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HANSARDStorm ArwenWith permission, Mr Speaker, I would like to make a statement on the electricity disruptions as a result of Storm Arwen and how we are working to ensure that power is restored to…01 Dec 2021HANSARDStorm ArwenThe hon. Lady is right to point out that there needs to be a way for right hon. and hon. Members to engage with DNOs and constituents, and I will look into that. I picked up on…01 Dec 2021HANSARDStorm ArwenMy hon. Friend will know that I am keen to engage with local resilience fora and hear from them what is the best way to proceed. He will also appreciate that we are incredibly…01 Dec 2021HANSARDStorm ArwenAs I have said to a number of hon. Members today, we are absolutely committed to getting power back. I need to reiterate that 95% of people who were affected now have their power…01 Dec 2021HANSARDStorm ArwenWe are contacting local resilience forums, listening to them and getting guidance from them as to how best to tackle the situation on the ground. The hon. Gentleman will…01 Dec 2021HANSARDStorm ArwenThe hon. Gentleman is quite right: Northern Powergrid is working very hard to make sure that people get their electricity back. As I said, 95% of the people affected have got the…01 Dec 2021HANSARDStorm ArwenThe communication point is fundamental. I have spoken to the CEOs of the DNOs and I am speaking to the local resilience fora; we are absolutely committed to having much, much…01 Dec 2021HANSARDStorm ArwenI do not accept the hon. Gentleman’s characterisation of where we are. He will appreciate that, over many years, we have had local resilience fora, which have acted incredibly…01 Dec 2021HANSARDStorm ArwenMy hon. Friend will know that this is a matter of grave concern and focus for the Government. He will also appreciate that Electricity North West has done a reasonable job in…01 Dec 2021HANSARDStorm ArwenI thank my hon. Friend for the tireless work that she and other Members, on both sides of the House, have put in to make sure that their constituents are being well represented…01 Dec 2021HANSARDStorm ArwenAs I said in a number of responses, we are working with the local resilience fora. The job of the local resilience forum, in the first instance, is to find out what is going on…01 Dec 2021HANSARDStorm ArwenAs I said, I spoke to three CEOs of the DNOs. The CEO of ScottishPower was not one of those I spoke to, but I am very hopeful that we can get a call today, and I am looking…01 Dec 2021HANSARDStorm ArwenI welcome the hon. Gentleman’s remarks and pay tribute, as he does, not only to the fortitude of many of his constituents and other people in Scotland, but to the tireless efforts…01 Dec 2021HANSARDStorm ArwenMy hon. Friend will accept that we are in an extreme situation. He will also know that I have spoken to Mr Alistair Phillips-Davies, who is the head of SSE. He and I and…01 Dec 2021HANSARDContingent Liability: Bulb EnergyContingent liability (indemnity) Today I will lay before Parliament a departmental minute describing a contingent liability arising from an indemnity for the energy administrators…26 Nov 2021HANSARDBulb Energy: AdministrationThe hon. Gentleman makes a point about Bulb. It was a very large company, which is precisely why the supplier of last resort was not felt to be an appropriate mechanism in this…24 Nov 2021HANSARDBulb Energy: AdministrationBeing a close student of the energy White Paper, as I am sure he is, my hon. Friend will know that we have had a commitment to invest in one more large-scale nuclear project…24 Nov 2021HANSARDBulb Energy: AdministrationI do not apologise for the net zero agenda. We saw big strides at COP26. We could have gone further. That is an area in which we are showing leadership and that is something we…24 Nov 2021HANSARDBulb Energy: AdministrationSupporting the most vulnerable is exactly what we are doing through the warm home discount and the extension to it. That is exactly why we have maintained the energy price cap,…24 Nov 2021HANSARDBulb Energy: AdministrationOne word that the hon. Lady did not mention was covid. As a consequence of covid, my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer has put £400 billion into the economy to…24 Nov 2021