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HANSARD Warm Home DiscountI challenge the right hon. Member on this matter. Businesses are completely behind us because they can see that clean power is the route by which we reduce energy costs and,…25 Feb 2025HANSARD Warm Home DiscountMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. At the heart of this is the opportunity to create jobs and boost local economies across the country. That is good not just for our energy…25 Feb 2025HANSARD Warm Home DiscountThere will be a role for gas in our energy mix, but we are very clear that the route and the quickest way to getting ourselves off that dependence is through clean power. We have…25 Feb 2025HANSARD Warm Home DiscountWe know that energy debt is a big problem. I have spoken to people across the country who are suffering with accumulated debt that they have no way of paying, with many having to…25 Feb 2025HANSARD Warm Home DiscountOur reform of the energy market arrangements looks at all the aspects of our electricity market that are not working. The Under-Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net…25 Feb 2025HANSARD Warm Home DiscountMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to point out the cost of living crisis that blights constituencies across the country, with many people facing energy debt totalling £3.8…25 Feb 2025HANSARD Warm Home DiscountBusinesses are under pressure from high energy prices. We know that. Again, I remind Conservative party Members that given their legacy, they should perhaps be a bit more humble…25 Feb 2025HANSARD Warm Home DiscountI thank my hon. Friend—that was well said. The Conservative party left us with the highest energy prices that we have seen in a generation. That is a legacy that, quite frankly,…25 Feb 2025HANSARD Warm Home DiscountThe hon. Lady is right that insulating and upgrading people’s homes is the route by which we will reduce bills and deliver homes that are warmer and cheaper to run. That is why we…25 Feb 2025HANSARD Warm Home DiscountMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. We have an energy market that does not work sufficiently in the interest of consumers, and we are committed to turning that around. That is why…25 Feb 2025HANSARD Warm Home DiscountThe hon. Gentleman is right that energy prices are too high—on that, we agree. We also agree that that is worrying for families and businesses across the country. However, I would…25 Feb 2025HANSARD Warm Home DiscountWith your permission, Madam Deputy Speaker, I would like to make a statement about the action we are taking to protect families in the face of the global spike in gas prices. In…25 Feb 2025HANSARD Warm Home DiscountWe are reaching out to and working with the Northern Ireland Executive. I would be happy to meet on this issue.25 Feb 2025HANSARDFuel Poverty: EnglandI will make progress. On the critical issue of fuel poverty, we are consulting in order to improve our strategy, looking at how to make progress on our statutory target for 2030…12 Feb 2025HANSARDFuel Poverty: EnglandThat is pretty audacious of the hon. Member, given the record of the previous Government, their financial position and the wrecking ball they took to the economy. We have to clean…12 Feb 2025HANSARDFuel Poverty: EnglandLet me address the points made by Members from rural constituencies. This plan has to work for every part of the country and we have to have solutions for every house. Rather than…12 Feb 2025HANSARDFuel Poverty: EnglandLet me reassure the hon. Member that we are talking to all devolved Administrations. There are common challenges that we all face and common solutions. We are working in…12 Feb 2025HANSARDFuel Poverty: EnglandI absolutely agree that home insulation is a key part of how we tackle the problem of fuel poverty. Unless we have homes that are insulated, whatever energy we put into people’s…12 Feb 2025HANSARDFuel Poverty: EnglandWe have estimated that the average cost of upgrading homes to C is about £6,000. To protect landlords, we have put in place a cap of £15,000 and created mechanisms to provide…12 Feb 2025HANSARDFuel Poverty: EnglandI thank my hon. Friend the Member for Normanton and Hemsworth (Jon Trickett) for securing this really important debate. He has a great record of speaking up for low-income and…12 Feb 2025