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HANSARDGas Prices and Energy SuppliersNo one in Basildon and Thurrock, or anywhere else in this country, need fear the eventuality that my hon. Friend describes. As I have said, the supplier of last resort process is…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 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 SuppliersAbsolutely. My hon. Friend will know that we have some really exciting floating offshore wind projects in the Celtic sea that I am very pleased to see being developed. She is also…23 Sept 2021HANSARDGas Prices and Energy SuppliersAs I have said a number of times, in this role and in my previous one, the green homes grant attempted to do three things. The first was to decarbonise public sector buildings,…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 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 SuppliersI will tell the hon. Lady why people should have confidence in this Government: we have a vaccine roll-out that is the envy of the world; we have got the economy back up 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 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 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. 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 SuppliersAgain, there are further budgetary issues, but I have always said that we are absolutely focused on customers, particularly the most vulnerable customers. The warm home discount…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 SuppliersClearly there was a lot in that question and statement. I will deal with a couple of issues, if I may. With respect to universal credit and wider budgetary considerations, I have…23 Sept 2021HANSARD Subsidy Control BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. The Government are determined to seize the opportunities arising from Brexit. Now that the UK has left the European Union…22 Sept 2021HANSARD Subsidy Control BillIn her brief time in the House, my hon. Friend has been an impressive and focused campaigner on behalf of her constituents and the wider industry. As she knows, I am a particular…22 Sept 2021HANSARD Subsidy Control BillMay I make a little more progress? Many other colleagues want to speak. This is a Bill that promotes autonomy, transparency and accountability. It will empower hundreds of local…22 Sept 2021HANSARD Subsidy Control BillThat was a rather lengthy intervention, if I may say so, although I do not want to tread on the Chair’s prerogative. As the right hon. Lady will appreciate, the Bill is a function…22 Sept 2021