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HANSARDEnergy Price Cap: Prepayment Meter CustomersThat is why we have £155 million that can be applied discretionally, particularly to protect these vulnerable consumers. Labour’s whole approach to energy security has been…22 Feb 2022HANSARDEnergy Price Cap: Prepayment Meter CustomersWe are working hard to design this scheme at pace. We acknowledge that delivering the bill reduction for this payment mechanism will require a special focus, and that is why we…22 Feb 2022HANSARDAutomotive SectorMy hon. Friend will appreciate the excellent statement made by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer a couple of weeks ago. There was a range of measures totalling…22 Feb 2022HANSARDEnergy Price Cap: Prepayment Meter CustomersWe are constantly engaging with Citizens Advice, Ofgem and a huge range of stakeholders about how to protect the most vulnerable consumers. The package announced by my right hon.…22 Feb 2022HANSARDStorm EuniceWith your permission, Madam Deputy Speaker, I would like to make a statement on the electricity disruptions as a result of Storm Eunice and set out exactly how we are working to…21 Feb 2022HANSARDStorm EuniceThe right hon. Gentleman and other hon. Members will be surprised that I am in a measure of agreement with him. He is absolutely right to warn that extreme weather events could…21 Feb 2022HANSARDStorm EuniceMy hon. Friend makes a fair point, and he is right to point out the intolerable difficulties that people face with regard to the water supply. Colleagues in the Department for…21 Feb 2022HANSARDStorm EuniceThe hon. Gentleman raises a number of fair points. On the net zero challenge, he will be pleased to know that the Chancellor’s latest comprehensive spending review at the end of…21 Feb 2022HANSARDStorm EuniceAs I suggested in the statement, my hon. Friend will be pleased to know that we are working very closely with the distribution network operators to ensure adequate physical…21 Feb 2022HANSARDStorm EuniceWe speak to officials in the devolved Administrations on a regular basis. I spoke only to WPD and the distribution network companies, but our officials engage with DA colleagues…21 Feb 2022HANSARDStorm EuniceI reassure my hon. Friend that as a consequence of the 2013-14 floods, we established and made much more robust local resilience forums and flood defence networks. I would be…21 Feb 2022HANSARDStorm EuniceAgain, I refer to the 2013-14 period. I know that a number of people here were not in the House at that time, but this was precisely the issue that came up then and we have tried…21 Feb 2022HANSARDStorm EuniceI am pleased to tell my hon. Friend that we have engaged very actively with UKPN; I spoke to the chief executive officer only this morning, and I understand that the Minister for…21 Feb 2022HANSARDStorm EuniceAs the Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, my hon. Friend the Member for Taunton Deane (Rebecca Pow), reminds me, the Government and her Department…21 Feb 2022HANSARDStorm EunicePerhaps belatedly, I welcome the hon. Lady to her position; I believe this is the first time I have encountered her in BEIS questions or statements. On the substance of her…21 Feb 2022HANSARDStorm EuniceOn flooding, I know from my own experience as a constituency MP that a huge amount of work is being done at the Environment Agency level and co-ordinated by my right hon. and hon.…21 Feb 2022HANSARDStorm EuniceThat is a crucial point. The effects of the storm clearly operate right across our economy. It is not just a power-distribution issue; flooding is a huge challenge. As a…21 Feb 2022HANSARDStorm EuniceMy hon. Friend raises an important point. It is heartening to see him re-engaging with the House in such a dynamic way. He was a fabulous Whip—firm but gentle—and it is good to…21 Feb 2022HANSARDStorm EuniceThe hon. Gentleman will know that I have nothing but good will to all my colleagues on the Government Benches, and we have a healthy debate about many matters of public policy. He…21 Feb 2022HANSARDStorm EuniceThe Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, my hon. Friend the Member for Taunton Deane (Rebecca Pow), assures me that she and her team and colleagues in…21 Feb 2022