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Julian Lewis MP: speeches

4 Jul 2026–16 Oct 2026 · year in progress

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Speeches

  • 15 Sept 2026 · Saudi East-West Oil Pipeline · Hansard source
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    As the Minister seems to have run out of supportive Back Benchers, I shall endeavour to ask him a helpful and easy question. Accepting that it will be some years, to put it mildly, before we can eliminate our dependency on oil and gas, does he accept in principle that we are more secure if we exploit our own domestic oil and gas resources, rather than relying on imports from the middle east, which can so easily be blocked?

  • 15 Jul 2026 · National Energy System Operator: Blackout Risk · Hansard source
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    I have some sympathy with the Minister’s situation, because this is a highly technical issue, and presumably he will have been briefed to deal with this urgent question by the senior management at NESO—or at least they will have briefed the civil servants who briefed him. What is bothering me is the lack of independence in this process. It appears that the senior management made an all-staff call in which they denounced the whistleblowers as having let the company down. From what the Minister said, it appears that the firm that is going to conduct the inquiry is an independent legal firm, which will be paid by the senior management of NESO. Would it not be better, from the point of view of objectivity and transparency, for Ofgem to engage whoever is going to conduct this inquiry, not the very people whose own careers will be on the line if the whistleblowers are vindicated?

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4 Jul 2026–16 Oct 2026. Existing keyword taxonomy applied to official debate titles and contributions; a contribution may appear in more than one topic and unclassified records are retained.

View as listCommunities and local government: 6Communities and local government6Culture, media and sport: 2Culture, media and sport2Defence and foreign affairs: 10Defence and foreign affairs10Democracy and constitution: 3Democracy and constitution3Economy and business: 3Economy and business3Education and skills: 2Education and skills2Environment and energy: 2Environment and energy2Housing and planning: 2Housing and planning2Immigration and borders: 8Immigration and borders8Justice and policing: 4Justice and policing4Social security and pensions: 3Social security and pensions3Unclassified: 3Unclassified3
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4 Jul 2026–16 Oct 2026. Existing keyword taxonomy applied to official debate titles and contributions; a contribution may appear in more than one topic and unclassified records are retained. Published records do not measure effort or effectiveness. Methodology.
Department or topicPublished records
Communities and local government6
Culture, media and sport2
Defence and foreign affairs10
Democracy and constitution3
Economy and business3
Education and skills2
Environment and energy2
Housing and planning2
Immigration and borders8
Justice and policing4
Social security and pensions3
Unclassified3

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