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HANSARDNet Zero: Evidence-based PolicyThe Chair of the Select Committee speaks very wisely on this matter. The net zero economy grew three times faster than the economy as a whole last year. This is the growth…14 Oct 2025HANSARDNet Zero: Evidence-based PolicyNo, and British business roundly condemned the Conservatives when they came out with that argument. The hon. Gentleman should have a word with the right hon. Member for East…14 Oct 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy: Public Sector Renewable Energy UseEarlier this month, Great British Energy jointly funded 46 new community energy projects in Scotland, including an island solar farm, a community ice rink and a small community…14 Oct 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy: Public Sector Renewable Energy UseMy hon. Friend speaks very well about these issues. GB Energy is already taking advantage of the huge potential of clean energy, and hundreds of schools, hospitals and NHS sites…14 Oct 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy: Public Sector Renewable Energy UseMy hon. Friend is right, and I hope that the massive expansion to schools and hospitals that we have already ensured in 15 months is welcomed across the House.14 Oct 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy: Public Sector Renewable Energy UseThe hon. Gentleman says that we did not need GB Energy to do that, but the Conservatives never did it—not in 14 years. It is precisely through a publicly owned energy company that…14 Oct 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy: Public Sector Renewable Energy UseThis is really important. Public institutions face significantly high energy bills because of the legacy of the last Government. GBE, with its programme, is cutting those bills.…14 Oct 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy: Public Sector Renewable Energy UseThe Energy Minister says that he went on a profile-raising visit to the programme two weeks ago, so many more people now know about it, thanks to that. Indeed, even…14 Oct 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy: Public Sector Renewable Energy UseI have to say that I do not agree with the hon. Gentleman about the work that GB Energy is doing. When I talk to industry representatives, they say that GB Energy now plays a…14 Oct 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy: Public Sector Renewable Energy UseI congratulate the hon. Gentleman on being a school governor and on the work the school is doing. We can talk about the tangible benefits, but the wider point is that young people…14 Oct 2025HANSARDTackling Climate Change: International Co-operationIn the best traditions of the UK, we see it as our duty to work with other countries to tackle the climate crisis and protect future generations. It was British leadership that…14 Oct 2025HANSARDTackling Climate Change: International Co-operationI thank my hon. Friend for his question, and Ella for her interest in and enthusiasm for this incredibly important issue. Deforestation is a terrible thing for the planet, but it…14 Oct 2025HANSARDTackling Climate Change: International Co-operationPlastic waste is something that my colleagues in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs work on. I think my hon. Friend’s wider point is important. There is a…14 Oct 2025HANSARDTackling Climate Change: International Co-operationPart of what we are doing is devolving more of the funding around warm homes, for example, so that local authorities can play a leading role. I congratulate local authorities on…14 Oct 2025HANSARDTackling Climate Change: International Co-operationI welcome the hon. Gentleman’s question. Part of the answer here is that the economics have changed, so getting private finance into developing countries can make a massive…14 Oct 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsSince the last oral questions in July, we have reached a final investment decision for Sizewell C, creating 10,000 jobs, and surpassed the historic milestone of approving enough…14 Oct 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend raises the important issue of tidal energy. I am very aware of the assessment that NESO is conducting—obviously, our Department is working with it on that…14 Oct 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am afraid that the right hon. Lady’s question is economically illiterate, and that is putting it politely. The EU emissions trading scheme and the carbon border adjustment…14 Oct 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsDear, oh dear. I will be honest: I think it is sad what has happened to the right hon. Lady. When she was in government for a time, she was the great eco-champion. At COP26, she…14 Oct 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend makes a really important point, and not only about what the mayor has done and the effects it has had on the health of Londoners. There is a wider point here, which…14 Oct 2025