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HANSARDEngagementsQ1. If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 26 October.26 Oct 2022HANSARDBusinesses: Energy Costs in 2023The Minister has announced what will happen if businesses have fixed-term energy contracts running into the period of the support scheme, but she has not said anything about what…25 Oct 2022HANSARDFloating Offshore Wind ProjectsWe have had what I would characterise as one of the most sensible debates that I have heard in quite a long time in this place, and I congratulate the right hon. Member for…18 Oct 2022HANSARDEnergy Prices BillMy hon. Friend makes a good, if somewhat speculative, point. As the Bill mentions, the Government are seeking to regularise the status of various renewable generators into some…17 Oct 2022HANSARDEnergy Prices BillWe want to get everything on the table that will be germane to decisions that may have to be made after six months about what to do, particularly about windfall levies and various…17 Oct 2022HANSARDEnergy Prices BillI am sorry that we have such truncated time to discuss this legislation this evening, because while we have a substantial level of support for the Bill, we have our concerns about…17 Oct 2022HANSARDEnergy Prices BillI am about to finish my remarks, but we might well have a debate about new clause 18—17 Oct 2022HANSARDEnergy Prices BillI am delighted to hear that, and it is one gain from this evening’s debate. On the third part of the Bill, I very much concur with a lot of what the hon. Member for…17 Oct 2022HANSARDEnergy Prices BillI have sat down.17 Oct 2022HANSARDEnergy Prices BillI am sorry, I cannot give away further because I am right out of time, and I know that the Chairman is encouraging me to bring my remarks to a close, which is precisely what I…17 Oct 2022HANSARDEnergy Prices BillWe think that most of what is new clause 18 is unexceptionable as far as information that is required. We do not think that all this has to be or should be resolved within one…17 Oct 2022HANSARD Energy Costs in WalesOf course, the Prime Minister was unintentionally misleading the British public in this instance by saying that they would not pay more than £2,500 on their energy bills. She did…11 Oct 2022HANSARD Energy Costs in WalesThe support is for two years for domestic properties. For business and commercial properties, it is for six months. The proposal that the Government have put forward for two…11 Oct 2022HANSARD Energy Costs in WalesIt is uncanny that the hon. Member has anticipated exactly what I was going to say next: one reason it was necessary for the UK Government to be relatively generous in their…11 Oct 2022HANSARD Energy Costs in WalesI will try to spend the time I have addressing myself to the excellent speeches we have heard this afternoon. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Cardiff North (Anna…11 Oct 2022HANSARD Energy Costs in WalesYes, indeed. The Opposition will look very closely at whether the Government are serious about moving our energy economy on to the sort of renewable basis that we have set out.…11 Oct 2022HANSARDDraft Warm Home Discount (Scotland) Regulations 2022It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Efford. As the Minister said, this instrument is about the completion across the nations of the warm home discount. As he…07 Sept 2022HANSARDEnergy UpdateI thank the Minister for his statement and for the brief advance notice that we had. I think that we can all agree that this is a statement of astonishing vagueness and…05 Sept 2022HANSARDDraft Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) Order 2022There are two separate administrators.18 Jul 2022HANSARDDraft Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) Order 2022It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Sharma. The first thing to say in response to the Minister’s excellent setting out of the provisions of ECO4 is that it is a…18 Jul 2022