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HANSARDMineworkers’ Pension Scheme: Living StandardsI thank the hon. Gentleman for his question. I am glad that he, too—like everyone else in this House, according to my hon. Friend the Minister for Industry—has constituents who…17 Dec 2024HANSARDEnergy SecurityLast Friday, we published our landmark clean power action plan, which sets out the route towards our world-leading 2030 clean power mission, including wholesale reform of the grid…17 Dec 2024HANSARDEnergy SecurityMy hon. Friend asks a really important question. The whole clean power plan is about benefiting all four nations of the United Kingdom, including Wales, and we work closely with…17 Dec 2024HANSARDEnergy SecurityI very much enjoyed my trip to my hon. Friend’s constituency before the general election. He is an incredibly powerful advocate for the way his area can source some of the…17 Dec 2024HANSARDEnergy SecurityYes, but the hon. Gentleman does not say how the power station will be funded. The truth is that this is elementary economics. If things are announced, they need to be able to be…17 Dec 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsNo. The case is that the Conservatives left us dependent on fossil fuels, which led to the worst cost of living crisis in living memory. The tragedy is that they are doubling down…17 Dec 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right about that. It is about energy independence for Britain, and about becoming a clean energy superpower that can export energy and benefit as a…17 Dec 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am disappointed in the right hon. Gentleman, but perhaps I should not be surprised. The truth is that there is only one future for Britain that reduces bills for good: a clean…17 Dec 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThis is a Government with a world-leading position when it comes to oil and gas, and we will do the right thing for the environment and climate change and the right thing to…17 Dec 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI pay tribute to my hon. Friend, who has been a brilliant campaigner on this issue for a very long time. My hon. Friend the Minister of State will have heard what he said. This is…17 Dec 2024HANSARDAccelerating to Net Zero: CCC Progress Report and Clean Energy Superpower MissionAccelerating to net zero offers huge opportunities for Britain. This transition will be one of the economic opportunities of the century—a chance to create hundreds of thousands…17 Dec 2024HANSARDMineworkers’ Pension Scheme: Living StandardsMy hon. Friend is right. I think I am right in saying—my hon Friend the Minister for Industry and I have had a discussion about this—that almost every constituency—17 Dec 2024HANSARDMineworkers’ Pension Scheme: Living StandardsIn the Budget, the Government decided to transfer the mineworkers’ pension scheme investment reserve to members of the scheme. At the end of last month, the first increase in…17 Dec 2024HANSARDEnergy SecurityI can tell the hon. Gentleman that we support the SMR programme, and we are driving it forward through Great British Nuclear. I am afraid he is making a terrible mistake, which is…17 Dec 2024HANSARDEnergy SecurityI have to say to the hon. Lady that I do not see it that way. The reality is that the country is totally vulnerable to the rollercoaster of the fossil fuel markets. We do not need…17 Dec 2024HANSARDEnergy SecurityI find the hon. Gentleman quite extraordinary, and not in a good way. The last Government left not only a generalised absolute mess in the public finances, but lots of the…17 Dec 2024HANSARDMineworkers’ Pension Scheme: Living StandardsThat is an excellent question, Mr Speaker. I will write to the hon. Lady with a good answer.17 Dec 2024HANSARDEnergy SecurityThe hon. Gentleman’s story about Wylfa says it all. He says his Government had this great plan for Wylfa, but they had no money behind it.17 Dec 2024HANSARDClean Power 2030 Action PlanOn Friday 13 December the Government published our clean power 2030 action plan. This is an important step towards delivering the Prime Minister’s mission to make Britain a clean…16 Dec 2024HANSARDCOP29My hon. Friend asks a really important question. I met with some of the youth campaigners and the youth coalition at COP, and I agreed with them. The UK has signed up to a youth…26 Nov 2024