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• 16 Nov 2024: Tweet

  RT @jreynoldsMP: Tackling climate change is a huge economic opportunity for Britain. This government is working to ensure every community… [Source]

• 29 Oct 2024: Parliamentary Speech

  I welcome the Report stage of the Bill, which will be the first to pass into law in this Parliament. Labour is delivering change within weeks of coming into office. The Bill has the potential to transform not just the way in which we produce power in this country and the impact that we have on our burning planet, but the way we live our lives. It could also have a transformative effect on the communities we serve. I commend the work of the Secretary of State and, in particular, of the Under-Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, my hon. Friend the Member for Rutherglen (Michael Shanks), who has seized the agenda and grasped the potential of that transformation, which could be huge. It will match the scale and ambition of Tom Johnson, the legendary Labour Secretary of State for Scotland who brought power to the glens through the creation of the hydroelectric dam schemes that are now part of the highland landscape.

  I start by thanking the Minister for how constructively he has worked with me, and by thanking the hon. Member for Na h-Eileanan an Iar (Torcuil Crichton) for his words just now. I also thank all the colleagues who have sat on the Great British Energy Bill Committee. It is encouraging that this legislation has been given a prime spot at the beginning of this Parliament, and I thank the Clerks and the Speaker’s Office for their diligent work in administering the Bill thus far, as well as all the Members who have taken the opportunity to represent their constituents’ aspirations and concerns regarding the Bill. As many Members know, this is my first Bill as spokesperson for energy security and net zero, and I have appreciated all the support I have been given.

  I also acknowledge colleagues from across the House who have lent their support to the amendments to which I am going to speak, and have also tabled their own. In particular, I recognise the contribution made by the hon. Member for Waveney Valley (Adrian Ramsay), whose amendment promotes a nature recovery duty. He will know that nature recovery is close to my heart, and that I raised that topic in Committee. Last week, I had the privilege of attending the UN conference on biodiversity in Cali, Colombia—a poignant reminder of how it is impossible to address climate change and energy security without tackling the nature emergency. National energy infrastructure must therefore be nature-positive and aligned with the obligations in the Environment Act 2021.

  As the Minister knows, the Liberal Democrats support the Bill in principle, because we want a nationwide energy system that will bring down energy bills and provide clean, green energy. Amendment 3, which stands in my name, would guarantee that Great British Energy is established within six months of the Bill becoming law. We all know that as a result of the Conservative Government’s delay and dither, we are not on track to meet our ambitious targets.

  Amendment 4 also seeks to capitalise on our unique opportunity to be world-leading in renewable energy, which the Lib Dems know from our own track record. We must ensure that Great British Energy is duty-bound to support those activities. If renewable energy and home insulation can be rolled out at speed so that we can meet those vital climate targets, that will reduce energy demand, bring down energy bills and provide green, future-proofed, well-paid jobs for the UK.

  Full debate: Great British Energy Bill

• 29 Oct 2024: Tweet

  Looking forward to working on the Energy Security and Net Zero committee and on some of the biggest issues affecting our future. https://twitter.com/commonsesnz/status/1851237602273202470 [Source]

• 15 Oct 2024: Tweet

  Thanks to Labour colleagues for electing me to the Commons Energy and Net Zero committee, scrutinising government and industry as we ensure the transition to clean power has communities at its heart and creates and protects jobs. https://x.com/Torcuil/status/1846268559145705515/photo/1 [Source]

• 26 Jul 2024: Parliamentary Speech

  I congratulate you, Madam Deputy Speaker, on your appointment, and it is an honour to follow the hon. Member for Mid Buckinghamshire (Greg Smith) and to hear so many other maiden speeches today. They make faraway places such as East Thanet and Lowestoft, with which in fact my constituency has old herring connections, seem closer to us. It has also been a pleasure to hear so many maiden speeches this week from my 35 fellow new Scottish Labour MPs. I realise that that number somewhat brackets the Under-Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, my hon. Friend the hon. Member for Rutherglen (Michael Shanks), who blazed a trail for us. I am delighted to see him on the Front Bench, just as I am delighted to see my hon. Friend the Member for Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West (Martin McCluskey) bar the doors so that everyone has to hear what I am about to inflict upon them.

  Of course, we are connected; we are not in the middle of nowhere but at the heart of the Atlantic. We have the wealth of wind that will deliver the benefit of jobs, growth and energy security for this country in years to come. Those Atlantic islands and the western seaboard are what will give GB Energy meaning and reality in that transition from east to west, away from the North sea and away from the myth that we will not be there in another two generations. Two generations of my constituents have earned energy security for this country from the North sea, and two generations more will continue as we make that just transition to renewables.

  Full debate: Making Britain a Clean Energy Superpower

• 29 Mar 2023: Tweet

  Why is there no Cabinet Secretary for Transport in the new Scottish cabinet? Previously there was a Minister for ‘Net Zero, Energy & Transport’ now the Transport title has gone from any brief. Is it because its just embarrassing? http://www.hebrides-news.com/south-uist-ferry-withdrawn-for-six-weeks-29323.html [Source]

• 28 Oct 2022: Tweet

  33mm of rain in 3 hours this morning on South Uist, unprecedented flooding on an island that knows climate change is real - get ye to Cop27 @RishiSunak . https://twitter.com/TMairiAnndra/status/1585972449904152576 [Source]

• 13 Nov 2021: Tweet

  “Notes with concern” the lack of finance to fight climate change …latest Cop26 draft is out https://twitter.com/Torcuil/status/1459450674735992834/photo/1 [Source]

