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• 29 Oct 2024: Parliamentary Speech

  Wales stands ready to play its part in powering the United Kingdom once again, but this time Wales would like to experience the tangible benefits from these projects. In my constituency, Llangattock Green Valleys has the ambition to develop plans for a large, community-owned renewable energy scheme to supply premises in the Crickhowell region. The scheme will have a mix of technologies, such as solar, hydro, wind and storage, to give a year-round supply of energy. It will be developed from the start in consultation with the community. It will be managed by the community and the profits will benefit the community itself.

  I welcome the Bill, which brings us one step closer to establishing this much-needed, publicly owned energy company. To quote the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, my right hon. Friend the Member for Doncaster North (Ed Miliband), at the UN General Assembly, this is a Government who are

  and “show international leadership” when it comes to climate change. In that spirit, I would like to bring to the attention of the House the importance of upholding human rights and the principles of a just transition in our renewable energy supply chains.

  While GB Energy must ensure that everyone benefits from green innovation, it must also guarantee that no one suffers from it. However, I have grave concerns that if we charge ahead with our net zero transition without safeguards in place, we will knowingly be doing that on the backs of those in slavery. Let me outline why.

  With those examples in mind, I ask the House a simple question: do we turn a blind eye to modern slavery in our energy supply chains, or do we lead the way with a just transition? As the Chancellor outlined in her conference speech, this Government are

  A just transition is not only about international workers’ rights; it is also about securing UK jobs and industry. Our energy strategy must prioritise green jobs and wealth creation here, and avoid fuelling growth in economies known for cutting corners. Following my discussions with the industry and unions, it is clear that the UK’s inadequate response to these issues is creating a competitive disadvantage for businesses here and an uneven playing field internationally. If GB Energy allows exposure to state-imposed forced labour, it creates a distinct risk for investors and businesses here in the UK.

  The arguments I have laid out today have the support of unions, businesses and human rights advocates alike. They echo the sentiments of our Prime Minister, Foreign Secretary, Business Secretary and Energy Secretary. For too many years, tackling modern slavery has received a siloed, disjointed response from Government. We now have an opportunity to change that and to embrace cross-departmental, collaborative working. Renewable energy has a key role to play in our transformation to a low-carbon economy, but without placing human rights at its centre, our green transition will come at a grave cost.

  I invite hon. Members to refer to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for South Cambridgeshire (Pippa Heylings) for her commitment to our essential amendments, both in Committee and here today. I also thank the hon. Member for Na h-Eileanan an Iar (Torcuil Crichton), who has been incredibly supportive of our ambition for communities to benefit from renewable energy. I have one little correction: Tom Johnston, who invented the hydro boards, and the Labour Government did not actually put in place a proper system whereby local communities could benefit. They supplied a lot of power to the south and the cities, but it was of very little benefit to those of us living in the highlands, even then.

  The Under-Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, the hon. Member for Rutherglen (Michael Shanks), recently experienced a powerful story of community-driven energy on his visit to the island of Eigg. Just 25 years ago, Eigg’s residents, frustrated by years of poor management and a lack of investment, took matters into their hands and purchased their island. The Eigg buy-out succeeded in 1997, sparking what is now a beacon of self-sustained energy. Since then, Eigg has moved away from fossil fuels, becoming the world’s first island to generate 24-hour electricity from a variety of different renewables. This small community of just 110 people demonstrates the innovation and resilience that flourish when communities are empowered.

  Eigg’s journey is a true example of prioritising community ownership and how that drives forward sustainability and local resilience. To paraphrase the Under-Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, the hon. Member for Rutherglen (Michael Shanks), community involvement is critical, not a mere “nice to have”. If we are to build the infrastructure of the future, we must ensure that communities benefit directly. Community-driven projects are key to making that a reality, so let us follow Eigg’s lead and put the Government’s own words into action.

