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HANSARDDraft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026I think what the hon. Gentleman is saying is that the impact assessment makes it clear that consumers will face higher costs. The question I am putting to him is what that will…27 Jan 2026HANSARDDraft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026If I am wrong and the Labour party has an assessment for what the order will do to energy bills, perhaps the hon. Member can give us the numbers. I suspect that he will not be…27 Jan 2026HANSARDDraft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026I will make some progress, unless the hon. Member has an answer on energy bills.27 Jan 2026HANSARDDraft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Desmond. I am sure that Members will have been hanging on to the Minister’s every word, but they may not have made it…27 Jan 2026HANSARDDraft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026I appreciate the Minister’s graciousness in understanding our concern for industry. His priority is decarbonisation, but I am sure he will understand the very real risk that it is…27 Jan 2026HANSARDDraft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026It is absolutely extraordinary that the hon. Member does not accept that a higher price of carbon imposed on the production of goods in this country will raise costs. The cost of…27 Jan 2026HANSARDDraft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026Originally, the choice was between coal and gas, but there is no coal in the system anymore; there is only gas. Even in the Minister’s clean power plans, gas is the dispatchable…27 Jan 2026HANSARDDraft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026Will the Minister give way?27 Jan 2026HANSARD Offshore WindGas is falling!14 Jan 2026HANSARD Offshore WindI thank the Secretary of State for advance sight of his statement. What the Secretary of State has done today has given a massive boost to the profits of multimillion-pound energy…14 Jan 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe rumours are that the Secretary of State is pitching himself to be the next Chancellor. He did not rule out taxes on people heating their homes for this Parliament, he is…06 Jan 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is freezing cold outside, and people are worried about their energy bills, yet on top of all the other costs the Secretary of State has lumped on to people’s bills, it is…06 Jan 2026HANSARDGas-fired Power StationsHappy new year, Mr Speaker. This is just nonsense on stilts from the Secretary of State, and we know this because the biggest AI company in the world has said that it will need…06 Jan 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsJennifer Melle, a black nurse with a faultless record, was racially abused by a convicted paedophile for correctly referring to his biological sex in a medical context. She was…10 Dec 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI appreciate the Secretary of State’s willingness to meet Jennifer. Does the Secretary of State believe that an eight-year-old child with autism can consent to a medical pathway…10 Dec 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsThat was a fine performance, but anyone listening to it out there will think that the Secretary of State is in cloud cuckoo land. The Government have taxed working families up the…01 Dec 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsWe can exchange quotes, but the hon. Gentleman might want to— [ Interruption. ] Let me respond. He can go and check the quotes of the most respected energy economist in the…01 Dec 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsLet us talk about that £150. If someone has a gas boiler, the figure is £130. I remind the Secretary of State that that is almost everybody in the country. Oh yes, and if they pay…01 Dec 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsWe have a fundamental difference in belief. Labour Members believe the best way out of poverty is welfare; I think the best way is jobs and growth, but the Government are killing…01 Dec 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsLet me make this point to the hon. Gentleman. The average person on benefits in work is working 20 hours, sometimes less. Why should a family with kids who are not well off and…01 Dec 2025