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HANSARD Energy Prices: Support for BusinessWe will legislate to ensure that the reduction in the wholesale cost is fed through to people in mansion blocks or whose energy is bought centrally and who are then charged…22 Sept 2022HANSARD Energy Prices: Support for BusinessI am grateful to my right hon. Friend for his support, and I am glad that businesses in his constituency are already being helped. I also recognise the importance of support for…22 Sept 2022HANSARD Shale Gas ExtractionI must reiterate that the former chief executive of Cuadrilla resigned 10 years ago. He does not represent the company and that is important. The House would be put under a…22 Sept 2022HANSARD Energy Prices: Support for BusinessYes, indeed. We are having meetings with British Steel, which will be a beneficiary of the scheme. It is important that we do not burden business in this country in a way in which…22 Sept 2022HANSARD Energy Prices: Support for BusinessThe hon. Lady raises the issue of these extraordinary, large rises, which concern MPs on both sides of the House. That is why we have brought forward this package. I am trying to…22 Sept 2022HANSARD Energy Prices: Support for BusinessI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman, and I agree with what he says. We are in discussions—my officials are in discussions—with Tata Steel. I should be happy to meet the hon.…22 Sept 2022HANSARD Energy Prices: Support for BusinessOf course, that depends on what the hon. Lady means by “energy companies”, because the domestic suppliers have not been making enormous amounts of money. Indeed, many of them have…22 Sept 2022HANSARD Energy Prices: Support for BusinessThe hon. Gentleman is rather looking a gift horse in the mouth. This is providing a very significant reduction in energy prices for the next six months and a review will take…22 Sept 2022HANSARD Energy Prices: Support for BusinessThis support is comprehensive across the non-domestic sector.22 Sept 2022HANSARD Shale Gas ExtractionIt is no surprise that I disagree with the right hon. Gentleman. I refer him to the 2012 report, which went through that and through what had happened in the United States for…22 Sept 2022HANSARD Energy Prices: Support for BusinessMy hon. Friend is right: LPG and heating oil have not risen as much as natural gas. None the less, it is important to make sure that there is fairness for everybody, bearing in…22 Sept 2022HANSARDRetained EU LawOn 31 January, to mark the two-year anniversary of the UK’s departure from the European Union, the Government set out their plans to bring forward the Retained EU Law (Revocation…22 Sept 2022HANSARD Shale Gas ExtractionHis Majesty’s Government are on the side of people who need energy, businesses that need energy and an economy that needs to grow. The Labour party is in favour of no growth,…22 Sept 2022HANSARD Shale Gas ExtractionUnusually, I disagree with my right hon. Friend. It is all a matter of proportionality. As I pointed out, the movement on ground level from construction is about double that we…22 Sept 2022HANSARD Shale Gas ExtractionIn relation to seismic activity, there is no particular dissimilarity to that from mining, and mining is not subject to seismic limits.22 Sept 2022HANSARD Energy Prices: Support for BusinessIt is important for our economy that we have competitive energy prices and that we do not go out of our way to burden British business. I agree: the hon. Gentleman is right to…22 Sept 2022HANSARD Shale Gas ExtractionThe hon. Lady raises a fair point. It does depend on the water company. In my area, Wessex Water has done a phenomenal job of ensuring that it did not need hosepipe bans, or even…22 Sept 2022HANSARD Shale Gas ExtractionThe hon. Gentleman is wrong to say that I dislike those technologies. I actually think that pumped hydro is a particularly interesting technology, because it can be used with wind…22 Sept 2022HANSARD Energy Prices: Support for BusinessI am delighted to make a statement, Mr Speaker. As you know, I am a great believer that this House should be informed first. I was unaware of any precedent of a statement being…22 Sept 2022HANSARD Shale Gas ExtractionThere was plenty of energy in that, Mr Speaker, but it was, I am afraid, more sound and fury that signifies nothing. We know that shale gas is safe. It is safe in the United…22 Sept 2022