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HANSARDNew Pylons: East AngliaI thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. I have spoken about yesterday, and I repeat my pledge to hold as soon as I can a further meeting with colleagues to consider what was…19 Jul 2022HANSARDDraft Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) Order 2022I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) Order 2022. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr…18 Jul 2022HANSARDDraft Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) Order 2022If I understood the hon. Gentleman’s question correctly, it is about dealing with people who have no choice but to have a new gas boiler, and what the cost of that might be. We…18 Jul 2022HANSARDDraft Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) Order 2022It would be a matter for the supplier to make sure that the energy efficiency upgrade is carried out in accordance with the scheme and Government policy. It will ultimately be a…18 Jul 2022HANSARDDraft Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) Order 2022I know that the hon. Member for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, on behalf of every person in rural Scotland, is about to stand up and welcome the extension for rural homes off the gas…18 Jul 2022HANSARDDraft Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) Order 2022Of course, there are separate administrators for different parts of the company. I am happy to write to the hon. Member for Kilmarnock and Loudoun about how the administrators…18 Jul 2022HANSARDDraft Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) Order 2022The scheme is Great Britain-wide. One of the key responses from the consultation was to ensure that, wherever possible, the rules across Great Britain are made the same.…18 Jul 2022HANSARDDraft Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) Order 2022This has been a good-natured and well-informed debate. I did not hear any opposition to the scheme, so I welcome the support of the Opposition parties for what the Government are…18 Jul 2022HANSARDDraft Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) Order 2022The hon. Member raises an important point, but an energy consumer does not have to have an encyclopaedic knowledge of the available schemes. The important thing is that the…18 Jul 2022HANSARDDraft Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) Order 2022Sometimes, when we are making a reform, it is not always obvious where that reform process will lead. Let us bear in mind that there was a big consultation and we wanted to hear…18 Jul 2022HANSARDDraft Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) Order 2022I am not sure whether the hon. Gentleman is making an intervention on my hon. Friend’s intervention, but my hon. Friend makes a good point about the strong measures that we are…18 Jul 2022HANSARDDraft Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) Order 2022The hon. Gentleman asks a reasonable question. Obviously, that will be a matter for the Bulb Energy administrators. I am happy to write to him with more detail on how they might…18 Jul 2022HANSARD British Glass IndustryI am grateful to the hon. Member for St Helens North (Conor McGinn) for securing the debate and for outlining so comprehensively the importance of glass to the UK. I welcome the…14 Jul 2022HANSARD British Glass IndustryGosh, I am getting multiple invitations—was that an intervention on an intervention? In any case, I will happily have a look at the forthcoming visits schedule. It is obviously an…14 Jul 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for her question. She is right that I have met East Anglia MPs to discuss this matter—it has been impressed on me across more than 20 constituencies—and I…12 Jul 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend and I have met to discuss this issue at least three times, and he continues to be a champion for his constituents. I know he is doing a lot of constituency meetings…12 Jul 2022HANSARDEnergy Price RisesI completely agree with the hon. Lady in her analysis of the underlying issue: the big rise in global energy prices over the past 12 months. That is exactly why we are taking the…12 Jul 2022HANSARDEnergy Price RisesI thank my hon. Friend for that thoughtful question. Obviously, all these things are under review, but I remind him that we replaced the social tariff with other support schemes…12 Jul 2022HANSARDEnergy Price RisesAs the hon. Gentleman knows, we reflected on this issue in an earlier question. The Government are providing support for those who are off the gas grid. For example, those who pay…12 Jul 2022HANSARDOil and Gas SectorThe North sea transition deal sets out how the Government are working in partnership with the offshore oil and gas industry to achieve a managed energy transition that leaves…12 Jul 2022