  Full debate: Great British Energy Bill

• 26 Sep 2023: Tweet

  Ed Davey’s conference speech. Cleverly building a narrative around his strengths. Record on climate change, ministerial experience of bringing energy prices down, bringing industry back to the U.K. also a focus on fixing our relationship with Europe. #LibDemConf #libdems https://twitter.com/LibDemDavid/status/1706669713613566259/photo/1 [Source]

• 20 Sep 2023: Tweet

  Surrendering a commitment to net zero hands the future to China. @EdwardJDavey showing his wealth of policy experience and vision for the future. Committing to net zero will help us to regain the initiative in developing new technologies and rebuilding our industrial base. https://twitter.com/BBCPolitics/status/1704513265198305437 [Source]

• 20 Sep 2023: Tweet

  Utterly appalling that the Conservatives are backtracking on net zero on the day that oil prices have reached a 2023 high. The Conservatives are betraying our tomorrows in a pitiful attempt to cling to power. Is there no low they won’t stoop to? https://twitter.com/LibDemDavid/status/1704517126659150127/photo/1 [Source]

• 30 May 2023: Tweet

  It’s Hay’s time to shine! A small town at the forefront of global intellectual debate. Rural communities are the frontiers of the climate crisis. They are suffering long term socioeconomic decline - time to change tracks and shape a more Liberal future. #libdems https://twitter.com/LibDemDavid/status/1663644661859196931/photo/1 [Source]

• 18 May 2023: Tweet

  I agree with @pipandnut! The Conservatives new trade deals are lowering food standards. The removal of the 12% tariff on palm oil flies in the face of our commitment to tackling climate change and meeting sustainability targets. What’s next? https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/sourcing/joining-the-cptpp-is-a-gateway-to-lower-food-standards/679161.article [Source]

• 16 May 2023: Tweet

  A real achievement by the Welsh Liberal Democrats. More support will be made available for farmers who wish to generate renewable energy on their land. https://twitter.com/WelshLibDems/status/1658529917095534592 [Source]

• 11 May 2023: Tweet

  The U.K. is paying the price for a government that has 1) failed to invest in renewable energy, therefore exposing us all to volatility in wholesale gas prices. 2) imposed new trade barriers just as the world was exiting covid lockdowns. Result? Persistent inflation. https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/1656621550844497920 [Source]

• 27 Mar 2023: Tweet

  The Liberal Democrats have a proven track record of delivering renewable energy and we called on the U.K. and Welsh governments to move faster with facilitating the transition to cleaner sources of energy. #libdems @LibDems [Source]

• 26 Feb 2023: Tweet

  This is such an exciting development. Brecon and Radnorshire is on the frontier of the fight against climate change and is very fortunate to have @bmc_college based here. https://twitter.com/DNCClimate/status/1629237985681063936 [Source]

• 27 Oct 2022: Tweet

  Further evidence that the Conservatives are not serious about tackling the climate emergency we’re facing. https://twitter.com/BBCPolitics/status/1585658873855315968 [Source]

• 12 Oct 2022: Tweet

  @IainCMcIntosh The Conservatives have been in power for the last 12 years. During that time they’ve closed our gas storage facilities, reducing our gas reserves, and cancelled the Swansea Tidal Bay Lagoon - a potential source of clean green energy. That’s the price of Conservative complacency. [Source]

• 12 Oct 2022: Tweet

  The Conservatives have never taken renewable energy seriously. We’re experiencing a cost of living crisis brought about by rising gas prices. Tory solution? Tax renewables! https://twitter.com/timfarron/status/1580117219400626181 [Source]

• 10 Aug 2022: Tweet

  Labour’s shadow education minister using her TV slot today on Sky News to criticise Ed Davey for his tenure as Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change. An utterly bizarre line of attack given the crisis we’re facing. #libdems https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-We-1gH0Mlk&feature=youtu.be [Source]

• 26 Jul 2022: Tweet

  A reminder of when @EdwardJDavey successfully defended the green levy from Conservatives while he was the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change. A party that wants to remove the green levy is not serious about tackling climate change #libdems https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/oct/25/ed-davey-green-levy-energy [Source]

