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HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Government have published a draft strategy and policy statement for energy policy that makes clear Ofgem’s role in promoting the UK’s net zero targets. However, we are…23 May 2023HANSARDGrid CapacityThis Government are determined to face up to the challenges that we have. We have moved forward at such pace, having inherited a disgraceful situation in terms of how much…23 May 2023HANSARDGrid CapacityMy watch began only in February. However, I believe the United Kingdom is a victim of its own success, as this is what happens when new renewable electricity production is…23 May 2023HANSARDGrid CapacityWe will jointly publish a connections action plan with Ofgem in the summer, setting out actions by the Government, Ofgem and industry to accelerate connections and reform queue…23 May 2023HANSARDGrid CapacityI am very happy to give the hon. Member that assurance. We are doing everything we can, working with Ofgem, companies, providers and other organisations, to ensure that the grid…23 May 2023HANSARDGrid CapacityThe Government are working with Ofgem, network companies and others to increase network capacity. This includes Ofgem accelerating strategic transmission projects worth £20…23 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I am happy to clarify that the economic regulator to which I and the Bill refer is of course Ofgem. Appeal to the CMA relates to what I have just discussed: occasions when there…23 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [Lords]I will not give way, due to time. Members expressed concerns about coal. I reassure Members that we are committed to ensuring that coal has no part to play in our future power…09 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [Lords]I will write to my hon. Friend on that specific issue immediately following the debate, once I have the answer from both the Department for Transport and the Department for Energy…09 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [Lords]I begin by thanking Members for their considered contributions to the debate. It has been encouraging to hear broad support for the Bill—I hope it sets a precedent—and that…09 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Transition Projects in ScotlandAbsolutely not. I have gone through in detail exactly what we are doing in Scotland. Indeed, his colleague, the hon. Member for Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East (Stuart…18 Apr 2023HANSARDEnergy Transition Projects in ScotlandWe are absolutely committed to building a UK-based supply chain, and that includes, of course, new jobs in Scotland. I would be delighted to meet my Scottish Government…18 Apr 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsYes.18 Apr 2023HANSARDEnergy Transition Projects in ScotlandThe hon. Member is absolutely right that there was a lot to take in, because the UK Government are doing so much to support Scotland’s energy transition. On Acorn, he does not…18 Apr 2023HANSARDEnergy Transition Projects in ScotlandI am afraid I have to take all that with a massive pinch of salt. Now it turns out that the SNP is against a windfall tax on the oil and gas industry, when it had been campaigning…18 Apr 2023HANSARDEnergy Efficiency Measures: InstallationA decade of Tory failure? That is complete nonsense. We have had a 133.7% increase from 2010, when, by the way, we inherited a situation where only 14% of the country had EPC C…18 Apr 2023HANSARDEnergy Efficiency Measures: InstallationThe Government have made very good progress: 47% of homes in England have now reached the Government’s 2035 target of achieving EPC C levels, up from 14% in 2010—a 133.7%…18 Apr 2023HANSARDEnergy Efficiency Measures: InstallationI am terribly sorry, Mr Speaker.18 Apr 2023HANSARDTopical Questions—to get this country the greenest, cleanest electricity in Europe.18 Apr 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am very glad to hear about the successful funding bids in my hon. Friend’s constituency. These schemes will improve homes up and down the country, improving their energy…18 Apr 2023