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HANSARDCarbon Capture and StorageI join the hon. Lady in warmly congratulating the six students from her constituency whom she mentioned. I am sure that I speak for all Members of the House when I say that when…18 Mar 2025HANSARDCarbon Capture and StorageI thank the hon. Gentleman for his question. I can tell him that the Minister for Industry held a roundtable with a whole range of industry voices on this precise topic last week.…18 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsNew nuclear is an essential part of our future energy plans. My Ministers and I would be absolutely delighted to meet my hon. Friend to discuss those plans.18 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Gentleman raises an important point. We are actively working on that in government. Whatever one’s view on ground-mounted solar—we in the Labour party think that it has a…18 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady is absolutely right on that. The Opposition are off to the “Wacky Races” when it comes to net zero. We in the Labour party know the truth: net zero is the economic…18 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Gentleman will know that any nationally significant project goes through a proper planning process, and it would not be right for me to comment on that. None the less, I…18 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend raises an important matter. As an energy nerd, I am really interested in this 2015 power, which, despite my nerdery, I did not actually know about. We are actively…18 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend puts it so well. This is the economic opportunity of our time. Our investment in carbon capture and storage shows what is possible. Today’s desperate request for…18 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI speak as an old lag in these things: we have never had a Prime Minister and a Chancellor so enthusiastic and committed to the net zero agenda and what it can do economically for…18 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Gentleman raises a really important issue. Rolling out electric car infrastructure is incredibly important. If he writes to my Department, we will ensure that he gets the…18 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs we discussed earlier, the CCC raised an important issue that we need to look at. The key question on this so-called rebalancing is that it must be looked at in the context of…18 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is the Tory party that has an energy surrender policy: surrendering us to fossil fuel markets controlled by petrostates and dictators. The Tories would keep us locked in to…18 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsYes, that sounds really good. Community energy is a crucial part of our energy future.18 Mar 2025HANSARDClean Energy: North SeaToday my Department is launching a consultation on our plan for the future of energy in the North sea. For decades, the North sea’s workers, businesses and communities have helped…05 Mar 2025HANSARDEnergy Performance of Privately Rented Homes: England and WalesThe Department for Energy Security and Net Zero is today publishing a consultation on reforms to the minimum energy efficiency standards that are applied to private rented sector…10 Feb 2025HANSARDNuclear Energy: Consenting and RegulationThe UK’s nuclear sector is at the beginning of a significant expansion in both civil and defence nuclear programmes and will play a key role in delivering the Government’s clean…06 Feb 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI know that the hon. Lady has had long discussions with the Under-Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, my hon. Friend the Member for Rutherglen (Michael Shanks),…04 Feb 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI say to the hon. Gentleman, and I have said it throughout this Question Time, that local communities should have a say, but we have a decision to make as a country. Do we build…04 Feb 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsIn recent weeks, we have seen continuing rises in prices in global fossil fuel markets, with wholesale gas prices last month 60% higher than a year ago, which is caused by a…04 Feb 2025HANSARDClean Power by 2030I am glad the hon. Lady asks, because I took no part in this decision—I recused myself. [ Interruption. ] Here we go. They have nothing to say about the country, just desperate…04 Feb 2025