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HANSARD Net Zero by 2050I thank the Secretary of State for advanced sight of her statement. My only disappointment was that she did not read out the multiple paragraphs defending the Prime Minister’s…16 Oct 2023HANSARDContracts for Difference SchemeI wish the Clerk of the House well in the future, and I warmly welcome the Secretary of State to her new role and congratulate her on her appointment to the Cabinet. I look…19 Sept 2023HANSARDContracts for Difference SchemeThis Government have delivered the worst cost of living crisis in a generation. There is a pattern here: they banned onshore wind and raised bills, they slashed energy efficiency…19 Sept 2023HANSARDContracts for Difference SchemeI am afraid the Secretary of State is quite wrong about that, because Ireland adjusted the price and had 3 GW of offshore wind. Let us talk about the way that this Government are…19 Sept 2023HANSARDOffshore Wind ContractsTo ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero if she will make a statement on the implications for offshore wind of contracts for difference allocation round 5.12 Sept 2023HANSARDOffshore Wind ContractsWhat a load of nonsense. No wonder the Secretary of State is in hiding. This auction is an energy security disaster for Britain, and an act of economic self- harm on the part of…12 Sept 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsSix days ago, the Climate Change Committee delivered its most scathing assessment in its history on the Government’s record, saying that they were off track on 41 out of 50 key…04 Jul 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsThat answer is total complacency from a Secretary of State who has just been proven to be failing on every major aspect of his agenda. That is why Lord Goldsmith resigned. Lord…04 Jul 2023HANSARDLow-carbon Industries: InvestmentThe US has created almost 10 times more green jobs in the seven months since the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act than the UK has created in the past seven years. That is…23 May 2023HANSARDCarbon Capture and StorageThey are too busy laughing at their own jokes.23 May 2023HANSARDLow-carbon Industries: InvestmentThat is exactly the kind of complacency that is costing jobs. Let us talk about offshore wind. The Kincardine floating wind farm, off the coast of Scotland, is indeed the largest…23 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [Lords]No, I will not. Let us talk about how we can get an energy system that is fit for purpose. Nowhere is that more true than when it comes to the grid, where the delays that have…09 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [Lords]I have great respect for the hon. Gentleman. Let me try to explain the position. Nobody is talking about turning off the taps in the North sea. The question is this: do we defy…09 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [Lords]Thank you Madam Deputy Speaker. I will begin by welcoming the arrival of the Bill to the House. I thank the Secretary of State and his Ministers for their willingness to engage in…09 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [Lords]The right hon. Member wants to re-litigate the last Labour Government. Let us talk about the future. We want nuclear to move ahead, and actually the Government have had 13 years…09 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [Lords]Actually, I was talking about onshore wind farms that had not just planning permission and consent— [ Interruption. ] I will tell the hon. Lady simply. In 2006, Tony Blair changed…09 May 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsToday’s announcement on prepayment meters is simply not good enough. The new rules ban forced installations for only a very narrow group and do not do so for what is called the…18 Apr 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsWhat a completely hopeless answer. There is a high-risk group for whom a ban is being put in place and a medium-risk group for whom the Government are leaving this at the…18 Apr 2023HANSARDClean Energy Technologies: Private Sector Investmentindicated dissent .18 Apr 2023HANSARD Powering Up BritainI thank the Minister for his statement, but let me tell him that although there may have been thousands of pages published this morning, this is not the green day that the…30 Mar 2023