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HANSARDHeating Oil: Rural HomesI welcome my hon. Friend’s advocacy for his constituents. It is essential that the Scottish Government scheme, which is running to support people with heating oil costs, finds its…24 Mar 2026HANSARDOil and GasI beg to move an amendment, to leave out from “House” to the end of the Question and add: “welcomes the Government’s approach to the future of the North Sea, which maintains…24 Mar 2026HANSARDEnergy Bills: ScotlandBills are going down by 7% from next week. We do not need to imagine a future with independence and what would happen with the SNP in power. Let us look at the record. The hon.…24 Mar 2026HANSARDOil and GasI will say to the right hon. Gentleman what I said to his Front Benchers last week: the Conservatives need to stop talking down the North sea. With 1.1 million barrels a day being…24 Mar 2026HANSARDEnergy Bills: ScotlandMy hon. Friend makes a crucial point. I know that he is an advocate for nuclear in Scotland, as am I. We are missing out on the opportunities of nuclear, and it is a disgrace that…24 Mar 2026HANSARDEnergy Bills: ScotlandThe Government know that energy bills in Scotland remain too high. That is why we are fighting the consumer’s corner. The action we took at the Budget will ensure that from April…24 Mar 2026HANSARDHeating Oil: Rural HomesI was pleased to join my hon. Friend in Stornoway last week to meet those organisations. It is absolutely crucial—whether it is through the local government schemes that we are…24 Mar 2026HANSARDOil and GasThe hon. Lady will know that this is a windfall tax on windfall profits. If there are no windfall profits, there will not be a windfall tax. The motion calls for an end to the ban…24 Mar 2026HANSARDHeating Oil: Rural HomesThe hon. Gentleman makes an important point. I visited the Western Isles last week to speak directly to people who have been affected by the energy crisis, and I heard about the…24 Mar 2026HANSARDOil and GasAnd on that point—about facts—I will give way to the hon. Gentleman.24 Mar 2026HANSARDOil and GasAs the hon. Member will know, the price of gas and oil is set on an international market and, as I have said, extracting more from the North sea would not make a penny’s…24 Mar 2026HANSARDHeating Oil: Rural HomesI think the hon. Member should be careful not to sow fear about these issues among his constituents, which is precisely what his remarks do. My right hon. Friend the Chancellor…24 Mar 2026HANSARDHeating Oil: Rural HomesWe understand that many households, particularly in rural and off-gas grid areas, rely on heating oil as their primary source of heat. That is why my right hon. Friend the…24 Mar 2026HANSARDDraft Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) (Specified Period) Order 2026I thank hon. Members for their contributions to the debate. I will turn briefly to each of the points that were raised. The hon. Member for Mid Buckinghamshire asked about cost.…23 Mar 2026HANSARDDraft Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) (Specified Period) Order 2026I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) (Specified Period) Order 2026. It is a pleasure to serve…23 Mar 2026HANSARDDraft Warm Home Discount (England and Wales) Regulations 2026I know that my hon. Friend is a champion for her constituents in Holbrook and across her constituency. Like many hon. Members, she will have seen the increase in the numbers of…18 Mar 2026HANSARDDraft Warm Home Discount (England and Wales) Regulations 2026I am not sure if the hon. Gentleman— [ Interruption. ]18 Mar 2026HANSARDDraft Warm Home Discount (England and Wales) Regulations 2026I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Warm Home Discount (England and Wales) Regulations 2026. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Dowd. I…18 Mar 2026HANSARDDraft Warm Home Discount (England and Wales) Regulations 2026I thank hon. Members for their contributions. On the points raised by the Opposition Front Bench spokesperson, in Q2 of this year energy bills will be lower than they were in…18 Mar 2026HANSARDDraft Warm Home Discount (England and Wales) Regulations 2026I am happy to be barracked under your chairmanship, Mr Dowd. Turning to the point that the hon. Member for Broxbourne raised, he knows that it would not matter if additional oil…18 Mar 2026