• 26 Jul 2022: Tweet

  4) Neither was strong on climate change. Truss said she would scrap the green levy - an 8% charge on our energy bills used to fund renewable energy projects so that we can wean ourselves off our reliance on natural gas. Soaring gas prices are the cause of rising energy bills. [Source]

• 15 Jul 2022: Tweet

  As a trained economist and successful minister for climate change and energy, @EdwardJDavey is the perfect lib dem leader to beat any of these potential Conservative candidates in 2024. @LibDems #libdems https://twitter.com/LibDemDavid/status/1548036302993403906/photo/1 [Source]

• 02 Nov 2021: Tweet

  Liberals believe in working together across national borders in the general interest of humankind. International cooperation is in our DNA. That’s why we’re the party best placed to tackle the climate emergency. #climate #libdems #G20Summit https://twitter.com/standardnews/status/1455193471829041159 [Source]

• 03 Mar 2021: Tweet

  Is there anything in this budget that will fix the big challenges facing our country? Nothing for social care. Little on the climate emergency. Little by way of tacking inequality. Message seems to be “we hope Sunak might be popular”. [Source]

• 30 Dec 2020: Tweet

  Ed Davey stars in a new film: “The Liberal”. And yeah. Too right we did @Conservatives. You’ve wasted the past five years on Brexit when we should have been tackling climate change, properly funding the police, education and fixing social care. https://twitter.com/dave4britain/status/1344350768724385792/photo/1 [Source]

• 29 Nov 2020: Tweet

  Before we task Liberalism with finding us the answers to the modern world's problems, we have to settle on the questions. I'd ask it how to handle: regional inequality, stagnating wages, climate change, an ageing population, loneliness. [Source]

• 18 Nov 2020: Tweet

  The Prime Minister needs to stop greenwashing and start taking the climate emergency seriously. In contrast to this paltry sum, France and Germany have agreed to spend 3 and 4 times this amount respectively. One day’s worth of newspaper articles won’t solve the problem https://twitter.com/EdwardJDavey/status/1328949092748242945 [Source]

• 11 Oct 2020: Tweet

  And how many other national issues would local government be better at solving if given the correct powers and funding? Housing ???? Climate Change ???? Industrial strategies ???? So many others too. https://twitter.com/EdwardJDavey/status/1315249762531237889 [Source]

• 11 Jul 2020: Tweet

  Closing statements: Layla says we need to win back young people. I called the first debate in years in the HoC on climate change...we need to rebalance our economy. Think of all 4 nations of the UK and win seats in Cardiff and Edinburgh. #libdems #libdemhustings [Source]

• 11 Jul 2020: Tweet

  Ed says yes this is in our constitution. I'm a big believer in council housing. We're building zero-carbon council houses in Kingston. This is a great vehicle for tackling poverty and tackling the climate emergency. We need a Beveridge 2. #libdems #libdemhustings @EdwardJDavey [Source]

• 11 Jul 2020: Tweet

  Ed begins: these are challenging times...covid,brexit, climate change. Take my green recovery plan...investing 150 billion with a green jobs guarantee. I can deliver on this because i've done it before. Waves 'Seeing Green' book, the book that inspired him to get into politics. [Source]

• 02 Jul 2020: Tweet

  Daisy Cooper backs Ed Davey. Says he has the vision to cut through on climate change and caring. She praises him also for being a grafter, the right person to bring the party with him. https://twitter.com/NewStatesman/status/1278675671670276098 [Source]

• 21 Jun 2020: Tweet

  Troubled times call for steady hands. @EdwardJDavey is an experienced politician with a great track record as Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change. I’m confident that he can carry us over the line in many of our target seats nationwide. #libdems https://twitter.com/LiberateTheUK/status/1274406022510260224 [Source]

