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HANSARDTopical QuestionsLabour’s policy on the North sea will cost the country £12 billion in tax receipts, which would be enough to cover the winter fuel payment for many, many years. Pensioners will be…17 Dec 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy: Job CreationThe Labour party promised 650,000 jobs through Great British Energy, but the Secretary of State has endorsed a carbon tax of £147 in 2030—double the Department’s current forecast.…17 Dec 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThat is not my figure; it is a figure from industry—£12 billion in lost North sea tax receipts, in addition to £8 billion for an energy company that will not generate energy, and…17 Dec 2024HANSARDCOP29I thank the Secretary of State for advance sight of his statement. I echo his comments on Storm Bert and thank the emergency services for all that they have done to help those in…26 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am honoured to take on the role of shadow Minister for Equalities and I pay tribute to my predecessor, my right hon. Friend the Member for North West Essex (Mrs Badenoch), who…13 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsDuring the election campaign, the Conservative party committed to clarifying the definition of “sex” in the Equality Act 2010 to protect women’s rights. At the end of this month,…13 Nov 2024HANSARDClean Energy by 2030Last week, the National Energy System Operator published a full systems cost analysis of the Secretary of State’s flagship project to carbonise the grid by 2030. This morning, the…12 Nov 2024HANSARDClean Energy by 2030This is the ministerial team who told the electorate they were going to cut their bills by £300, without doing any homework to find out how those plans would work. They voted…12 Nov 2024HANSARDPoint of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. Ministers have repeatedly said today that the NESO report shows that their plans will lower energy bills, but page 78 of the report makes it clear…12 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Prime Minister is set to announce at the conference of the parties that he is making the UK’s already stringent carbon emission targets even higher. That is despite the fact…12 Nov 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy BillIt is nice to be back discussing Great British Energy, and on the day before the Budget, too. I am sure that Labour Members are worrying about what kind of horrors they will be…29 Oct 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy BillI beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.29 Oct 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy BillWhen we said that we could not support the Bill in its original form, it was because we had no detail to justify giving this Secretary of State a blank cheque for £8 billion of…29 Oct 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy BillI also thank the Minister for his work in Committee, but I am afraid we are not reassured. Labour Members have a clear opportunity to prove to their constituents that they will…29 Oct 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy BillI suggest the hon. Gentleman does some homework. We do not get our oil and gas from Putin. Instead, some 50% of our domestic gas supply comes from the North sea, which the party…29 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Secretary of State promised in the general election to cut everyone’s bills by £300 by 2030—a pledge he will not repeat now that he is in office. In fact, one of his first…08 Oct 2024HANSARDVAT: Independent SchoolsWill the hon. Member give way?08 Oct 2024HANSARDVAT: Independent SchoolsOne in four pupils in Surrey go to an independent school, including more than 4,000 pupils in my constituency, and many of those pupils have a special educational need. We have…08 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThere we have it: no apology; no recognition that it is the right hon. Gentleman’s Government’s decisions that are going to leave pensioners in the cold this winter. He has to…08 Oct 2024HANSARDCarbon Capture, Usage and StorageI thank the Secretary of State for giving me advance sight of his statement. While I welcome the news today, I am saddened, if not surprised, that he has not had the grace to…07 Oct 2024