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HANSARD Local Power PlanMy hon. Friend speaks with great eloquence on these issues. I am very interested in the power, introduced under the Infrastructure Act 2015, to give local community groups the…10 Feb 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt sounds really exciting, and one of us will visit.10 Feb 2026HANSARD Local Power PlanI thank my hon. Friend for that question. Briefly, there are three important aspects to this: first, communities can have lower bills for their community centres and local…10 Feb 2026HANSARD Local Power PlanThe right hon. Gentleman will know that there is a planning process for all projects. I would gently point out to him—not specifically on his project, because I want to make a…10 Feb 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend speaks with great eloquence on these issues. As she knows, that is the great thing about the Climate Change Act 2008, which was passed with the support of all…10 Feb 2026HANSARD Local Power PlanMy hon. Friend makes an important point. As a super nerd, I am very interested in that kind of impact analysis. Sometimes Governments do things but do not track their impact, so…10 Feb 2026HANSARDHousehold Energy BillsMy hon. Friend is right to draw attention to this important issue. As part of our warm homes plan, we are going to set up a warm homes agency to give people proper information,…10 Feb 2026HANSARDWarm Homes PlanMy hon. Friend puts it very well. We are turning the page on a decade of failure. It is really important that the public know that we get the scale of the crisis that they are…21 Jan 2026HANSARDWarm Homes PlanI half thank the hon. Lady for her questions. On the second question, by anyone’s reckoning, this is a very substantial investment. It is multiple times more than was invested in…21 Jan 2026HANSARDWarm Homes PlanMy hon. Friend asks a really important question, and I want to tell him a nerdy fact. I like nerdy facts; it is in character. Nearly half the people on the boiler upgrade scheme…21 Jan 2026HANSARDWarm Homes PlanAny cases should be brought to the attention of the Under-Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, my hon. Friend the Member for Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West…21 Jan 2026HANSARDWarm Homes PlanThis scheme is really important for Wales. It will have a great impact, even if we take just the boiler upgrade scheme. We are determined to work with the Welsh Government to make…21 Jan 2026HANSARDWarm Homes PlanOn my hon. Friend’s first point, we want to use local partnerships that are already in place. On ECO installers, that is the work that the Under-Secretary of State for Energy…21 Jan 2026HANSARDWarm Homes PlanI thought that for the first time in 20 years, we were going to agree completely, and we nearly got there. However, three-quarters agreement is better than we have done in 20…21 Jan 2026HANSARDWarm Homes PlanMy hon. Friend makes a really important point. I was with all the mayors on Monday, talking to them about their role in the warm homes plan. Local authorities and regional mayors…21 Jan 2026HANSARDWarm Homes PlanMy hon. Friend makes a really important point about the fragility of consumer confidence. We have to support it. The point of the oversight group that the Under-Secretary of State…21 Jan 2026HANSARDWarm Homes PlanI thank the hon. Gentleman for his important question. The Minister for energy consumers met the Minister for Communities yesterday to talk about how we can work together—for…21 Jan 2026HANSARDWarm Homes PlanI congratulate my hon. Friend on convening people locally on the crucial issue of the cost of living crisis. I am sure that that will be a really effective and important event.…21 Jan 2026HANSARDWarm Homes PlanAs an MP with park homes in my constituency, I am very sympathetic to the issues facing people who live in park homes. To give the hon. Lady a proper answer, I will take that away…21 Jan 2026HANSARDWarm Homes PlanMy hon. Friend is right. Small businesses are eligible for the boiler upgrade scheme and there is a substantial investment in that. We want them to benefit from the solar loans,…21 Jan 2026