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HANSARDIncome Tax (Charge)We are not going to nationalise anything; that is very true.28 Oct 2021HANSARDDevelopment Consent Application under Planning Act 2008: AQUIND LtdThis statement concerns an application for development consent made under the Planning Act 2008 by AQUIND Ltd for the construction, operation, maintenance and decommissioning of…21 Oct 2021HANSARDGas Prices and Energy SuppliersWe protect domestic consumers in the way I have outlined, but it is fair for the right hon. Gentleman to raise the issue of industrial users of energy in business. He will know…23 Sept 2021HANSARDGas Prices and Energy SuppliersThe hon. Gentleman will have seen reports that energy companies want the Government to lift the energy price cap. I have repeatedly resisted that. I have said explicitly, on the…23 Sept 2021HANSARDGas Prices and Energy SuppliersMy hon. Friend has made an excellent point. The carbon dioxide crisis—or question in hand—we dealt with immediately. I spoke to the CEO of CF Fertilisers twice, on Sunday and…23 Sept 2021HANSARDGas Prices and Energy SuppliersWhat happens—and it is happening at the moment—is that there is a process of bidding for the customers of the exiting, failing companies, and the cost of absorbing those customers…23 Sept 2021HANSARDGas Prices and Energy SuppliersAs I have said, we have a supplier of last resort process, and it would be wrong of me here at the Dispatch Box to interfere in how it works. It has worked effectively over the…23 Sept 2021HANSARDGas Prices and Energy SuppliersThey had a chance to change their Government and, as I recall, that did not end so well for the Labour party, although maybe my memory fails me. We have a dynamic, vibrant and…23 Sept 2021HANSARDGas Prices and Energy SuppliersAs my hon. Friend knows, I am always prepared to meet him at any time to discuss any matter he chooses to discuss with me.23 Sept 2021HANSARDGas Prices and Energy SuppliersI would be very happy look at that, as the hon. Lady suggests. I have said many times, I am in contact with Mr Brearley, the chief executive officer of Ofgem, on practically a…23 Sept 2021HANSARDGas Prices and Energy SuppliersMy hon. Friend knows that competition is the key to this market. We had a world that was oligopolistic in this respect, but we have introduced the price cap, and there are plenty…23 Sept 2021HANSARDGas Prices and Energy SuppliersMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. For example, the last Labour Government did absolutely nothing to drive nuclear power, which is a fundamental ingredient of security of energy…23 Sept 2021HANSARDGas Prices and Energy SuppliersWhat I do acknowledge is that there has been a quadrupling of the gas price, and that we have an energy price cap that will protect customers from such spikes. Schemes such as the…23 Sept 2021HANSARDGas Prices and Energy SuppliersNobody in this House has been as consistent and as focused on this issue as my hon. Friend. He knows that, as Energy Minister, I commissioned the offshore transmission network…23 Sept 2021HANSARDGas Prices and Energy SuppliersThe hon. Lady raises a fair point, and clearly the single most important determinant of gas prices is the weather. That is why we have schemes such as the warm home discount, and…23 Sept 2021HANSARDGas Prices and Energy SuppliersAny Labour plan to nationalise the industry would be a step back into the dark ages and would be a disaster for this country’s reputation as a hub of international capital and…23 Sept 2021HANSARDGas Prices and Energy SuppliersAs I said, it has been a consistent feature over the past few years that energy companies have failed and left the market. We have a process to deal with that, the supplier of…23 Sept 2021HANSARDGas Prices and Energy SuppliersThe massive increase in energy prices is a global effect. I completely understand that people are facing issues this winter that were not foreseen maybe six months ago, but this…23 Sept 2021HANSARDGas Prices and Energy SuppliersThe hon. Gentleman has given a pithy summary of the various causes of the energy price spike, one that is very realistic; it is a global phenomenon. What I have said repeatedly is…23 Sept 2021HANSARDGas Prices and Energy SuppliersWe have been dealing with green deal cases on a case-by-case basis. I have not been informed of the specific details that the hon. Lady describes but, with my officials, I would…23 Sept 2021