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Scheduled Event - 2 May 2024, 12:30 p.m. - Add to calendar
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Commons - Westminster Hall debate - Westminster Hall
General Debate: Pylons and upgrades to the national grid
MP: Matt Warman
Westminster Hall
National Grid: Pylons - Thu 02 May 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Matt Warman (Con - Boston and Skegness) Grid and at the proposals to rewire the national grid in such a way as to use Lincolnshire as, frankly - Speech Link
2: Matt Warman (Con - Boston and Skegness) Friend that we need more clarity and transparency from National Grid. - Speech Link
3: Jonathan Edwards (Ind - Carmarthen East and Dinefwr) Grid Electricity Distribution proposed route along the Cothi valley; and a 400 kV National Grid route - Speech Link
4: Bernard Jenkin (Con - Harwich and North Essex) National Grid ESO—Electricity System Operator—and Ofgem are all doing their best. - Speech Link

Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 02 May 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Gareth Thomas (LAB - Harrow West) Why will she not pursue an agreement that is so obviously in Britain’s national interest? - Speech Link
2: Greg Smith (Con - Buckingham) Friend join me in welcoming Andretti to the UK in its bid to get on to the Formula 1 grid, and what more - Speech Link
3: Greg Hands (Con - Chelsea and Fulham) We hear this from the Scottish National party all the time, opposing everything in terms of UK trade - Speech Link

Scottish Parliament Debate - Main Chamber
First Minister’s Question Time - Thu 02 May 2024

Mentions:
1: Yousaf, Humza (SNP - Glasgow Pollok) The powers to reform the grid connection process are of course reserved to the UK Government, and they - Speech Link

Scottish Parliament Debate - Main Chamber
New Energy Infrastructure in the North of Scotland - Thu 02 May 2024

Mentions:
1: White, Tess (Con - North East Scotland) In other words, the Scottish National Party Government sold it cheaply and it sold off much more than - Speech Link
2: Gougeon, Mairi (SNP - Angus North and Mearns) a planning application and that proper, full and transparent consultation needs to be undertaken by National - Speech Link
3: Kerr, Stephen (Con - Central Scotland) No one is arguing about the need for us to invest in the grid. - Speech Link
4: Carson, Finlay (Con - Galloway and West Dumfries) This is a national problem. - Speech Link

Select Committee
Government response to the Committee's report 'Large language models and generative AI'

Government Response May. 02 2024

Committee: Communications and Digital Committee

Found: Grid to ensure that grid connections are supporting the delivery of compute infrastructure.

Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

May. 01 2024

Source Page: UK calls for accelerated action to protect global biodiversity
Document: G7 Environment Ministers’ communique (PDF)

Found: We condemn the direct attacks on power generation and the electricity grid, and will continue to help

Select Committee
Stonehaven, and Royal Academy of Engineering

Oral Evidence Apr. 30 2024

Inquiry: Long-duration energy storage
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Science and Technology Committee (Lords)

Found: What role do you both see long- duration energy storage playing ideally in a decarbonised grid, and

Select Committee
Seventh Special Report - Heat resilience and sustainable cooling: Government Response to the Committee’s Fifth Report

Special Report Apr. 30 2024

Committee: Environmental Audit Committee

Found: MP (Conservative, Broadland ) Anna McMorrin MP (Labour, Cardiff North) John McNally MP (Scottish National

Written Question
Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
Tuesday 30th April 2024

Asked by: Stephen Crabb (Conservative - Preseli Pembrokeshire)

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of pot two of the contract for difference allocation round six in the context of the eligibility of the Green Volt floating offshore wind project.

Answered by Andrew Bowie - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

National Grid (ESO) is currently assessing applications to Allocation Round 6 of the Contracts for Difference scheme. Once all applications have been reviewed and any appeals processes completed, my Rt hon Friend the Secretary of State will have the opportunity to consider revising the budget.