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HANSARDEnergy Price Guarantee ExtensionMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. That is why we put £200 million into funding new hydrogen in the “Powering up Britain” document just a few weeks ago. He will know about Great…18 Apr 2023HANSARDEnergy Price Guarantee ExtensionThe energy price guarantee has been extended at the same level for a further three months until the end of June. By then, the Government will have covered nearly half of a typical…18 Apr 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill Discount SchemeThe Government provided an unprecedented package of support for non-domestic users through the winter in the shape of the energy bill relief scheme (EBRS), with a total amount of…27 Mar 2023HANSARDHousehold Energy Efficiency MeasuresThe Government have made good progress, with 47% of homes in England now having reached the Government’s 2035 target of achieving energy performance certificate level C and above,…28 Feb 2023HANSARDHousehold Energy Efficiency MeasuresMy hon. Friend is right to worry about radiator sludge, and I fully support her in her concerns. I am pleased to tell her that in this Parliament and into the next we have…28 Feb 2023HANSARDHousehold Energy Efficiency MeasuresMy hon. Friend is right about the cost of doing this. I have described how we are getting towards half of homes having been improved, but he will be pleased to hear about the £4…28 Feb 2023HANSARDHousehold Energy Efficiency MeasuresWe have a windfall tax; it is at 75%, as opposed to just 19% for corporation tax elsewhere. It is worth explaining to the hon. Gentleman and to the House that the Government are…28 Feb 2023HANSARDHousehold Energy Efficiency MeasuresI explained in an earlier answer that we have gone from having just 14% of homes in 2010 with an energy rating of A to C to having 46% today. So it is clear that these plans have…28 Feb 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsThere has been a long-term difference in the price of prepayment meters, which I specifically asked Ofgem to look at. I am meeting the Ofgem CEO to discuss its response shortly.28 Feb 2023HANSARD2050 Net Zero TargetThe Government continued to make good progress on our pathway to net zero in 2021. The UK’s net territorial greenhouse gas emissions were estimated to be 427 million tonnes. That…28 Feb 2023HANSARD2050 Net Zero TargetMy hon. Friend did a terrific job, I recall, as a Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Whip briefly in the past year. She is absolutely right about carbon…28 Feb 2023HANSARD2050 Net Zero TargetI think heat pumps are rather like the solar panels we were just discussing in previous questions. When I had my solar panels installed 12 years ago, they were extremely expensive…28 Feb 2023HANSARDEnergy Bills: Support for BusinessesThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right to highlight the case of hospices. In my constituency, there is the Isabel Hospice, of which I am a regular patron, so I hear its concerns…28 Feb 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI know my right hon. Friend is new to this House. This winter, as I mentioned, the Government have been paying half the energy bills of most British households. In these difficult…28 Feb 2023HANSARDPrepayment Meters: Forced InstallationThere is no space for the sort of approach that we have seen from energy suppliers, and I am grateful to my hon. Friend for mentioning this. We have to have a situation where they…28 Feb 2023HANSARDPrepayment Meters: Forced InstallationAs I mentioned previously, there is a role for prepayment meters. For example, my son lives in a shared flat, and they find a prepayment meter a very good way to pay the energy…28 Feb 2023HANSARDPrepayment Meters: Forced InstallationI think it is always right that we keep what our regulators do under very close watch. My right hon. Friend the Minister of State has met the chief executive officer of Ofgem…28 Feb 2023HANSARDEnergy Bills: Support for BusinessesI mentioned before that we are paying around half of the household energy bill. We are also paying around one third of business energy bills right now through the energy bill…28 Feb 2023HANSARDPrepayment Meters: Forced InstallationI do not think I could have been any more vocal about this issue. Indeed, we brought that practice, which the hon. Lady rightly describes as abhorrent, to a close. We are also not…28 Feb 2023HANSARDEnergy Bills: Support for BusinessesI really want to see a well-functioning energy market, and I have written to Ofgem about this. There is a request for information about the challenges facing non-domestic…28 Feb 2023