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HANSARDSolar PowerMore than a million homes now have solar panels installed. According to data from the microgeneration certification scheme, a total of 130,596 solar panels were installed on UK…28 Feb 2023HANSARDSolar PowerSolar is a cheap and versatile technology. It is a key part of the Government’s strategy for net zero and I share the hon. Lady’s enthusiasm for it. We are aiming for up to 70 GW…28 Feb 2023HANSARDRenewable Energy ProductionWe are the world leader, and the largest deployment of tidal stream in the world is in Scotland. We will shortly be making more announcements about allocation round 5. We will…28 Feb 2023HANSARDRenewable Energy ProductionI am proud of the fact that we are a world leader, and of course it is only thanks to the CfD scheme, which relies on levies across the whole of GB, that we are able to realise…28 Feb 2023HANSARDRenewable Energy ProductionI take it that the hon. Gentleman is talking about tidal stream. I am delighted to say that we are the world leader in tidal stream, and that in allocation round 4—the last round…28 Feb 2023HANSARDRenewable Energy ProductionI thank my right hon. Friend for that question. As he knows, tax policy is a matter for the Chancellor, but I am working closely with him, along with the Secretary of State, to…28 Feb 2023HANSARDRenewable Energy ProductionI am pleased to tell my right hon. Friend that growth in the renewables sector continues year on year, with the latest data showing that 3.4 GW of new renewable electricity…28 Feb 2023HANSARDEnergy Bills: Alternative FuelsAlternative fuel users have received significant support this winter: first, by direct subsidy of their electricity bills per unit; secondly, through £400 of additional payments…28 Feb 2023HANSARDEnergy Charter TreatyWe were firm proponents of modernising the treaty precisely so that it would not do what the hon. Lady described, but, as I have said already, we will continue to watch the…28 Feb 2023HANSARDEnergy Bills: Alternative FuelsI pay tribute to my hon. Friend’s efforts to highlight the issue throughout the winter to make sure that the funding gets to the people who need it, when they need it. It has been…28 Feb 2023HANSARDEnergy Bills: Alternative FuelsThe hon. Gentleman has used every corridor and voting Lobby opportunity to lobby me throughout the winter on this issue. I am pleased to say that his constituents will have…28 Feb 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsA plethora of announcements, on a number of issues, will be coming out of the Department in the coming weeks. Hydrogen is an important area in which we are a world leader; it is…28 Feb 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe are under a legal duty to ensure that we move to net zero, and I am delighted that we are continuing to make progress. The hon. Lady will see announcements from the Government…28 Feb 2023HANSARD Electricity Transmission (Compensation) BillOnce again, may I thank my right hon. Friend the Member for North Somerset (Dr Fox) for introducing this important legislation? I am afraid that I am not the historian of…24 Feb 2023HANSARDContingent Liability NotificationI am laying a departmental minute to advise that the Department is retrospectively notifying Parliament about contingent liabilities not previously disclosed, due to procedural…08 Feb 2023HANSARD Prepayment Meters: Ofgem DecisionI thank the hon. Lady for her question. As I have said, the legal decision today that no more warrants will be implemented is, I think, the right one and should give her some…06 Feb 2023HANSARDDraft Nuclear Regulated Asset Base Model (Revenue Collection) Regulations 2023With respect to the hon. Gentleman and the Committee, I will move on. Future new nuclear projects will be negotiated on a case-by-case basis and be subject to value-for-money…06 Feb 2023HANSARDDraft Nuclear Regulated Asset Base Model (Revenue Collection) Regulations 2023Design costs will be agreed with developers in negotiations. Published non-statutory guidance on how Government will assess day one RAB costs, including design costs, will be…06 Feb 2023HANSARD Prepayment Meters: Ofgem DecisionAs I have set out to the House previously, it is critical that our most vulnerable energy users are protected, which is why we have already put in place a generous package of…06 Feb 2023HANSARD Prepayment Meters: Ofgem DecisionThe right hon. Gentleman asks how long the pause will last. That is up to Ofgem, as the regulator. It looked at this process before, as he rightly said, and it had assurances that…06 Feb 2023