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HANSARD Offshore WindMy hon. Friend speaks very knowledgeably on these issues and he is absolutely right. We changed the auction design not just to be able to see the so-called bid stack, which they…14 Jan 2026HANSARD Offshore WindMy hon. Friend speaks so well on these issues and he is so right. This is about energy sovereignty and our security as a country. When the Conservatives were in government, at…14 Jan 2026HANSARD Offshore WindI agree with my hon. Friend. I am old enough to remember Boris Johnson, and he used to trumpet the potential of this. He used to talk about it as the future and how it was going…14 Jan 2026HANSARD Offshore WindThose are incredibly important technologies, and we need to do more to help bring down their cost. Tidal schemes will be in the next auction pot, and we are continuing to look at…14 Jan 2026HANSARD Offshore WindI fear that securing time in the House is way above my pay grade. [Interruption.] I promise that it is. Let me say more generally to the right hon. Lady that I agree with her, and…14 Jan 2026HANSARD Offshore WindI look forward to having conversations with my hon. Friend. I think that there are huge opportunities for Scotland, and the Government intend to maximise them.14 Jan 2026HANSARD Offshore WindI have a long-standing promise, which I will fulfil— [ Interruption. ] Everyone seems to know about that promise to visit my hon. Friend’s constituency to see what GE Vernova is…14 Jan 2026HANSARD Offshore WindWith the greatest respect, I trust our analysts in my Department more than I do the hon. Gentleman when it comes to arithmetic. As he is somebody who I think has had an interest…14 Jan 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe affordability crisis is the No. 1 issue facing families across our country. That is why we have acted to take £150 of costs off bills for all families, with an additional £150…06 Jan 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI can absolutely rule out that we are going to introduce new levies to the energy system in the warm homes plan. Those reports are complete nonsense. I can tell the shadow…06 Jan 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI congratulate Hackney council—Labour-led Hackney council—on the brilliant job it is doing on green energy. Unlike some who just talk about it, the council is actually delivering,…06 Jan 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI wish the hon. Lady a happy new year, but I find that question a bit churlish. We have produced a world-leading plan for the North sea, which combines the just transition—the…06 Jan 2026HANSARDEnergy Jobs: Yorkshire and the HumberFirst of all, what happened at Lindsey—we should be clear that the responsibility lies with the owner, which ran the business into the ground—is tragic for the workers and their…06 Jan 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt sounds like a really interesting project. My hon. Friend is absolutely right that there are huge opportunities. Opportunities abound when it comes to co-operation with our near…06 Jan 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady makes an important point, which is that we need to make sure we take advantage of co-operating with our European neighbours. One way we can do that is the internal…06 Jan 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady asks an important question. As part of the warm homes plan, we are putting in an additional £1.5 billion of public investment and replacing the ECO scheme, which I…06 Jan 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsDon’t tempt me, Mr Speaker—don’t tempt me! I want to briefly make one point. In the warm homes plan, which will come soon, we will be making £15 billion of public investment to…06 Jan 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsYes; my hon. Friend is entirely right. Home-grown clean power is what will give us energy security.06 Jan 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsFurther to that point of order, Mr Speaker. I am happy to respond, because we are going to deal in the facts. Bills were lower in 2025 than in 2024 in real terms, and the price…06 Jan 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is a brilliant advocate for his constituency, and indeed for Blackpool. I would be very happy to meet him to talk about how we can ensure that the jobs that those…06 Jan 2026