• 18 Jun 2020: Tweet

  Lib Dems unveil £150bn green coronavirus recovery plan. A bold proposal to create new jobs to tackle the climate emergency and overcome the current economic quagmire. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jun/18/lib-dems-unveil-150bn-green-coronavirus-recovery-plan [Source]

• 04 Jun 2020: Tweet

  @hoochachook @EdwardJDavey Why would anyone vote for us to form a government again if we tell them that our last attempt was a total failure? Ed’s record in the department for climate change is something we should want to own! ???? [Source]

• 29 May 2020: Tweet

  Big thank you to @EdwardJDavey for joining @ndorsetlibdems. Ed keen to act on the cocktail of issues facing rural communities: economic depression, Brexit uncertainty and climate change. Older generations have been betrayed and younger ones ignored. https://twitter.com/dave4britain/status/1266468931302277122/photo/1 [Source]

• 06 May 2020: Tweet

  @HaryMcormack198 @sjk_42 Decarbonising capitalism requires rewriting the rules for the financial sector, which a government can do. A green industrial revolution requires many things a government can’t do. One is a deliverable policy, the other isn’t. [Source]

• 06 May 2020: Tweet

  @sjk_42 @HaryMcormack198 Decarbonising capitalism refers to stopping the financing of harmful economic activity, such as funding mining companies in S America. I’m less clear on the specifics of the green industrial revolution but presume both would push govt initiatives like the Green investment bank [Source]

• 06 May 2020: Tweet

  @HaryMcormack198 Sorry but I disagree there. Green industrial revolution means nothing at all. Decarbonising capitalism means something. Ed gave a talk on it on a Friday night in Dorset and 300 people turned up. About 10 new members joined. [Source]

• 06 Jan 2020: Tweet

  Liberal of the day is @HakimaElHaite. President of Liberal International. Secret skill: tackling climate change through international diplomacy. She also once told me that my French was terrible, which is true! ???????? ???????? [Source]

• 10 Dec 2019: Tweet

  @DorsetWildlife Firstly, the @libdems would reopen the department for climate change so that government resources are directed to the creation and implementation of environmental policies. It was closed in 2015 by the Conservatives. #VoteLibDems #dave4ndorset #ge2019 [Source]

• 10 Dec 2019: Tweet

  Firstly, reopen the department for climate change so that government resources are directed to the creation and implementation of environmental policies. It was closed in 2015 by the Conservatives. https://twitter.com/DorsetWildlife/status/1200080699446976513 [Source]

• 29 Nov 2019: Tweet

  I've taken @friends_earth's #ClimateActionPledge. If elected I'll put the climate first when I vote in parliament. We're in a #ClimateEmergency and must rapidly cut greenhouse gas emissions for a greener and fairer society. #ClimateElection https://twitter.com/friends_earth/status/1197909254277095426/photo/1 #dave4ndorset [Source]

• 22 Nov 2019: Tweet

  The only way to tackle the climate emergency is through immediate government action, accompanied by mass citizen participation via local communities. North Dorset is fortunate to have @PShaftesbury leading the charge. Thank you for organising yesterday’s hustings! #LibDems [Source]

• 12 Nov 2019: Tweet

  I’m 27. We have been dealt a terrible hand. Without urgent action to tackle the climate emergency we will go extinct. Leaving the European Union is the worst way to begin ending climate change. #LibDems #dave4ndorset Thank you @GandSNews https://twitter.com/GandSNews/status/1193988324299554822 [Source]

• 08 Nov 2019: Tweet

  Thank you @Valley_News! Our best start for tackling the climate emergency will be to stop brexit and remain in the European Union. @EdwardJDavey #LibDems #dave4ndorset https://twitter.com/New_ValleyNews/status/1192745126365450240 [Source]

• 07 Nov 2019: Tweet

  The Conservatives closed down the Department for Energy and Climate Change. @Simon4NDorset has an abysmal voting record on tackling the climate emergency. My generation cannot afford to leave him in power. We will pay for it with our lives. #LibDems https://twitter.com/Dave4NDorset/status/1192461994743472128/photo/1 [Source]

