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HANSARD Energy MarketsWith permission, I will make a statement about the situation in energy markets in the light of the unfolding conflict in Iran and the middle east. My thoughts are with the British…05 Mar 2026HANSARD Energy MarketsMy hon. Friend speaks with great eloquence on these issues, and he is absolutely right. As I said earlier, it is striking that so many countries now talk about this as an energy…05 Mar 2026HANSARD Energy MarketsMy hon. Friend is right to raise the issue of heating oil. As I have said a number of times, it is an important issue and is very much on our radar. On her wider point, she is…05 Mar 2026HANSARD Energy MarketsThe hon. Gentleman speaks with great eloquence on these issues on behalf of his constituents and others. He is absolutely right to say that, in a situation like this, everyone has…05 Mar 2026HANSARD Energy MarketsMy hon. Friend puts it incredibly well: this is about clean, home-grown power that we control. We need to get off the roller coaster of fluctuations in international markets,…05 Mar 2026HANSARD Energy MarketsI agree with my hon. Friend that driving to renewables and clean, home-grown power is crucial. I would also say, as I know she takes an interest in these things, that the North…05 Mar 2026HANSARD Energy MarketsI agree with my hon. Friend. It is incumbent on all of us to tell people, on the basis of the evidence, what we should be doing as a country. Today we have heard from Members of…05 Mar 2026HANSARD Energy MarketsI am glad to hear that my elbow is renewable, and I agree with my hon. Friend that we must be willing to act on behalf of his constituents and others.05 Mar 2026HANSARD Energy MarketsI will tell the hon. Member how much: at the cheapest, about £60 per MWh, which is far cheaper than building new gas. The fundamental point of this statement is that we will carry…05 Mar 2026HANSARD Energy MarketsMy hon. Friend makes his point in a very eloquent and amusing way. It is so important to recognise that crises like this show that gambling on low fossil fuel prices is dangerous,…05 Mar 2026HANSARD Energy MarketsAn important decision that we took was to extend the warm home discount not only for this winter, but for five years ahead, to give an assurance to 6 million people, including…05 Mar 2026HANSARD Energy MarketsSomebody asked me about standing charges earlier, and I neglected to respond. One important thing that we did was transfer the warm home discount to unit rates, which helped make…05 Mar 2026HANSARD Energy MarketsActually, 5 GW, which is really good.05 Mar 2026HANSARD Energy MarketsNo, I do not think that is right at all. The truth about these crises is that it is incredibly important that the Government look at everything we can do, particularly to help…05 Mar 2026HANSARD Energy MarketsMy hon. Friend is so right. I talk to partners around the world, including in Europe, which the Liberal Democrats asked about, and elsewhere, and it is interesting that so many…05 Mar 2026HANSARDNuclear Decommissioning Authority Direction: Hunterston B Nuclear SiteI am today laying a designation direction, which has been given to the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority in respect of the Hunterston B nuclear site. The direction reaffirms NDA’s…24 Feb 2026HANSARD Local Power PlanI will take up my hon. Friend on his kind offer. I think we will see a powerful example there of community energy in practice, and what is so exciting about today’s announcement…10 Feb 2026HANSARD Local Power PlanThe right hon. Gentleman and I have had exchanges on this matter before. It is a serious issue, and he is absolutely within his rights to raise it. I would just say two things to…10 Feb 2026HANSARD Local Power PlanI thank my hon. Friend for that question. Briefly, there are three important aspects to this: first, communities can have lower bills for their community centres and local…10 Feb 2026HANSARD Local Power PlanThis plan is mainly about community groups and non-profit organisations, but the right hon. Gentleman raises a serious issue. It is something that we are talking to the National…10 Feb 2026