Contributions
680 recent contributions in Hansard
HANSARDBudget 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 ResolutionsThe hon. Member makes an impassioned case, but why did Government Members not make it at the election? Why did the Government remove the Whip from seven Labour MPs who voted…01 Dec 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsYes!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 ResolutionsMy right hon. Friend is right, and here is the problem: this Budget might have made the Back Benchers happy, but it is not the Budget that they promised at the election. Let me…01 Dec 2025HANSARD COP30I thank the Secretary of State for advance sight of his statement. Let us be clear: when this Secretary of State resumed office, he decided to impose the most punishing climate…25 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsAt this COP, acres of the Amazon were chopped down so that the Secretary of State can lecture us about saving the planet. Can the Minister justify why his Government did not even…18 Nov 2025HANSARDWarm Home Discount: Fuel PovertyBut it is not the Government that are providing support; other households are doing so through their bills. The Minister should be honest about that. Even the chief executive of…18 Nov 2025HANSARDWarm Home Discount: Fuel PovertyDoes the Minister accept that 22 million households are seeing their bills go up to pay for this policy, which is a handout for 6 million households? Is that not like the…18 Nov 2025HANSARDSmall Modular Nuclear Reactor Power Station: WylfaIt is no secret that I am a fan of new nuclear in this country, so I welcome the progress on SMRs. If we are to have a strong economy and a good standard of life, we need…17 Nov 2025HANSARD EnergyThe hon. Gentleman just said that the costs of building more wind and solar farms had not fed through to bills. But if we look at Ofgem’s last price cap, we see that paying wind…12 Nov 2025HANSARD EnergyIt is not cheap!12 Nov 2025HANSARD EnergyI will make a bit more progress, because other Members want to get in. We heard a lot this morning about the different factions jostling to replace the Prime Minister, but I have…12 Nov 2025HANSARD EnergyThat is exactly right, and I will come on to that point in a moment. Everyone remembers those contracts. My hon. Friend is absolutely correct; the Secretary of State is signing us…12 Nov 2025HANSARD EnergyI will make a little more progress. The truth is that, with the winter fuel payment cut, the promise to cut bills by £300, shutting down the North sea and supposedly achieving…12 Nov 2025HANSARD EnergyAs the Chair of the Select Committee was happy to spend some time with me on this, I hope that the hon. Lady would be too, because she might learn something. Some 40% of our…12 Nov 2025HANSARD EnergyI thank my right hon. Friend, who is so knowledgeable on matters to do with energy. He is right: the only people who have not got the message are Labour Members, who are on the…12 Nov 2025HANSARD EnergyI beg to move, That this House calls on the Government to introduce a plan for cheap power by cutting public expenditure to remove the ‘Carbon Tax’ (UK Emissions Trading Scheme)…12 Nov 2025HANSARD EnergyThe hon. Gentleman is shaking his head, but nothing I have said there is factually incorrect.12 Nov 2025HANSARD EnergyMy hon. Friend is, as ever, an expert on this issue. If we look at the price cap and why it went up recently, it is those hidden costs. It was the balancing costs, paying wind…12 Nov 2025