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HANSARDFossil FuelsHappy birthday to you, Mr Speaker. We have been busy since we last met for oral questions. We have confirmed that rooftop solar panels will be standard on all new build homes and…10 Jun 2025HANSARDFossil FuelsI will not be drawn on confirming whether the hon. Gentleman’s constituency is the most beautiful part of England—I will leave that to him. However, what he proposes sounds like a…10 Jun 2025HANSARDFossil FuelsMy hon. Friend makes two important points. First, on the importance of decarbonising heating across the country, the electrification of home heat will be an important way of…10 Jun 2025HANSARDFossil FuelsThe right hon. Gentleman and I have discussed this in the House before. He is right to point out that we see an important partnership with Morocco across our economy, and we have…10 Jun 2025HANSARDFossil FuelsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right, representing, as he does, a beautiful part of Scotland and one with huge potential for such schemes. That is why Great British Energy announced…10 Jun 2025HANSARDFossil FuelsWe consulted on a detailed plan around the future of energy in the North sea, which includes a detailed section on workforce planning. I am sure the hon. Lady was able to submit a…10 Jun 2025HANSARDFossil FuelsMy hon. Friend will not be surprised that I completely agree with her. Today, we have announced a new golden age of nuclear power in this country after decades of dither and…10 Jun 2025HANSARDGrid CapacityIncreasing grid capacity is critical. We are halving the development time for new transmission infrastructure through reforms to planning and supply chains, so that we can deliver…10 Jun 2025HANSARDGrid CapacityWe have outlined significant reforms to the connections queue. There is currently more than 740 GW in that connection queue. Clearly, that is an unsustainable amount of demand for…10 Jun 2025HANSARDGrid CapacityThe hon. Gentleman makes an incredibly important point that outlines why this work is so important. There are two parts to it. The connections reform is crucial, so that we have a…10 Jun 2025HANSARDGrid CapacityAs so often, my hon. Friend is correct on these matters. He usually has a quote that shows that, just a few months ago, Opposition Front Benchers agreed with us on many of these…10 Jun 2025HANSARDGrid CapacityOn a day when we are announcing new nuclear schemes, I am almost tempted to ask: which party brought Chinese investment into the heart of our nuclear infrastructure? The…10 Jun 2025HANSARDDecoupling Electricity and Gas PricesAccelerating the clean energy transition away from insecure and expensive fossil fuels towards cheap, clean renewables and nuclear power will help decouple gas and electricity…10 Jun 2025HANSARDDecoupling Electricity and Gas PricesI thank the hon. Gentleman for his expertise in this area, which he often brings to the House. He is absolutely right that decoupling from volatile and expensive gas prices is…10 Jun 2025HANSARDDecoupling Electricity and Gas PricesI always agree with my hon. Friend, but on her initial point, I probably do not. I am not sure that we do all agree in this House that we should remove the volatility of fossil…10 Jun 2025HANSARDDecoupling Electricity and Gas PricesOn the Government Benches, we are trying to cut people’s bills as quickly as possible. The hon. Gentleman was a core part of a Government who failed to do that for many years. I…10 Jun 2025HANSARDDecoupling Electricity and Gas PricesThe House will have heard the shadow Minister’s failure to welcome solar panels on a hospital and a school in his constituency, but he can deal with his own constituents. On the…10 Jun 2025HANSARDRosebank OilfieldThe consent to develop the Rosebank oilfield was deemed unlawful by the courts. The developer will need to reapply for consent, including an assessment of emissions from burning…10 Jun 2025HANSARDRosebank OilfieldI will be careful about what I say in this particular case and on the specific application for obvious reasons. We will be publishing guidance very soon on how the scope 3…10 Jun 2025HANSARDRosebank OilfieldWe published the consultation on what we will do with the EIA guidance as quickly as we could. We are now analysing that. It is a complex issue, as I am sure the hon. Lady will…10 Jun 2025