Iran-Israel Conflict
Debate between Nusrat Ghani and Christine Jardine(6 days, 23 hours ago)
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Madam Deputy Speaker (Ms Nusrat Ghani)
Order. We have only another 15 minutes to go, so long questions are just taking away time from other colleagues.
Christine Jardine (Edinburgh West) (LD)
I thank the Foreign Secretary for his statement and welcome in particular the measures about bolstering our consular support. He has also made reference to our assets and the hundreds of thousands of British citizens in the wider region. What reassurance can he give us that their wellbeing is being thought about and that preparations are being made, should the conflict escalate further?
North Sea Energy
Debate between Nusrat Ghani and Christine Jardine(3 months, 2 weeks ago)
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Madam Deputy Speaker (Ms Nusrat Ghani)
I keep repeating myself: short questions please.
Christine Jardine (Edinburgh West) (LD)
As someone with two generations of their family who have depended on the North sea oil and gas industry, I know that we have to move away from fossil fuels and that we have to drive forward to the just transition, but we must also recognise that we are not there yet and that this is not the moment to push the industry off a cliff. It is declining naturally. We are leaving ourselves in a position where we will still need oil, so will we import it? We will need gas for hydrogen production, plastics, chemicals and pharmaceuticals. All of that is necessary. We also face a threat from the Chinese trying to infiltrate our renewables, so what are the Government going to do about that?