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HANSARDRooftop Solar PowerLet me congratulate the hon. Member’s community group. This whole set of questions has shown the huge untapped potential in the constituencies of Members in all parts of the…10 Jun 2025HANSARDEnergy EfficiencyIn 2025-26 alone, we will upgrade up to 300,000 homes through the warm homes plan and other measures. That is more than double the number of homes upgraded last year. Later this…10 Jun 2025HANSARDEnergy EfficiencyThe hon. Lady is absolutely right to be ambitious on these issues. Energy efficiency makes such sense for our country. We committed in our manifesto to upgrade 5 million homes and…10 Jun 2025HANSARDEnergy EfficiencyThe hon. Lady raises an important question. The failure to have a zero carbon homes standard or future homes standard in place has meant that we have built over 1 million homes…10 Jun 2025HANSARDEnergy EfficiencyMy hon. Friend raises an important point. I am working with the Minister for Energy Consumers and others across Government on this as part of the warm homes plan. We have to make…10 Jun 2025HANSARDNuclear Power: InvestmentWith permission, I would like to make a statement about Government plans for investment in new nuclear power. Sixteen years ago, in 2009, as Energy Secretary I delivered a…10 Jun 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsSince the last Energy Security and Net Zero oral questions, the Government have confirmed that rooftop solar panels will be standard for all new build homes, delivered the first…10 Jun 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe east of England will be a clean energy powerhouse for the country. My hon. Friend raises an important issue about workforce, and we will be publishing the workforce plan soon.10 Jun 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs with any application, there is a process that my Department will go through. We will look at any application in a fair and objective way.10 Jun 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThis is like conspiracy theories gone mad. I feel like we have entered a whacky world. Let us keep our eyes on the prize. As a country, we are vulnerable because of our exposure…29 Apr 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am delighted to remind the House that it was the Conservative party that left us with energy insecurity, and we are never going to leave this country vulnerable in the way that…29 Apr 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsWhat is the point of the hon. Gentleman’s party?29 Apr 2025HANSARDRenewable Energy Sector: Job CreationAs the hon. Lady will know, we inherited this situation from the last Government, but we set aside £200 million to build the future in Grangemouth and we are working closely with…29 Apr 2025HANSARDRenewable Energy Sector: Job CreationThat is very much part of our plans. As the hon. Gentleman will know, in March we announced the provision of more than £55 million for the expansion of Port of Cromarty Firth to…29 Apr 2025HANSARDRenewable Energy Sector: Job CreationSince the last oral questions in March, the Government have consented to the Rampion 2 offshore wind farm, creating 4,000 jobs; reached the final investment decision on the HyNet…29 Apr 2025HANSARDHousehold Energy EfficiencyIn 2025-26 alone we will upgrade up to 300,000 homes through the warm homes plan and other measures. That is more than double the number of homes upgraded last year. Later this…29 Apr 2025HANSARDHousehold Energy EfficiencyThe hon. Lady raises a really important point. I am constantly on the look-out for small measures and large in the planning system that can obstruct the sensible energy efficiency…29 Apr 2025HANSARDRenewable Energy Sector: Job CreationThe hon. Lady raises a really important point. That is why we are working with the Department for Education to make sure we do not just have a clean power plan that will help to…29 Apr 2025HANSARDHousehold Energy EfficiencyI do join my hon. Friend in that. I say to all Opposition Members who voted against GB Energy that many of them will now be getting solar panels on schools and hospitals in their…29 Apr 2025HANSARDHousehold Energy EfficiencyIt sounds as though the hon. Lady is raising an individual case, and if she wants to draw it to our attention, she can do so. On the more general point, I believe that her local…29 Apr 2025