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HANSARD Floating Solar PanelsI am always in the market for less pain. Let me say a little bit about some of the constraints. Eligible bids have been submitted to our contracts for difference schemes, but…26 Jun 2025HANSARD Floating Solar PanelsI recognise that point, but even with the expansion, we are still talking about only a fraction of land. Inevitably, regional and local government will make a judgment about the…26 Jun 2025HANSARD Floating Solar PanelsI thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. There are many schemes and huge opportunities, and the Government are working with industry to think about what the potential is…26 Jun 2025HANSARD Floating Solar PanelsI thank the hon. and gallant Member for Spelthorne (Lincoln Jopp) for securing a debate on this important issue and for prosecuting his case for floating solar with such flourish.…26 Jun 2025HANSARD Floating Solar PanelsI thank the hon. and gallant Gentleman for that; his nudge has been taken, and I will pass that on to the Minister for Energy. As a Department, we are trying to engage extensively…26 Jun 2025HANSARD Warm Home DiscountI could not agree more with my hon. Friend. The legacy—the inheritance—was woeful. I do not need to say that, because people feel it across the country. We, as the incoming…19 Jun 2025HANSARD Warm Home DiscountI thank the right hon. Member for a very good question. We know that families are struggling with the cost of living. We know that families are in poverty, and that many are…19 Jun 2025HANSARD Warm Home DiscountMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. We are engaging with the Scottish Government. Today’s expansion creates more resources for the Scottish Government to ensure that direct bill…19 Jun 2025HANSARD Warm Home DiscountI could not agree more. The record of stops and starts on home upgrades and home insulation is one reason that we failed to insulate as many households as we should have done from…19 Jun 2025HANSARD Warm Home DiscountAs always, my hon. Friend puts it perfectly. I will pick up his point on data sharing, which is critical. My Department and the Department for Work and Pensions have been working…19 Jun 2025HANSARD Warm Home DiscountI think the hon. Lady has some cheek, given the previous Government’s record on energy bills. When, under their watch, families across the country were paying sky-high energy…19 Jun 2025HANSARD Warm Home DiscountWith permission, I wish to make a statement on the action we are taking to cut energy bills for working families. Three years on from the Russian invasion of Ukraine which sent…19 Jun 2025HANSARD Warm Home DiscountI cannot believe it was 30 years ago that my hon. Friend was learning about green energy. We have been sprinting to deliver clean power. When we came into government we set a…19 Jun 2025HANSARD Warm Home DiscountMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. There is a clear obligation on energy suppliers to do everything that they can to support vulnerable households. I meet with suppliers…19 Jun 2025HANSARD Warm Home DiscountMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to talk about the cost of living. He is also right to point out that we have huge exposure to global fossil fuel markets, and at a point where…19 Jun 2025HANSARD Warm Home DiscountI can commit to that. The Conservatives tell us that our fight to deliver clean power and our work to upgrade people’s homes is ideological. It is not ideological; it is down to…19 Jun 2025HANSARD Warm Home DiscountI thank my hon. Friend for the work he has been doing to champion this agenda. I can confirm that we will be writing to all households in receipt of means-tested benefits to let…19 Jun 2025HANSARD Warm Home DiscountNorthern Ireland runs its own separate scheme. We are in very close contact with the Northern Irish Government—in fact, I was in Northern Ireland yesterday. We are making sure…19 Jun 2025HANSARD Warm Home DiscountMy hon. Friend is spot on. Members on the Conservative Front Bench are chuckling away in front of me, but it is no joke. We inherited an absolutely atrocious set of circumstances.…19 Jun 2025HANSARD Warm Home DiscountI think the hon. Member is referring to some of the financial transaction mechanisms. We will deliver the warm homes strand through Government support to some households as well…19 Jun 2025