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HANSARDDraft Electricity Supplier Payments (Amendment) Regulations 2022If the Minister does not think that that is the case, does he think that some method of making sure that those repayments go back directly to customers rather than indirectly, as…16 Mar 2022HANSARDDraft Electricity Supplier Payments (Amendment) Regulations 2022The SI is clearly not controversial, except for a number of points on which I would like to ask the Minister for clarification. The Opposition do not oppose the SI, and there will…16 Mar 2022HANSARDDraft Electricity Supplier Payments (Amendment) Regulations 2022Is the Minister saying that the exact comparability of the pre-qualifying amount of capacity for the T-1 auction and the amount of capacity that the Ministers decided was the…16 Mar 2022HANSARDDraft Electricity Supplier Payments (Amendment) Regulations 2022rose —16 Mar 2022HANSARDDraft Electricity Supplier Payments (Amendment) Regulations 2022I wonder whether the Minister would like to reflect on the numbers taking part in the consultation. Does he have an answer as to how many people responded to that? What…16 Mar 2022HANSARD Large Solar FarmsI will attempt to follow the hon. Member for Aberdeen South (Stephen Flynn) in being as brief as possible and finishing within five minutes, but right hon. and hon. Members will…09 Mar 2022HANSARD Large Solar FarmsThe right hon. Member is absolutely right that we need to test these things and take the environmental benefits as a whole, but these tests have pretty much been carried out, and…09 Mar 2022HANSARD Large Solar FarmsYes, the right hon. Member is absolutely right. The public should be on board with any development that is going on anywhere concerned with anything. That is a starting point as…09 Mar 2022HANSARD Large Solar FarmsThe hon. Member is quite right. Any form of renewable power—indeed, any form of power—ought to be based on extensive community consultation and the community being on board with…09 Mar 2022HANSARDEnergy Price Cap: Prepayment Meter CustomersThe 4 million pre-payment meter customers in this country will be profoundly unimpressed by the Secretary of State’s answers this morning. Not only are they paying far more than…22 Feb 2022HANSARD Edmonton EcoPark: Proposed ExpansionI congratulate the right hon. Member for Chingford and Wood Green—09 Feb 2022HANSARD Edmonton EcoPark: Proposed ExpansionIndeed, Mr Hosie, I am approaching the end of my remarks and I am guided by your instruction. There are modern techniques that can deal with waste. My first plea to the North…09 Feb 2022HANSARD North Sea Oil and GasThe truth is that the Government are thrashing around after what we now know has been a decade of failure on energy, particularly on the transition to a low-carbon energy economy.…09 Feb 2022HANSARD Edmonton EcoPark: Proposed ExpansionMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right: that is one of the elements of regarding waste as a resource, because waste—particularly municipal waste—will have a number of elements…09 Feb 2022HANSARD Edmonton EcoPark: Proposed ExpansionSorry, the right hon. Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Sir Iain Duncan Smith). My office companion is my hon. Friend the Member for Hornsey and Wood Green (Catherine…09 Feb 2022HANSARD Edmonton EcoPark: Proposed ExpansionIndeed. It is more or less the same thing.09 Feb 2022HANSARDDraft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2022It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Miller, albeit I have a slight apology to make for turning up at the very last moment. I ought perhaps to advise the…31 Jan 2022HANSARD Gas and Electricity CostsThe hon. Lady has anticipated exactly what I will say in a moment. One of the wider issues about the energy crisis is how, regardless of where someone gets their energy from, what…18 Jan 2022HANSARD Gas and Electricity CostsI congratulate the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross (Jamie Stone) on securing the debate. I think the best way to sum up this afternoon’s debate is to call it…18 Jan 2022HANSARDOff-grid Homes: EmissionsI am sure that the Secretary of State is aware that off-grid customers’ gas and oil supplies are not covered by the price cap, and that they will therefore experience even higher…11 Jan 2022