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HANSARDRenewable Energy Projects: Connection to the GridThat wasn’t very good, was it? The Government’s own offshore wind champion Tim Pick said last week that we will miss our 2030 offshore wind ambitions by more than 10 GW because of…18 Apr 2023HANSARDSocial Rented HousingI was shocked to read recently that only 6,400 new social rent homes were built in England last year, when pretty much everybody agrees that about 100,000 are needed every year to…27 Mar 2023HANSARDSocial Rented Housing1. What steps he is taking to increase the provision of social rented housing.27 Mar 2023HANSARD Energy TrilemmaNo, what I said was that we should be trying to make sure that the reduced amounts of oil and gas that, in the end, we use in our system are as indigenous as they can be. That…23 Mar 2023HANSARD Energy TrilemmaThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right: we should not be dependent on foreign imports. However, we need to be thinking about a long-term overall reduction in what we are doing. I…23 Mar 2023HANSARD Energy TrilemmaThis has been an interesting debate, and I congratulate the right hon. Member for South Northamptonshire (Dame Andrea Leadsom) on securing it. I thought that it was about tackling…23 Mar 2023HANSARD Energy TrilemmaWould the hon. Member like an edited copy of the speeches that I have made about energy security over the years? I think he might find something useful there.23 Mar 2023HANSARDEnergy Support for FarmsI congratulate the hon. Member for Upper Bann (Carla Lockhart) on securing the debate. It is on an important and usually forgotten part of our current energy debates. We talk…21 Mar 2023HANSARDDraft Electricity Supplier Obligations (Excluded Electricity) (Amendment) Regulations 2023What the Minister says appears to be a reannouncement of what was announced in August and not proceeded with. Is the Minister now saying that the 100% discount is being proceeded…13 Mar 2023HANSARDDraft Electricity Supplier Obligations (Excluded Electricity) (Amendment) Regulations 2023The SI looks very straightforward. It proposes two minor amendments to the qualifying arrangements for the energy-intensive industries exemption scheme, which, as the Minister…13 Mar 2023HANSARDDraft Electricity Supplier Obligations (Excluded Electricity) (Amendment) Regulations 2023I apologise.13 Mar 2023HANSARDDraft Electricity Supplier Obligations (Excluded Electricity) (Amendment) Regulations 2023But you announced it in August last year.13 Mar 2023HANSARDDraft Electricity Supplier Obligations (Excluded Electricity) (Amendment) Regulations 2023My hon. Friend makes a very good point that slightly anticipates my third and final question for the Minister. She is quite right, and by coincidence, I have in front of me the…13 Mar 2023HANSARD EnergyAs the Minister has said, these statutory instruments deal with alternative fuel payments within the general scope of the domestic energy price guarantee scheme and the…07 Mar 2023HANSARDPrepayment Meters: Forced InstallationThe Secretary of State says that he has brought the scandal of prepayment meters to an end, but it certainly is not at an end. Indeed, the Government were repeatedly warned about…28 Feb 2023HANSARDDraft Electricity Supplier Obligations (Green Excluded Electricity) (Amendment) Regulations 2023This statutory instrument is, in principle, pretty straightforward. It removes something that, as the Minister said, was a consequence of state aid discussions, which took place…27 Feb 2023HANSARDDraft Electricity Supplier Obligations (Green Excluded Electricity) (Amendment) Regulations 2023Will the Minister give way?27 Feb 2023HANSARDDraft Electricity Supplier Obligations (Green Excluded Electricity) (Amendment) Regulations 2023I am grateful to the Minister for giving way. He passed over my point about whether the suppliers will get a payout from the LCCC when the difference between the strike price and…27 Feb 2023HANSARDEnergy Suppliers: Customer CreditThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. Had I not had a reasonably informed view of how direct debits work, I may well have just said, “Okay, I’ll go with that,” with the…22 Feb 2023HANSARDEnergy Suppliers: Customer CreditI congratulate the hon. Member for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey (Drew Hendry) on securing the debate. I share hon. Members’ disappointment that the Chamber is not…22 Feb 2023