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The landmark Energy Security Bill, announced as part of the Queen's Speech, will be introduced into Parliament today by Business and Energy Secretary Kwasi ...

The Bill will rectify this to allow the NSTA to identify and prevent a potentially undesirable change of control before it happens. The Review of the Electricity Market Arrangements (REMA), announced in the British Energy Security Strategy, is ongoing and ministers will set out options for reform this Summer. The Energy Security Bill will help to ensure the UK’s long-term energy supply and a cheaper and cleaner system overall. The CCSA has worked with the UK government on a credible investment framework for CCUS deployment and we are pleased to see the Energy Security Bill laid in Parliament today to implement it. As committed to in the Energy White Paper, new legislation will enable the removal of obligation thresholds under the scheme without creating significant financial and administrative burden for small suppliers. 13. Take back control of powers given to the EU on the energy performance of buildings. The energy codes cover everything from how buyers and sellers must interact in commercial markets to the technical specifications required to connect to the grid. With record levels of electric vehicles, renewable energy capacity and heat pumps being introduced, alongside new technologies such as low carbon hydrogen, the role of our energy networks in integrating these technologies into the energy system has never been more important. To prevent fuel supply disruption, such as from industrial action, malicious protest and for reasons of national security, the Bill gives the Secretary of State powers to pre-emptively prevent potential disruption to the downstream oil sector. Measures included in the Bill, such as those encouraging the deployment of heat networks and driving down the cost of ultra-efficient electric heat pumps, will help scale up the installation of key clean technologies for the future – reducing the UK’s dependency on global fossil fuel markets and exposure to volatile gas prices. Today’s Bill is the latest reform to bolster energy security and follows the Nuclear Energy (Financing) Act which received Royal Assent earlier this year. This is the biggest reform of our energy system in a decade.

The importance of the pilot ladder, by Bill Evans, Inspector of Marine Accidents.

When a combination of accommodation and pilot ladder is being used, the lower platform of the accommodation ladder must be horizontal and secured to the ship’s side so that the pilot can safely transition between the two. On some larger container vessels, a trapdoor arrangement is used, in which case the pilot ladder must extend above the platform to ensure that the marine pilot can safely transfer. To rig a pilot ladder correctly, it must be secured to strong points on the ship’s deck by a rope stopper attached to the ladder’s side ropes.

Speech delivered by the International Trade Secretary at Invest Africa's Africa Debate, at the Guildhall in London on the UK's trade relationship with ...

We will make a real difference to millions of people’s lives, today and for generations to come. If we take full advantage of this opportunity, I have every confidence that we will together, not only increase prosperity and create new growth. I’ll really like to take this opportunity to commend him for the way he is stewarding this incredibly important initiative. Yet we forget at our peril about the people behind those statistics – the jobs created, the businesses built, the lives changed. Strong businesses generate prosperity for the whole country here to. This could boost intra African trade by over 50% and lift 100 million people out of poverty. like those in Africa. Major firms like Nigeria’s Paystack, South Africa’s Yoco, not to mention Chipper Cash, are connecting millions of consumers and entrepreneurs to the global financial system. However, Africa of course will truly come into its own economically when it trades more with itself. By contrast, Europe’s will have contracted. The second element of the UK-Africa trading partnership is the need to ensure the free trade of goods and services. First, it’s about investment.

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