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HANSARDEnergy Prices: Economic GrowthThe right hon. Lady’s comparison is absolute nonsense, and she knows it. She compares the cost of building and operating new renewables, which is what the contract for difference…14 Oct 2025HANSARDReducing Energy BillsWe are currently consulting on extending the warm home discount beyond 2026. I would encourage the hon. Lady to look at that consultation and feed back her views. The warm homes…14 Oct 2025HANSARDFuel Poverty: Greater ManchesterEnsuring that everyone has access to a safe and warm home is our priority. From this winter, we estimate that an extra 280,000 families in the north-west will receive £150 off…14 Oct 2025HANSARDFuel Poverty: Greater ManchesterWe will bring forward the warm homes plan this year. In March, we allocated around £1.8 billion to local authorities and social housing providers through the warm homes local…14 Oct 2025HANSARDWarm Home Discount: Fuel PovertyWe are taking action through the warm home discount, which is being provided to an extra 2.7 million households across the country, and the warm homes plan, which we will roll out…14 Oct 2025HANSARDWarm Home Discount: Fuel PovertyFrom this winter, an additional 2.7 million households across the UK will receive £150 off their energy bills, which makes a total of nearly 6 million low-income households…14 Oct 2025HANSARDEnergy Prices: Economic GrowthHundreds of thousands of jobs will come from the clean power revolution. That is why it is so important that we push ahead with it and do not adopt the tactics of the Conservative…14 Oct 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsSince taking up my post four weeks ago, I have been dealing with the issue of radio teleswitch. I am more than happy to meet the right hon. Member to discuss the plans, and will…14 Oct 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs the Minister for Energy Consumers, I am totally focused on how we bring bills down. Ofgem has already released information about how it will be providing a low standing charge…14 Oct 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsLet me be absolutely clear: no family should ever have had to go through this. It happened because of the systematic failings of the system put in place by the previous…14 Oct 2025HANSARDReducing Energy BillsHaving been in this job for only four and half weeks, I am always in the market for good ideas, whichever part of the House they come from. The £13.2 billion warm homes plan will…14 Oct 2025HANSARDReducing Energy BillsI share my hon. Friend’s concern about the findings in today’s National Audit Office report. Obviously, we inherited this situation from the previous Government and we are…14 Oct 2025HANSARDReducing Energy BillsSince I became a Minister four weeks ago, I have received a lot of correspondence on this issue and I am looking at it closely. We have consulted on the issue and, hopefully, we…14 Oct 2025HANSARDEnergy Infrastructure Planning ProjectsThis statement concerns two applications for development consent made under the Planning Act 2008: one by GT R4 Limited, trading as Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind for the…13 Oct 2025HANSARDRetrofit Measures: ECO4 and GBISOn 17 July the Government updated the House on widespread, systemic issues in the delivery of solid wall insulation under the energy company obligation 4 scheme and the Great…13 Oct 2025HANSARDDraft Scotland Act 1998 (Increase of Borrowing Limits) Order 2025I am looking at the hon. Gentleman because he clearly struggled with these figures last year as well. The order provides the Scottish Government with certainty over the cumulative…21 May 2025HANSARDDraft Scotland Act 1998 (Increase of Borrowing Limits) Order 2025I thank hon. Members for their contributions, which I will address in turn. For the record, this year’s increase is 2.37%, and that is based on the OBR’s GDP deflator at the time…21 May 2025HANSARDDraft Scotland Act 1998 (Increase of Borrowing Limits) Order 2025I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Scotland Act 1998 (Increase of Borrowing Limits) Order 2025. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr…21 May 2025HANSARDDraft Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2025I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2025. The draft order was laid on 11…19 Mar 2025HANSARDDraft Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2025I will try to pick up on all those questions, but if I miss any, I will make sure that I write to the hon. Lady afterwards. I am not entirely sure I understand her point about…19 Mar 2025