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HANSARDEnergy BillsMy hon. Friend makes a very important point, and does so in her articulate way. The big choice that we in this House face is this: is the way out of a fossil fuel crisis to double…02 Jun 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsFirst, I thank the shadow Secretary of State for her kind words about my mum. If you will allow me to say so, Mr Speaker, I feel incredibly sad to have lost her, but very lucky to…02 Jun 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend makes a really important point. If I might actually praise the previous Government, some of what they did on renewables has helped to reduce wholesale costs. The…02 Jun 2026HANSARDEnergy BillsThe price cap increase announced last week as a result of the war in Iran was deeply concerning news for families in my hon. Friend’s constituency. Tackling the cost of living…02 Jun 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsTony Blair has lots of interesting views. I am actually old enough to remember when Tony Blair was a great advocate of climate leadership in this country. Fundamentally, this…02 Jun 2026HANSARDClean PowerThe two renewables auctions under this Government have secured power for the equivalent of 23 million homes, and we are embarked on the biggest nuclear building programme for 50…02 Jun 2026HANSARDClean PowerMy hon. Friend is absolutely right, and I was pleased to sign that contract with Rolls-Royce in the past few weeks. We are world leaders in small modular reactors and this is a…02 Jun 2026HANSARDClean PowerThe hon. Gentleman raises an important point. I know that the Energy Minister has met him and the National Fire Chiefs Council to discuss this issue. We take the safety of battery…02 Jun 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe take this issue incredibly seriously, and we are talking to the Competition and Markets Authority to make sure that the pricing is fair. We continue to monitor this, and to…02 Jun 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend raises an important point. The strategic spatial energy plan, which will be coming out later this year, is designed precisely to ensure the kind of co-ordination…02 Jun 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsToday we have set out our proposal for the seventh carbon budget, as new research from CBI Economics shows that over a million workers are now supported by the UK’s net zero…02 Jun 2026HANSARDClean PowerMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. The central fact that we cannot get away from is that we are price takers not price makers when it comes to oil and gas, and that is the…02 Jun 2026HANSARDClean PowerFor reasons that the right hon. Gentleman will understand, I am not going to comment on individual planning decisions, because they have to go through the proper process, but I…02 Jun 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsNo matter how many times I tell the hon. Gentleman, he does not seem to get it: we are price takers, not price makers. Even the Conservatives, who want to drill every last drop,…02 Jun 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe right hon. Gentleman and I go back a long way, so I thought I would answer this one. It is important to look at the whole context of carbon emissions in projects, but if he…02 Jun 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the right hon. Lady for her kind words about my mum. Unfortunately, I cannot comment on the progress of planning applications, as she will know, but I will definitely pass…02 Jun 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am incredibly excited about this project between X-energy and Centrica—I have met both to talk about it. It is part of this Government overseeing the biggest nuclear building…02 Jun 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am afraid that the shadow Secretary of State is indulging in the worst sort of scaremongering to justify her anti-clean-energy agenda. It is incredibly sad what has happened to…02 Jun 2026HANSARDSetting the Seventh Carbon BudgetToday, I am laying before the House the draft carbon budget 7 order, which sets the seventh carbon budget, for the period from 2038 to 2042, at 535 MtCO2e (equivalent to a ~87%…02 Jun 2026HANSARDEnergy SecurityI will make a bit more progress. That is why we have already brought forward our next renewables auction and taken steps to fast-track the roll-out of renewables on public land.…19 May 2026