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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 19 Oct 2017
Carbon Capture and Storage

"Order. Having recently been at a meeting of the Panel of Chairs, I remind new Members that if they wish to intervene they must be present at the start of the debate. However, I know that Dr Williams spoke in the main Chamber earlier, and I realise that he cannot …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 04 Jul 2017
Renewable Energy Generation: Island Communities

"We are fresh from an election, and there are lots of new Members here. The usual procedure in a short half-hour debate is that there should be prior discussions with the person whose debate it is as to whether they are prepared to take interventions. Of course, there is nothing …..."
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Written Question
Energy
Monday 29th February 2016

Asked by: David Amess (Conservative - Southend West)

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 1 February 2016 to Question 24408, if she will discuss with the Sustainable Energy Association and other relevant bodies how to achieve the potential for buildings to contribute to the Government's goals on reducing carbon and tackling fuel poverty.

Answered by Andrea Leadsom

DECC officials and ministers will continue to discuss, with a range of stakeholders, the options for buildings to contribute to reducing carbon and tackling fuel poverty. Our approach is to consider the overall use of energy in buildings, and not energy efficiency or heat in isolation.