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HANSARD Energy Price Cap: Residential Buildings with Communal Heating SystemsYes, the hon. Lady is absolutely right. Her constituency, and mine probably even more so, will have people in exactly that category. That is why the Government also provided £144…20 Apr 2022HANSARDUK Green Infrastructure PlatformI can today inform the House that UK Green Infrastructure Platform Ltd (UKGIP) is being wound up, via a members’ voluntary liquidation, having fulfilled its objectives to own and…19 Apr 2022HANSARDNorth Sea Transition AuthorityAs the House is aware, the North sea transition deal was agreed with the oil and gas industry a year ago. This is a central part of the energy transition and a global exemplar of…31 Mar 2022HANSARDBulb Energy Limited: Letter of Credit for Energy AdministratorsToday 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…31 Mar 2022HANSARDEnergy Companies: 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…24 Mar 2022HANSARD EnergyI beg to move, That the draft Boiler Upgrade Scheme (England and Wales) Regulations 2022, which were laid before this House on 22 February, be approved. The UK is the first major…23 Mar 2022HANSARD EnergyI thank the hon. Member for Southampton, Test (Dr Whitehead) for his constructive approach and his overall support for the scheme, which is most welcome. I will deal with some of…23 Mar 2022HANSARDDraft Electricity Supplier Payments (Amendment) Regulations 2022But it is never too late to make one.16 Mar 2022HANSARDDraft Electricity Supplier Payments (Amendment) Regulations 2022I am happy to answer that. We had one response during the consultation, which was not from the hon. Gentleman but was from one of the power companies. The one response was not…16 Mar 2022HANSARDDraft Electricity Supplier Payments (Amendment) Regulations 2022The hon. Gentleman raises a really interesting and important question. We have seen no evidence so far that repayments because of high energy prices are not being made to…16 Mar 2022HANSARDCost of Living IncreasesI thank right hon. and hon. Members for taking part in this important debate. This Government recognise and understand the pressures people are facing with the cost of living.…16 Mar 2022HANSARDCost of Living IncreasesI will respond first to the debate. If I have time, I will take interventions. My hon. Friend the Member for Blackpool South (Scott Benton) said that there were more universal…16 Mar 2022HANSARDCost of Living IncreasesI will answer the hon. Member’s point about minimum wage job adverts. The Department for Work and Pensions does have checks and, if it discovers any positions below the minimum…16 Mar 2022HANSARDCost of Living IncreasesWe take enforcement of the national minimum wage incredibly seriously across Government—all Departments do. However, I point out that the increase in the national living wage from…16 Mar 2022HANSARDDraft Electricity Supplier Payments (Amendment) Regulations 2022I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Electricity Supplier Payments (Amendment) Regulations 2022. The draft statutory instrument, which was laid before the…16 Mar 2022HANSARDDraft Electricity Supplier Payments (Amendment) Regulations 2022I thank the hon. Member for Southampton, Test for living up to the name of his constituency—he set some testing questions for us. Let me deal with the five questions that he…16 Mar 2022HANSARDDraft Electricity Supplier Payments (Amendment) Regulations 2022I thank the hon. Gentleman for that further question. I would not say that it was a coincidence, but what we wanted to do was make sure that the British consumer had the maximum…16 Mar 2022HANSARDShale Gas ProductionWe have just announced a dedicated pot for tidal energy in the CfD round. In terms of providing certainty, may I suggest to the hon. Gentleman that he goes back to the 2019…15 Mar 2022HANSARDShale Gas ProductionI think I am meeting my hon. Friend’s APPG either this week or next, and I am looking forward to that. He makes some strong points. Net zero is not part of the problem; it is part…15 Mar 2022HANSARDShale Gas ProductionWe are investing massively in renewables. Our current round of allocations in the contracts for difference auction is larger than in any previous round. Within that, we have…15 Mar 2022