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HANSARDEnergy SecurityIt is a privilege to speak in support of this Gracious Speech. This debate takes place in the shadow of the second fossil fuel shock in four years. Families and businesses across…19 May 2026HANSARDEnergy SecurityMy hon. Friend puts it well. There is something ironic about the fact that Reform says nationally that it wants fracking, but its representatives in Scarborough and Lancashire…19 May 2026HANSARDEnergy SecurityI am not going to give way. Don’t take my word for it. This is what the Energy Transitions Commission, which includes energy companies, says: “Any national strategy which assumes…19 May 2026HANSARDEnergy SecurityWell, we may agree on some things, but not on this. I have great respect for the right hon. Gentleman, so let me say this. Even the most ambitious plans for solar involve less…19 May 2026HANSARDEnergy SecurityNo. I have set out the approach to energy security that underpins this Gracious Speech. Above all, we will learn the lessons of the fossil fuel crises of our age. We will build…19 May 2026HANSARDEnergy SecurityI will not give way. [ Interruption. ] I will later on. What a sorry state of affairs: the shadow Secretary of State cannot even agree with herself. There was a gaping…19 May 2026HANSARDEnergy SecurityI am not going to give way again. This is the difference with Labour: we are learning the lessons of the fossil fuel crises we face, and we are acting.19 May 2026HANSARDEnergy SecurityThe SNP has had more positions on this than the Kama Sutra, so it is genuinely hard to keep up. We have a very simple position: we want to keep existing oil and gas fields open…19 May 2026HANSARDEnergy SecurityI will not give way for a minute. The shadow Secretary of State comes to the House with a plan which will not take a penny off bills, which will not give us energy security and…19 May 2026HANSARDClean PowerAs the world faces the second fossil fuel shock in less than five years, the lesson for Britain is that exposure to volatile international fossil fuel markets cannot give us the…21 Apr 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am not. As I said earlier, we are using existing oil and gas fields in the North sea for their lifetime, and we have introduced tiebacks for existing fields. While the right.…24 Mar 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Chancellor will have heard the hon. Member’s question, because she is in the room. My right hon. Friend is providing support for people but on a platform of fiscal stability,…24 Mar 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs a result of decisions made by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor, we are raising significant sums from the windfall tax. We do not agree with the Opposition parties that now…24 Mar 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI do not. We continue to use the North sea, and ours is a pragmatic position. But there is a wider lesson that the House has to focus on. Is the lesson of this crisis—a fossil…24 Mar 2026HANSARDHousehold Energy BillsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right about that. It is an important reassurance for understandably worried families that, from 1 April, the energy price cap will fall by £117 thanks…24 Mar 2026HANSARDHousehold Energy BillsThe hon. Member is right about this country’s exposure to fossil fuels, and that is the legacy of the previous Government. I am incredibly proud to say that, as a result of our…24 Mar 2026HANSARDHousehold Energy BillsFamilies will be deeply concerned about the impacts they are facing as a result of the Iran conflict. This Government are determined to fight the people’s corner. As a result of…24 Mar 2026HANSARDHousehold Energy BillsWe published the levelised cost analysis, which showed that new renewables were much cheaper to build and operate. As gas prices are soaring across the world and hitting us here…24 Mar 2026HANSARDHousehold Energy BillsFamilies in the right hon. Lady’s constituency will see savings on their bills from next week thanks to the actions of this Government. She is wrong on her facts, because, if we…24 Mar 2026HANSARDHousehold Energy BillsThe hon. Gentleman asks an important question. The reason why we decided to put the money into the crisis and resilience fund three weeks after this crisis began was to get the…24 Mar 2026