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HANSARDTopical QuestionsI will give the answer that was also given by the Under-Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, my hon. Friend the Member for Leeds North West (Katie White), which is…14 Oct 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsYes, I will. My hon. Friend makes an important point about the role of trade unions in the renewable industry, too.14 Oct 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThere is a two-decade disagreement between the right hon. Gentleman and me on these issues. The biggest threat to the countryside is the climate crisis. That is why this…14 Oct 2025HANSARDFive Estuaries Offshore Wind Farm: Development ConsentThis statement concerns an application for development consent made under the Planning Act 2008 by Five Estuaries Offshore Wind Farm Ltd for the construction and operation of an…11 Sept 2025HANSARDNew Nuclear: Sizewell C InvestmentThe Government clean energy superpower mission is about replacing the UK’s dependence on fossil fuel markets with clean homegrown power that we control, to bring down bills for…22 Jul 2025HANSARDClean Power: JobsI love Cumbernauld, Mr Speaker. My hon. Friend raises the important opportunities in heat pump technology. The growth in heat pumps that we are seeing is not just about a better…15 Jul 2025HANSARDClean Power: JobsI warmly congratulate Steve Willis Training on its 25 years in operation and on the work it is doing. The hon. Lady makes an important point: we can help to create jobs in the…15 Jul 2025HANSARDClean Power: JobsThis is an important issue that we need to take seriously. At the moment, it comes under the health and safety regime, but we are consulting on the best arrangements to ensure…15 Jul 2025HANSARDClean Power: JobsI love Harlow, Mr Speaker, and I love Harlow college. The visits I have made to the college have been incredibly inspiring; I have seen with my own eyes the enthusiastic young…15 Jul 2025HANSARDRenewable Energy: Private Sector InvestmentSince the election last year, we have secured over £50 billion of investment into the UK’s clean energy industries. Last year’s renewables auction for allocation round 6 was the…15 Jul 2025HANSARDClean Power: JobsGB Energy will create thousands of jobs across the country, including in Aberdeen. Here is why GB Energy really matters: we have chosen to put its headquarters in Aberdeen, as we…15 Jul 2025HANSARDClean Power: JobsThe answer is that we are not. As the right hon. Gentleman knows, the reality is that the North sea has been a basin in decline and that 70,000 jobs were lost under the previous…15 Jul 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThat sounds incredibly exciting, and I look forward to finding out more.15 Jul 2025HANSARDRenewable Energy: Private Sector InvestmentMy hon. Friend, who I have talked to on a number of occasions about these wider issues, raises a really important point. I was just talking to the Energy Minister about it. Let me…15 Jul 2025HANSARDRenewable Energy: Private Sector InvestmentThe hon. Lady raises an important issue, which was also raised by the right hon. and learned Member for Kenilworth and Southam (Sir Jeremy Wright). She is right about the virtues…15 Jul 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsOn the first point, I completely respect the right hon. Lady’s decision to be with her young baby, and there was no offence intended. I think it is very important that we…15 Jul 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend makes an important point. That is why the strategic spatial energy plan will set out where we need our energy infrastructure, so that we can have a planned system…15 Jul 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend raises a great example, and I will take a risk and say yes, I will come to Stourbridge. I love Stourbridge, and I look forward to seeing that project.15 Jul 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsGB Energy will prioritise a whole range of projects, and that is a matter for GB Energy, as a publicly owned energy company at arm’s length from Government, but there are huge…15 Jul 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt sounds like I am being educated about floating solar. I am happy to share the hon. Gentleman’s enthusiasm for it; if he has proposals about how we can take it forward, I am all…15 Jul 2025