• 06 Nov 2019: Tweet

  Imagine the government we would have if we pulled this off. We would see electoral reform and immediate action on tackling the climate emergency. Working together to get the job done. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-50325815 #LibDems [Source]

• 03 Nov 2019: Tweet

  A full room for @EdwardJDavey last night at the @ExchangeDorset! Thank you for a practical and thorough walk through on how to decarbonise capitalism, tackle the climate emergency, and why it’s so vital that we stay in the EU to do so. #LibDems https://twitter.com/Dave4NDorset/status/1190898492279074816/photo/1 [Source]

• 31 Oct 2019: Tweet

  Looking forward to listening to a true expert discussing how to decarbonise capitalism! @EdwardJDavey will be at the Exchange in Sturminster Newton from 17:30-19:00. Free entry! @LibDems @ExchangeDorset https://twitter.com/ndorsetlibdems/status/1189878434601848832 [Source]

• 15 Oct 2019: Tweet

  Want to tackle climate change? Come along to Marnhull ecoday this Saturday! #ClimateChange #ClimateAction https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/eco-day-in-marnhull-tickets-70604615305 [Source]

• 12 Oct 2019: Tweet

  0% score from the @guardian for his voting record on climate change. @Simon4NDorset . Apalling. North Dorset needs a new generation with fresh energy, ideas and a vested interest in the future. I’ll do it. Here’s my team! #dave4ndorset #LibDems https://twitter.com/Dave4NDorset/status/1183102131429171200/photo/1 https://twitter.com/dorsetnative/status/1182947485641297921 [Source]

• 06 Oct 2019: Tweet

  4) Finally, on 14 Mar 2016 @Simon4NDorset voted against requiring a strategy for carbon capture and storage for the energy industry and against setting a decarbonisation target for the UK. I presume that Wednesday’s event will be a 2 hour apology session? https://twitter.com/Simon4NDorset/status/1180952410388389890 [Source]

• 06 Oct 2019: Tweet

  1) Does @Simon4NDorset think that nobody in Dorset can check his voting record on climate change? He has one of parliament’s worst records on climate change. Check the link to assess his voting record for yourselves. https://www.publicwhip.org.uk/mp.php?mpid=41904&dmp=1030 https://twitter.com/Simon4NDorset/status/1180952410388389890 [Source]

• 06 Oct 2019: Tweet

  1) Does @Simon4NDorset think that nobody can check his voting record? He he has one of parliament’s worst records on climate change. Check the link to assess his voting record for yourselves. https://www.publicwhip.org.uk/mp.php?mpid=41904&dmp=1030 https://twitter.com/ListenToAlfred/status/1180910304236060674 [Source]

• 18 Sep 2019: Tweet

  I listened carefully to @MollyMEP talking at the #RemainerNow event on Sunday evening. There is so much we agree on. Brexit is a human catastrophe that stops us from tackling the climate catastrophe. #libdems #green #greenlibdems https://twitter.com/Dave4NDorset/status/1174433275957452800/photo/1 [Source]

• 18 Sep 2019: Tweet

  I was with @TRISTANPASCOE on Monday morning to discuss the Liberal Democrats’ plan to stop brexit and focus on other issues, such as lifelong learning. At conference we also pledged to tackle the climate emergency and protect music venues #LibDems https://twitter.com/Dave4NDorset/status/1174237493316730880/photo/1 [Source]

• 04 Sep 2019: Tweet

  Sajid David just offered to spend £30 million to get us to net zero. by contrast the Liberal Democrats would pass a Zero-Carbon Britain Act to set new legally binding targets to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by 2040 and to zero by 2050. [Source]

• 20 Jul 2019: Tweet

  “Politics and capitalism are the main barriers to stopping climate change”. @EdwardJDavey speaking at the social liberal forum. [Source]