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HANSARD Ban on Fracking for Shale Gas BillThe right hon. Gentleman was so excited to repeat something I had already said multiple times. Colleagues on this side of the House are perfectly clear. They are not going to…19 Oct 2022HANSARDOff-grid Homes: Energy SupportWe are trying to get payment to those who have bought ahead. In terms of timing, we cannot time payment exactly with when they are purchasing. What we can seek to do is to make…19 Oct 2022HANSARDOff-grid Homes: Energy SupportThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right and there are two parts to our interventions, one for business and one for homes. If the homes scheme is complex, the business one is even…19 Oct 2022HANSARDOff-grid Homes: Energy SupportI completely agree with my hon. Friend. As well as getting the policy right, a lot of government is about communication and I hope there will be a “Dear colleague” letter, working…19 Oct 2022HANSARDOff-grid Homes: Energy SupportWill the hon. Gentleman bear with me? I have so little time left and I would like to get these points on the record. The Government are seeking to ensure that nobody is…19 Oct 2022HANSARDOff-grid Homes: Energy SupportI am going to press on as I have so little time left. The alternative fuel payment is an additional one-off payment of £100, which is provided equally. Both schemes will be…19 Oct 2022HANSARDOff-grid Homes: Energy SupportLet me return to my scripted speech, which I seem to have entirely ignored so far, and hope to get to that answer. The energy bill support scheme—there are so many; I struggle…19 Oct 2022HANSARDOff-grid Homes: Energy SupportAs ever, my hon. Friend is absolutely right, and has gone to the heart of the issue. The Government recognise and understand the pressures that people are facing with the cost of…19 Oct 2022HANSARDOff-grid Homes: Energy SupportIt is a great pleasure and privilege to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Murray—for the first time, I think. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Brecon and Radnorshire…19 Oct 2022HANSARD Ban on Fracking for Shale Gas BillThat is a matter for party managers, and I am not a party manager. Community support is so important. That is why, as we heard the Secretary of State say today, we have pledged…19 Oct 2022HANSARDEnergy Prices BillThe hon. Gentleman’s question goes to the heart of the matter, which is that, if it were not for this intervention, those businesses would have been facing very high costs. We are…17 Oct 2022HANSARDEnergy Prices BillAs the hon. Gentleman knows, this legislation lays out the remit of the Secretary of State, under the powers within the Bill, to intervene to protect businesses and consumers.…17 Oct 2022HANSARDEnergy Prices BillThere are many statutes that include the word “may” from which we can take it that the Government will do what is set out. I am pleased to say that it is absolutely our intention…17 Oct 2022HANSARDEnergy Prices BillI am going to press on, if I may. Turning to amendments 2, 3, 10 and 11, and new clauses 7, 9 and 17, for amendments 10 and 11, designating a scheme is simply a matter of…17 Oct 2022HANSARDEnergy Prices BillI thank all speakers for their contributions, which have been typically thoughtful. It was a pleasure for the whole Committee and it seemed right to have the ever-genial hon.…17 Oct 2022HANSARDEnergy Prices BillThat is our intention.17 Oct 2022HANSARDEnergy Prices BillAs my hon. Friend would doubtless expect, I regularly meet energy companies. I have absolute confidence. One of my biggest concerns when we were looking at the package was to…17 Oct 2022HANSARDEnergy Prices BillThe hon. Gentleman has just shown why no one in the Chamber wished me to give way to him, other than himself. The Government have committed to delivery of the payment this winter.…17 Oct 2022HANSARDEnergy Prices BillI will not. Amendments 6 and 9 and new clause 12 would require equivalent support for domestic and non-domestic consumers. We have committed to providing equivalent support for…17 Oct 2022HANSARDEnergy Prices BillI addressed new clause 1 in my remarks at the beginning of the Committee. I do not know whether the hon. Gentleman was here, but if he was, he should have paid attention, and if…17 Oct 2022