This week, I re-introduced the Local Electricity Bill to Parliament.
The Bill would support the growth of community energy schemes and make it easier for small-scale renewable energy generators to sell the energy they generate.
Some readers won’t have heard of All Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs). They lack the status and influence of select committees, and there are several hundred of them, in contrast to the 20 or so committees that scrutinise government departments.
I know a significant number of readers will have additional people to cook for this Christmas. Oxfordshire is one of the places that has welcomed one of the highest numbers of Ukrainian refugees, thanks to the generosity of local people.
