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HANSARDRenewable Energy Sector: Job CreationMy hon. Friend, who is also a really powerful advocate for his constituents, is absolutely right. Project Willow was left on the shelf by the previous Government. We put the money…29 Apr 2025HANSARDRenewable Energy Sector: Job CreationMy hon. Friend is talking about a very important issue, and Grangemouth has a very important role in Scotland. What I will say to him and to others is that as soon as this…29 Apr 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI know the right hon. Gentleman has an important interest in this project. We continue to have discussions with Xlinks and obviously we are happy to brief him on those discussions.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 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Gentleman never ceases to amaze me, and not in a good way. Reform has made its decision; I am not sure what the Conservatives’ position is. Cheap, clean, home-grown power…29 Apr 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe said we would cut bills by up to £300, and that is absolutely what we are determined to do.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 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsWhat is the point of the hon. Gentleman’s party?29 Apr 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy Under-Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, my hon. Friend the Member for Rutherglen (Michael Shanks), and I regularly discuss this issue, which relates to one…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 QuestionsAs with Acorn, we think Viking is a really important project. I am very proud of the progress we made on track 1, and we are obviously looking at both Viking and Acorn in the…29 Apr 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 QuestionsYes is the answer; I look forward to it. My hon. Friend is 100% right: this is about the jobs of the future. Conservative Members might want to turn their back on them; we will…29 Apr 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend raises a really important issue about interconnectors. It is something I have been talking to the regulator about, particularly in relation to France, and indeed to…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 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is right: there is a long-standing issue around industrial energy prices. The key is getting off the rollercoaster of fossil fuel markets, because just as family…29 Apr 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady is 100% right—clean, home-grown power is the answer—so that is an unequivocal yes.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 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 2025