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HANSARD Energy Security StrategyMy right hon. Friend knows very well that the chemical industry is central not only to people in his constituency, but to those throughout the north-east. We engage with…19 Apr 2022HANSARD Energy Security StrategyThat obviously refers, relatively, to whatever the wholesale price of gas will be. I am not a gas trader, and nor is the hon. Gentleman. He has no idea what the wholesale gas…19 Apr 2022HANSARD Energy Security StrategyAbsolutely. I always want to take the opportunity to commend the great work that my right hon. Friend did when she headed the Department, when I was Energy Minister. We are really…19 Apr 2022HANSARD Energy Security StrategyI am very grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his barrage of questions; I will try to answer a few of them. His position on nuclear and mine could not be more different, and I am…19 Apr 2022HANSARD Energy Security StrategyThe development vehicle that we have announced in the strategy will inaugurate a new era for the nuclear industry. If hon. Members speak to anybody in the industry, they will hear…19 Apr 2022HANSARD Energy Security StrategyI am pleased, in this Easter season, when Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus, that the right hon. Gentleman is back in his place. I thought that he had disappeared for…19 Apr 2022HANSARD Energy Security StrategyI should be very happy to go with my hon. Friend to see the nuclear reactors. The future is decarbonised baseload power. That is what we need, and it is something with which my…19 Apr 2022HANSARD Energy Security StrategyI had a feeling that my hon. Friend was going to mention Loughborough. She will know that we are absolutely committed to hydrogen. It has many uses: it can be used, potentially,…19 Apr 2022HANSARD Energy Security StrategyMy hon. Friend makes a remarkable and interesting point. He will remember that just over two years ago, I visited Grimsby and saw him and many other local MPs, and we talked about…19 Apr 2022HANSARD Energy Security StrategyWe have a number of such schemes in existence and have trialled a number of others. We are always iterating the way in which we attract private capital to meet net zero; that is…19 Apr 2022HANSARD Energy Security StrategyI have been very clear. The hon. Lady is right to mention 2019: in October 2019 I was responsible—as was my right hon. Friend the Member for South Northamptonshire (Dame Andrea…19 Apr 2022HANSARD Energy Security StrategyI engage with Front-Bench and Back-Bench colleagues all the time and they have lots of brilliant ideas. I do not recognise the hon. Lady’s characterisation of the strategy; I…19 Apr 2022HANSARD Energy Security StrategyMy right hon. Friend will appreciate that tax issues specifically are not in my portfolio, but I speak to the Chancellor of the Exchequer all the time about how we can incentivise…19 Apr 2022HANSARD Energy Security StrategyI would be very interested to hear my right hon. Friend’s views on solar. I think solar is crucial. I am delighted that we have so many former Energy Ministers in the Chamber…19 Apr 2022HANSARD Energy Security StrategyI think it was Keith Anderson who spoke to the Committee this morning. I speak to Keith and others in the sector all the time, as does the Minister for Energy, Clean Growth and…19 Apr 2022HANSARD Energy Security StrategyIn partnership with Ofgem, we have discussed trying to secure a much more resilient energy retail market, with financial covenants involving much more financial discipline and…19 Apr 2022HANSARD Energy Security StrategyWe have done more than many in driving onshore wind. The hon. Lady will know that we suspended the pot 1 auction and have brought it back, that we have more onshore wind than…19 Apr 2022HANSARD Energy Security StrategyI cannot make any commitments on behalf of the company, because it is at arm’s length and has its own corporate structure, as my hon. Friend will know. However, as Secretary of…19 Apr 2022HANSARD Energy Security StrategyI would be very happy to meet the hon. Gentleman, as I meet many of his Scottish colleagues, to discuss really critical energy issues.19 Apr 2022HANSARD Energy Security StrategyI do not remember that particular incident, but the hon. Gentleman will know that energy efficiency was the centrepiece of the heat and buildings strategy, which he welcomed only…19 Apr 2022