tight area in the north-east of Scotland, perished in the worst offshore disaster we have ever had in the history of our industry. Nothing will ever bring them back, but it was the findings of the Cullen inquiry that drove the changes that have made the UK a world leader in health and safety, and I want to pay tribute to our colleagues in the Health and Safety Executive, because they continue to focus on safety first when it comes to exploiting the resources in the North sea.

[Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun) (SNP)]

To avoid double-charging on battery installations, the Government have pledged to amend the Electricity Act 1989 when parliamentary time permits. Instead of a two-day holiday next week, is that change something that the Government could start to look at?

[Claire Perry]

That will be part of the entire review of how we bring forward the necessary investment in battery technology to support renewable energy intermittency.