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HANSARDEnergy Efficiency: Domestic BuildingsWe are committed to that programme, and that is exactly why I have outlined the £6.6 billion of support in this Parliament. We have achievements as well: since 2010, the…07 Jun 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI know of my hon. Friend’s ongoing interest in all matters in relation to energy, and he makes an important point about big energy users such as the Royal Mail planning and…07 Jun 2022HANSARDEnergy Efficiency: Domestic BuildingsThe Government have announced a package of measures designed to support the most vulnerable in these unprecedented times. It includes support for the local authority delivery…07 Jun 2022HANSARDAffordable Energy: Winter 2022-23There is a lot in that question, but the scenario the hon. Lady paints is very extreme. She will know that we are looking actively at what we can do on the storage side. On…07 Jun 2022HANSARDAffordable Energy: Winter 2022-23The Government have announced a package of support measures totalling over £37 billion this year. It includes a £400 grant to households to help them with their energy bills when…07 Jun 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe are engaging constantly to make sure that consumers are getting a fair deal. You would expect us to do so, Mr Speaker, after our 5p fuel reduction following 12 years of freezes…07 Jun 2022HANSARDNew Low-Carbon TechnologiesI thank my hon. Friend for his continued interest in all matters relating to net zero. My door is always open to him, particularly in bringing innovative proposals on how we will…07 Jun 2022HANSARDNew Low-Carbon TechnologiesMy hon. Friend is a doughty champion for his constituency and for the hydrogen sector. I was at the global hydrogen summit about three weeks ago where exactly the possibility of…07 Jun 2022HANSARDNew Low-Carbon TechnologiesAs the Financial Secretary to the Treasury said yesterday, that consultation on the climate compatibility checkpoint has closed and the Government will be responding to that…07 Jun 2022HANSARDNew Low-Carbon TechnologiesMy hon. Friend makes an important point. We want to go with the grain of human nature, which means that, when it is time to replace a gas boiler, the heat pump is a competitive…07 Jun 2022HANSARDNew Low-Carbon TechnologiesClean energy technologies are fundamental in both securing our energy supply and meeting net zero. This Conservative Government have set out their ambition to invest up to £22…07 Jun 2022HANSARDNew Low-Carbon TechnologiesThe hon. Gentleman raises a good point. Late last year when I visited the Whitelee wind farm just south of Glasgow, the UK’s largest onshore wind farm and the second largest in…07 Jun 2022HANSARDNew Low-Carbon TechnologiesThe hon. Lady raises some very good points. I am looking forward to appearing before the House of Lords Committee on this very topic on Thursday. I am sure that her Committee has…07 Jun 2022HANSARDContingent Liability: Energy Supply Company Special Administration RegimeToday I will lay before Parliament a departmental minute describing a contingent liability arising from the issuance of a letter of credit for the energy administrators acting in…17 May 2022HANSARDWarm Home DiscountMy noble Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Corporate Responsibility (Lord Callanan) has today made the following statement: Upgrading our…12 May 2022HANSARDEnergy UpdateToday I will lay before Parliament a departmental minute describing a contingent liability arising from the issuance of letters of credit for the energy administrators acting in…27 Apr 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the hon. Gentleman for that question. Floating offshore wind is a key part of the energy security strategy announced by the Prime Minister last week with a 5 GW target…20 Apr 2022HANSARD Energy Price Cap: Residential Buildings with Communal Heating SystemsI begin by congratulating the hon. Member for Hackney South and Shoreditch (Dame Meg Hillier) on securing this important debate. I apologise, Mr Hollobone, for having been late…20 Apr 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. It is vital that we have a North sea transition; that is the purpose of the Government’s North sea transition deal and that is what we are…20 Apr 2022HANSARD Energy Price Cap: Residential Buildings with Communal Heating SystemsI thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention, and I am very happy to look into that. I will speak with my ministerial colleague Lord Callanan, and perhaps he or I will write to…20 Apr 2022