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HANSARDLarge-scale Solar FarmsThank you, Mr Henderson, for your consideration of the time available in what has been a very useful and educational debate. I congratulate the hon. Member for Sleaford and North…18 Apr 2024HANSARDLarge-scale Solar FarmsSpring or summer?18 Apr 2024HANSARDLarge-scale Solar FarmsNear anybody.18 Apr 2024HANSARDLarge-scale Solar FarmsThat is a really interesting question. It is not necessarily the case that there will be an incoming Labour Government, but it is nice to hear the hon. Gentleman declare that…18 Apr 2024HANSARDLarge-scale Solar FarmsI was intending to go into the 3a and 3b debate, but I do not think it will add anything greatly to what I have to say. Again, it is in the gift of Government, for schemes above…18 Apr 2024HANSARDLarge-scale Solar FarmsDoes the Minister accept that under the present trading arrangements for energy, a developer cannot provide a trading benefit for a local area only and has to treat it as though…18 Apr 2024HANSARDLarge-scale Solar FarmsI think the hon. Lady will forgive me for not being the Government right at this minute. It is not my responsibility to set out what the Government would do for the future; it is…18 Apr 2024HANSARDFloating Offshore WindI am sure the Secretary of State does not want a repeat on her watch of the failure of allocation round 5, when her Department managed to crash the offshore wind market. However,…16 Apr 2024HANSARDFloating Offshore WindI am not sure that answer gives much reassurance to industry or this House. The truth is that uprating our port infrastructure is critical for deploying floating offshore wind and…16 Apr 2024HANSARDCavity Wall InsulationI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Halifax (Holly Lynch) not only on securing this important debate but on making the detailed case that needs to be made about his…26 Mar 2024HANSARDCavity Wall InsulationI am sorry, Mrs Latham. One would think that, in a reasonable world, there should be speedy recognition that the problem has arisen and an equally speedy arrangement whereby the…26 Mar 2024HANSARDCavity Wall InsulationYes, I am sorry; I keep doing that. The appearance of a number of problems in a particular area might relate to a particular company carrying out faulty insulations or using the…26 Mar 2024HANSARDDraft Strategy and Policy Statement for Energy Policy in Great BritainThe power to designate a strategy and policy statement, as the Minister has set out, has been in place since the passing of the Energy Act 2013. That Act envisaged, among other…19 Mar 2024HANSARDDraft Strategy and Policy Statement for Energy Policy in Great BritainI am tempted by the hon. Member to go down the lengthy path of discussing how the move to clean power by 2030 will be financed. I can assure him that that is fully set out and…19 Mar 2024HANSARDGas-fired Power StationsI am little puzzled about what all this is about. The Committee on Climate Change and all credible energy experts have said that we will need a small residual of unabated gas in…13 Mar 2024HANSARDDraft Energy Bills Discount Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2024I completely accept your guidance, Sir George, but I thought it essential for the elucidation of hon. Members to state the position as it actually was, as the discount scheme…05 Mar 2024HANSARDDraft Energy Bills Discount Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2024As the Minister has explained, the draft regulations make a lot of sense administratively and in respect of future costs to the Government. The explanatory memorandum sets out the…05 Mar 2024HANSARDFuel PovertyThe recent Institute of Health Equity Marmot report highlighted the negative effects of living in cold and uninsulated homes, including respiratory and circulatory diseases and…05 Mar 2024HANSARDFuel Poverty1. What recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero on tackling the health impacts of fuel poverty.05 Mar 2024HANSARDNew NuclearContrary to propaganda from the Conservative side, the last Labour Government handed over a detailed nuclear development plan that ran up to 2025, with 10 sites identified for…27 Feb 2024