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HANSARDState of Climate and NatureAll those details are set out in the Climate Change Committee report. The right hon. Member can look for herself. [ Interruption. ] They are set out in carbon budget 7. Actually,…14 Jul 2025HANSARDElectricity Market ReviewThe hon. Lady makes a really important point, if I may say so, about the SSEP and, more broadly, about the role of community energy and, for example, rooftop solar. Even before we…10 Jul 2025HANSARDElectricity Market ReviewI thank my hon. Friend for that really important question; she makes two points that are critical. One is the time it would take to get to a zonal pricing system, and the second…10 Jul 2025HANSARDElectricity Market ReviewI thank my hon. Friend for that really important question. The impact on Scotland is an important dimension here, because Scotland has really exciting plans to drive forward…10 Jul 2025HANSARDElectricity Market ReviewMy hon. Friend puts it incredibly well. The Conservatives have shown no contrition or acknowledgment, and they have not learned any lessons—not a single one. They basically say,…10 Jul 2025HANSARDElectricity Market ReviewThat is the key: this decision provides the certainty required. It is the fairer choice. It is the choice that will not lead to seven years of uncertainty, risk premiums and…10 Jul 2025HANSARDElectricity Market ReviewThe Energy Minister has just volunteered, unprompted— which rarely happens in this House—to meet my hon. Friend, so enthusiastic is he about discussing this issue. My hon. Friend…10 Jul 2025HANSARDElectricity Market: ReviewToday my Department is announcing the final decision of the review of the electricity market arrangements (REMA) programme. The REMA programme was launched in 2022 to consider how…10 Jul 2025HANSARDElectricity Market ReviewMy hon. Friend speaks with great expertise and passion on these issues. On his first point, it is worth saying something about this, and I hope to say more on it in the next week…10 Jul 2025HANSARDElectricity Market ReviewMy hon. Friend puts it so well. When I talk to young people who are thinking about the jobs they might do in the future, from nuclear to renewables to carbon capture, I am always…10 Jul 2025HANSARDElectricity Market ReviewMy hon. Friend speaks with great expertise on these matters. I will come to his question, but let me say first that I like to talk about issues on which both parties have been…10 Jul 2025HANSARDElectricity Market ReviewThis is the first time I am at the Dispatch Box opposite the shadow Secretary of State; I congratulate her on her new baby boy and welcome her back to the House of Commons. I know…10 Jul 2025HANSARDElectricity Market ReviewWith permission, Madam Deputy Speaker, I shall make a statement about the review of electricity market arrangements. The central challenge that we face is the urgent need to get…10 Jul 2025HANSARDElectricity Market ReviewLDES, as it is known to the super-nerds—long-duration energy storage—is really important, as indeed are batteries. We now have a cap and floor mechanism for LDES. Ofgem, along…10 Jul 2025HANSARDElectricity Market ReviewI will come to my hon. Friend’s earlier points in a minute, but his last point is absolutely crucial. The last Government looked at this and found it difficult to find a mechanism…10 Jul 2025HANSARDElectricity Market ReviewI thank the hon. Lady for her questions. There is not necessarily a monopoly on good ideas. On the whole idea of new build housing having rooftop solar installed as standard, the…10 Jul 2025HANSARDElectricity Market ReviewThe answer to both those questions is yes. The first point the hon. Member raises is important and goes to the question asked by my hon. Friend the Member for Edinburgh North and…10 Jul 2025HANSARDElectricity Market ReviewOn my hon. Friend’s point about certainty, which is really important, global inflation has affected the offshore wind sector. I take it from the comments by the shadow Secretary…10 Jul 2025HANSARDElectricity Market ReviewThe hon. Gentleman asks a bang-on question, and that is why I hope he will support clean power 2030. The key thing is that if we can get these renewables on to the system, gas…10 Jul 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe said we would cut energy bills by up to £300 by 2030, and that remains our commitment.10 Jun 2025