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HANSARDHousehold Energy BillsThe hon. Member makes an important point. The Government do not want anyone to be making the choice between heating and eating. That is why across Government we are working on a…02 Jun 2026HANSARDHousehold Energy BillsThe hon. Gentleman’s constituents in Leicester will benefit from the decisions that we have already made. Those decisions take £150 off energy costs and extend the warm home…02 Jun 2026HANSARDHousehold Energy BillsWe can see the economic recklessness of the Conservative party when the hon. Member stands at that Dispatch Box making uncosted promises and claims. Before this crisis, bills were…02 Jun 2026HANSARDDraft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026That was part of the Energy Prices Act, as passed into primary legislation in 2022. It was intended to ensure that the powers were functioning at the time when the Executive were…02 Jun 2026HANSARDHousehold Energy BillsThat comes from a member of a party that learned no lessons from the last energy crisis. We will not make the same mistakes, which is why we are investing in clean power by 2030,…02 Jun 2026HANSARDDraft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026. It is a pleasure to serve under your…02 Jun 2026HANSARDEnergy Infrastructure Planning ProjectsMy noble Friend Lord Whitehead, Minister for Energy Security and Net Zero, has today made the following statement: This statement concerns an application for development consent…14 May 2026HANSARDDraft Warm Home Discount (Scotland) Regulations 2026I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Warm Home Discount (Scotland) Regulations 2026. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Desmond. The…27 Apr 2026HANSARDDraft Warm Home Discount (Scotland) Regulations 2026It is per year.27 Apr 2026HANSARDDraft Warm Home Discount (Scotland) Regulations 2026That is why we need a balance of universal and targeted support. Currently, through the price cap, those on dual fuel bills will be receiving an average reduction of 7%. Alongside…27 Apr 2026HANSARDDraft Warm Home Discount (Scotland) Regulations 2026I thank hon. Members for their speeches. The hon. Member for Gordon and Buchan asked why there had been a delay in laying the draft regulations. The delay was because of continued…27 Apr 2026HANSARDOfgem Review: Final ReportToday I am publishing the Government’s final report of the review of Ofgem, the energy regulator for Great Britain. This review delivers on our commitment to ensure that consumers…22 Apr 2026HANSARDCost of Heating OilIf the hon. Gentleman will let me finish the point, I was going to say that 50% of those are to rural homes. I am not trying to dismiss the fact that there are some properties…15 Apr 2026HANSARDCost of Heating OilI thought we were about to end up in an “I am Spartacus” moment. [ Laughter. ] It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Allin-Khan. I thank the hon. Member for North…15 Apr 2026HANSARDCost of Heating OilUnfortunately, the Scottish Government are not allowing the data to be shared because of the pre-election period. I would argue that that is not what the pre-election period is…15 Apr 2026HANSARDCost of Heating OilWell, the hon. Member was a Member of the party that was last in government, let me say that, and I find it difficult to listen to him tell us about the lessons that we should…15 Apr 2026HANSARDCost of Heating OilAs I said, once the funds are disbursed in Northern Ireland, just as across the whole of the United Kingdom, we will make an assessment as to what further work might need to take…15 Apr 2026HANSARDCost of Heating OilAs the hon. Lady knows, the Department runs a range of programmes. We took the decision to abolish ECO4 because it was not working effectively. In some cases, it was costing more…15 Apr 2026HANSARDCost of Heating OilFifty per cent of grants provided through the boiler upgrade scheme, which is our primary vehicle for providing people with grants for heat pumps to replace—15 Apr 2026HANSARDCost of Heating OilI hope the report will come back to us some time in June, and then we will examine it to determine what may be required in terms of further action. I want us to move as quickly as…15 Apr 2026