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HANSARDElectricity Grid CapacityWe are working with Ofgem and the National Energy System Operator to accelerate network infrastructure through reforms to planning, supply chains and other areas, delivering the…15 Jul 2025HANSARDClean Energy: SupplyI completely agree. My hon. Friend makes the point that this is not just about action on the climate—as important as that is—and creating thousands of new jobs, but about bringing…15 Jul 2025HANSARDRenewable Energy Sector: Workers’ RightsMy hon. Friend is right to raise that point. Supporting workers in energy-intensive industries is essential as we transition our economy. The Government will provide over £1.2…15 Jul 2025HANSARDRenewable EnergyThe hon. Lady is right that we have an enormous amount of innovation in this space and real potential to meet our future needs, not just as a result of the pathway that we have…15 Jul 2025HANSARDRenewable EnergyMy hon. Friend makes a point that others have raised. We are looking in granular detail at how the system works to ensure that the regulatory landscape allows such opportunities…15 Jul 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsOf course the Government follow the regulations that we have put in place quickly, and applications must be considered on a case-by-case basis—that is the way anyone would expect…15 Jul 2025HANSARDRenewable EnergyOur clean power 2030 action plan sets out our pathway to delivering clean power. To support that plan, we recently launched the solar road map, which confirms plans to increase…15 Jul 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThat is not the position of the Government, because report after report and the evidence points to the fact that undergrounding cables is significantly more expensive than putting…15 Jul 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI do not know the specifics of the case that the hon. Lady raises—if she wants to send any details to me, I will certainly look at them. We clearly want to see and expect in every…15 Jul 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI will repeat what I have said before: we are obviously hugely disappointed by the way that the owners have dealt with the company. I repeat the ask that I have made in the House…15 Jul 2025HANSARDNew NuclearMy hon. Friend is absolutely right; the Government are committed to delivering a new golden age of nuclear, securing an abundance of clean power after 14 years of dither and delay…15 Jul 2025HANSARDClean Energy: SupplyI completely agree. The right hon. and learned Gentleman is absolutely right: there are no technical barriers to doing it, but that does not mean that it is a straightforward…15 Jul 2025HANSARDElectricity Grid CapacityThat sounds like a fantastic opportunity. Our ambition is to see solar panels on as many rooftops across the country as possible. It is a win-win opportunity, as the hon.…15 Jul 2025HANSARDElectricity Grid CapacityI thank my hon. Friend for the question and for the work that he and the whole Committee have been doing on this matter. His report has been my bedtime reading every night this…15 Jul 2025HANSARDNew NuclearThe clean power 2030 action plan makes it clear that nuclear will play an important role in our future energy system, providing low-carbon baseload power to the grid. We are…15 Jul 2025HANSARDNew NuclearI regularly engage with Ministers in the Northern Irish Executive, including in the Department for the Economy, which has responsibility for energy policy in Northern Ireland, and…15 Jul 2025HANSARDNew NuclearWell, my right hon. Friend the Energy Secretary says that we love Hemel Hempstead; I think we agree on that. The nuclear sector is poised for significant growth. That will help…15 Jul 2025HANSARDDraft Electricity Capacity (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2025I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Electricity Capacity (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2025. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Vickers.…09 Jul 2025HANSARDDraft Electricity Capacity (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2025I will not detain the Committee for long, but I should put on record that the shadow Minister was on the judging panel for the aforesaid awards. I am not quite sure what that says…09 Jul 2025HANSARDFossil Fuel Advertising and SponsorshipIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Twigg, for my first petitions debate, which are a great innovation in parliamentary procedure. Like my hon. Friend the Member…07 Jul 2025