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HANSARDEnergy Efficiency: Council Leaseholders and Social HomesMy hon. Friend makes an important point. Local authorities will have a critical role to play in our warm homes plan. Under our warm homes schemes, we are offering substantial…29 Apr 2025HANSARDElectricity Bills: Standing ChargesThere are fixed costs within standing charges relating to, for instance, the cost of maintaining and upgrading networks, which we have to cover, but we recognise the imbalance…29 Apr 2025HANSARDDomestic Energy Bills: TransparencyUnder Ofgem’s current rules, suppliers must provide complete and accurate billing information. Critically, bills are required to be displayed in plain and accessible language. We…29 Apr 2025HANSARDDomestic Energy Bills: TransparencyWe support transparency. Ofgem publishes the breakdown of all costs within bills, but there is more that we need to do to ensure that consumers understand what is going on.…29 Apr 2025HANSARDDomestic Energy Bills: TransparencyWe are very clear that every part of the country must benefit from this transition, so whether it is through our warm home scheme or the work that we are doing locally through…29 Apr 2025HANSARDEnergy Efficiency: Council Leaseholders and Social HomesI welcome the right hon. Member’s commitment to our plans to upgrade homes. However, he is trying to rewrite history, because when we look at the record of the previous…29 Apr 2025HANSARDElectricity Bills: Standing ChargesWe know that consumers are frustrated by standing charges, which is why we are committed to lowering them. Ofgem has been consulting on introducing a zero standing charge tariff…29 Apr 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe know that consumers are under pressure with energy bills. That is why last winter, £1 billion of support was provided to help vulnerable customers through our warm home…29 Apr 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsWestminster city council owns the network, and we know that it is considering options for refurbishing and potentially decarbonising it. In the round, we are committed to working…29 Apr 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe are aware of issues that we have had with ECO4 and the Great British insulation scheme. If constituents have been affected, they should have received a letter from Ofgem. They…29 Apr 2025HANSARD Radio Teleswitch Service Switch-off: ScotlandI thank the right hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland (Mr Carmichael) for raising this important debate on the radio teleswitch service. I also thank him for meeting me on…08 Apr 2025HANSARDRebel Energy: Supplier of Last ResortOn 1 April, Rebel Energy announced that it planned to cease trading. Following this announcement, Ofgem confirmed that it would seek to appoint a supplier of last resort to…07 Apr 2025HANSARDDraft Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2025Let me say to the hon. Member that we have absolutely looked at the regulations. As the UK Government, we believe that they are good for consumers. In fact, the ambition that has…31 Mar 2025HANSARDDraft Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2025I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2025. This…31 Mar 2025HANSARDDraft Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2025We are trying to work within the Windsor framework. We are not here to litigate that. It sets out a set of protocols and procedures that we are working under. EU rules have come…31 Mar 2025HANSARDDraft Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2025I thank hon. Members for their valuable contributions to the debate. I start by saying that we have our obligations under the Windsor framework, which was passed in this House…31 Mar 2025HANSARDEnergy Consumer SupportThe past few years have shown us why we must break our reliance on global fossil fuel markets. Under the hon. Gentleman’s Government’s watch, energy prices spiralled, and…18 Mar 2025HANSARDEnergy Consumer SupportMy hon. Friend is absolutely right: charities and third-sector organisations play a vital role in getting support to households, which we know are struggling with bills. Part of…18 Mar 2025HANSARDEnergy Consumer SupportWe know that people are worried about their energy bills, and that too many are struggling to afford them. We agreed £500 million of industry support, alongside our warm home…18 Mar 2025HANSARDEnergy Consumer SupportI am happy to meet my hon. Friend to discuss this case. However, there are clear rules in place to protect consumers from unfair back-billing, and energy companies must comply…18 Mar 2025