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HANSARD Great British Energy BillMy hon. Friend makes a good point. I will come to that briefly in a moment. All of this work builds on the implementation of the new procurement regime, which focuses on ensuring…25 Mar 2025HANSARD Great British Energy BillI need to close. I am sorry. In part, we are setting up Great British Energy because we want to deliver home-grown supply chains and an industrial strategy, in spite of the…25 Mar 2025HANSARD Great British Energy BillI understand the argument that my hon. Friend is making, but the issues she rightly highlights, as other Members have, go much wider than Great British Energy, which the Bill sets…25 Mar 2025HANSARD Great British Energy BillI will give way briefly to my hon. Friend the Member for St Helens South and Whiston (Ms Rimmer), and then I need to finish.25 Mar 2025HANSARD Great British Energy BillFirst, the right hon. Gentleman cares so much about the issue that he has only just turned up to the debate. Secondly, he was a senior member of the Government for 14 years. If…25 Mar 2025HANSARD Great British Energy BillLet me come to that point, because the specific reason that we disagree with their lordships on this amendment is that it would not actually do what the hon. Gentleman says. It…25 Mar 2025HANSARD Great British Energy BillI do not disagree with that at all, and that is possible. Nothing forces Great British Energy, or any other company, to take investment from any individual or company. They can…25 Mar 2025HANSARD Great British Energy BillThe right hon. Gentleman was not in the Chamber for a lot of the debate, but I will give way to him.25 Mar 2025HANSARD Great British Energy BillI agree with my hon. Friend on both points. Community energy is incredibly important to give communities a stake in their energy future and to deliver the social and economic…25 Mar 2025HANSARD Great British Energy BillI will give way briefly, but then I will have to make a bit of progress.25 Mar 2025HANSARD Great British Energy BillIt will not be recurring in the same methodology. GBE does not yet exist, so we carried out the initial set of investments in a particular way. Going forward, those projects will…25 Mar 2025HANSARD Great British Energy BillWith the leave of the House, I will sum up the debate. I thank all right hon. and hon. Members for their contributions to this debate, although it has been short, on a number of…25 Mar 2025HANSARD Great British Energy BillI thank the hon. Gentleman for raising that point. I saw that powerful letter, which was widely reported in the press. I am not sure that nudging No. 10 is quite within my gift,…25 Mar 2025HANSARD Great British Energy BillI beg to move, That this House agrees with Lords amendment 1.25 Mar 2025HANSARD Great British Energy BillI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his contribution and his many years of work on this issue. I will come to some of the detail in addition to this measure, but it is important…25 Mar 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy: Rooftop Solar PowerHundreds of schools, NHS trusts and communities across the UK will benefit from new rooftop solar power and renewable schemes to save money on their energy bills, thanks to a…24 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for his question. He underlines the importance not just of delivering on energy projects but the wider economic benefits from building infrastructure—the…18 Mar 2025HANSARDElectricity Grid DecarbonisationI am glad the hon. Gentleman draws attention to the London power tunnels. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State and I have visited them recently and they are a fantastic…18 Mar 2025HANSARDElectricity Grid DecarbonisationOur clean power mission will end our dependence on volatile fossil fuel markets, giving the British people the energy security they deserve and driving jobs and investment into…18 Mar 2025HANSARDElectricity Grid DecarbonisationOnce again, we hear from Conservative Members about all these grand plans that they wish they had done in the 14 years that they were in government. They could have moved forward…18 Mar 2025