• 10 Nov 2021: Tweet

  Inside the green zone at cop26- a good humoured demo by delegates it looks like https://twitter.com/Torcuil/status/1458415614687694853/video/1 [Source]

• 11 Oct 2021: Tweet

  Climate change demo outside Downing Street https://twitter.com/Torcuil/status/1447514881691901955/photo/1 [Source]

• 01 Apr 2020: Tweet

  First they came for the rail franchises...by the end of the this we'll be booking flights on http://gov.uk airlines. That is if we opt to carry on taking environmentally unfriendly holidays and business trips. After this crisis the climate crisis has to be looked at too https://twitter.com/airlivenet/status/1245376204355645442 [Source]

• 30 Mar 2020: Tweet

  SECC in Glasgow, due to be venue for COP26 climate change conference, will be turned into a temporary hospital with 300 additional beds and potential capacity for 1000, FM confirms. Not needed right now says @NicolaSturgeon but sensible to prepare. [Source]

• 10 Mar 2020: Tweet

  Peace in our time. Scottish government climbdown in flag-flying row with the UK Gov over using Glasgow science centre as the base for Cop26 UN climate change conference. @andydphilip has the story: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/snp-climate-conference-climb-down-21668409 [Source]

• 13 Feb 2020: Tweet

  Alok Sharma MP to Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. He will also be Minister for COP26. People say he doesn't know anything about environment. More importantly he doesn't know the first thing about how the SNP operate and the turf war over Glasgow conf. is far from over. [Source]

• 04 Feb 2020: Tweet

  Sturgeon steps in to try and douse a forest fire of a row between ScotGov & UKgov over climate change conference and her part in it. Johnson said to have rejected giving FM a role with some "salty language". https://twitter.com/NicolaSturgeon/status/1224622359967162368 [Source]

• 04 Feb 2020: Tweet

  @NicolaSturgeon Sacked climate adviser Claire O Neill adds Glasgow "city council amazing" but in the "playground politics" between Johnson & UK Sturgeon she claims "Scottish gov behaved disgracefully, for ex, contracting buildings that are on the Cop site that should be available to conference" [Source]

• 04 Feb 2020: Tweet

  Claire O'Neill blows lid off toxic stand-off between UK and Scot gov over COP26 Climate summit.Says Johnson considered moving Nov conference from Glasgow because of lack of co-operation. Her suggestion that @NicolaSturgeon be offered a role dismissed by PM with "salty language". [Source]

• 13 Jan 2020: Tweet

  "By participating so eagerly in the mining boom, Australia might also have been helping to dig its own grave. Fossil fuels are driving climate change, a major factor behind the fires, water shortages and record temperatures that are ravaging the country." https://twitter.com/ACBerlin/status/1216741051358162947 [Source]

• 28 Nov 2019: Tweet

  Adam Price just won the climate change debate - he's going to move to washable nappies for his baby - and wash them, he promised! [Source]

• 23 Sep 2019: Tweet

  Wow, Ireland not to issue new oil exploration licences. Irish reserves small (maybe 2 bn barrels) compared to North Sea (maybe 20 bn). But climate crisis will start being taken seriously when mantra changes from "It's Scotland's oil" to "leave it in the ground" https://twitter.com/GreenpeaceUK/status/1176171087769559041 [Source]

• 01 May 2019: Tweet

  To tackle climate change we have to get serious about the sentiments of this speech. Chasing ever-rising GDP figures guarantees we'll burn the planet. A wellbeing measure sounds airy fairy but proper housing, green spaces and working less are good for env & reducing inequality https://twitter.com/ScotGovFM/status/1123536653329604608 [Source]

• 08 Mar 2019: Tweet

  Labour going green - Corbyn talking about climate change as a working class issue. McDonnell to major on that too, citing school strikers. [Source]

• 13 Jul 2018: Tweet

  @LangBanks @dpcarrington Presume that excludes peat, Lang, which if I remember vaguely, the Irish government managed to get off the list of fossil fuels at the Copenhagen climate change summit in 2009? [Source]

• 06 Jul 2018: Tweet

  Ha, @NicolaSturgeon just took a swipe at @realDonaldTrump over climate change and his opposition to wind turbines off coast of his Aberdeen golf course "These wind turbines just generated 1st electricity, soon they will be generating enough for almost 3/4 of homes in Aberdeen" [Source]

• 24 Jan 2018: Tweet

  Energy Minister @claireperrymp told MPs at Scottish Q that remote islands invited to bid for the next £560 million auction for renewable energy projects. Funding for subsea cables for Lewis, Orkney and Shetland if they can get their applications in order [Source]

• 10 Jun 2015: Tweet

  Angus MacNeil, SNP MP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar, to chair Commons Energy and Climate Change Committee. He was sole nominee. [Source]

• 04 Jun 2015: Tweet

  I hear name of @AngusMacNeilSNP for chair of energy and climate change committee. If so, item 1, point 1 - Western Isles interconnecter [Source]

• 30 Oct 2012: Tweet

  No, Ch4 news has a Dr Noah commenting on climate change [Source]

• 14 Dec 2009: Tweet

  Looked at getting the train to Copenhagen climate change summit - £350 and 16 hours. Flight from Stansted, £89 and 90 minutes. [Source]

• 27 Apr 2009: Tweet

  Climate change protesters chain themselves to Commons statue. See http://whitehall1212.blogspot.com/ [Source]