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HANSARDNational Energy System Operator: Blackout Risk(Urgent Question) : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero if he will make a statement on allegations from whistleblowers within the National Energy System…15 Jul 2026HANSARDNational Energy System Operator: Blackout RiskControl room operators at the National Energy System Operator have the life-or-death job of balancing our electricity supply and demand. If they do not get it right, we will have…15 Jul 2026HANSARDEnergy SecurityLast month, I asked the Secretary of State about the risk of blackouts from the increasing instability of our electricity grid, and he accused me of scaremongering. Since then, I…07 Jul 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsAccording to the press, the Secretary of State is applying for a new job, which means that he must be in need of references. Who will he ask first: the trade unions, who are…07 Jul 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsLet us look at the facts: bills went down £500 under me, but they have gone up £300 under him. The Secretary of State said that he has raked in investment, but that is because he…07 Jul 2026HANSARD Climate ChangeThe analysis that the hon. Gentleman points to refers to TIMES modelling. That is used for the baseline. A few pages away, its says that the TIMES modelling specifically does not…24 Jun 2026HANSARD Climate ChangeI thank the hon. Gentleman for his question. The question is, can we protect the environment, the economy and living standards? Is what the Government are proposing today going to…24 Jun 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Government’s Islamophobia definition is already being weaponised to shut down free speech, just as I warned it would. South Wales police tried to use it to effectively…24 Jun 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsAsking officers to record examples of an illegitimate criticism of Islam is nothing short of an assault on free speech. Let me try another issue: last night, Labour MPs voted to…24 Jun 2026HANSARD Climate ChangeToday, we are voting on something hugely consequential: a new net zero target that will allow Ministers and civil servants to control almost every part of the economy and the cost…24 Jun 2026HANSARD Climate ChangeI will happily give way for the hon. Gentleman to cite the figure.24 Jun 2026HANSARD Climate ChangeI note that the hon. Gentleman did not answer my question, because he does not have an answer. Let me answer his question: on an electricity bill, 25% of the cost is a wholesale…24 Jun 2026HANSARD Climate ChangeNo, I will pursue my argument. The vast majority of the costs on an electricity bill are not to do with wholesale prices. The question that I asked the hon. Member for Mid…24 Jun 2026HANSARD Climate ChangeLet me try this question: how many Members present can say, hand on heart, that they have read the impact assessment for this legislation?24 Jun 2026HANSARD Climate ChangeThe hon. Gentleman says that he has. Could he cite the number of jobs the legislation will create or lose in the overall economy?24 Jun 2026HANSARD Climate ChangeThe hon. Gentleman also did not answer my question on jobs. I inherited my party’s position on net zero. I made it clear from the outset that my priority was affordability for…24 Jun 2026HANSARD Climate ChangeWell, the hon. Gentleman could not answer the question on jobs. If he had read it, he would know that the Government’s own impact assessment admits that the modelling does not…24 Jun 2026HANSARD Climate ChangeIf the hon. Gentleman would like to tell us about the impact on jobs, he is more than welcome to do so.24 Jun 2026HANSARD Climate ChangeI will come to the evidence of the Climate Change Committee in a second, but first I note that once again, a Member from the Labour Benches cannot cite an overall figure on jobs—I…24 Jun 2026HANSARD Climate ChangeLook, I have given way to a number of hon. Members, and nobody has had an answer. Let me put this to them—24 Jun 2026