Energy Policy

I am grateful for the right hon. Lady’s initial remarks. I am delighted that she wants to work wi...

Lord Stern, whose discredited report still forms the rationale for the Government’s energy policy...

My right hon. Friend has been consistent: he voted against the Climate Change Act 2008 and he cle...

The Secretary of State is obviously very pleased with himself about the tariffs, but will he ackn...

First, we want to give the benefits of switching to everybody, not just to pensioners. Hard-worki...

The Secretary of State mentioned the important role that he sees gas still playing in the transit...

Yes, I can give my hon. Friend that assurance. Sometimes the debate is characterised as a choice ...

Can the Secretary of State explain why the Government have decided not to fund the Hatfield proje...

Right hon. and hon. Members will know there has been a competition to secure the support that the...

I congratulate my right hon. Friend on both his statement and the Bill, and I urge him to do all ...

I start by paying tribute to my hon. Friend: I believe Members of all parties know what a critica...

We, too, welcome the publication of the Energy Bill, much of which we can probably support. If ga...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his support, as having cross-party consensus is so important, in S...

The Government have talked a lot about green energy generation, but I would like to ask the Secre...

I am grateful for my right hon. Friend’s question. I know that he and my hon. Friend the Member f...

May I give the Secretary of State some advice? He would gain a lot more cross-party support if st...

The hon. Gentleman always gives me a courteous and charming welcome when I appear before the Sele...

I congratulate the Government and indeed Ofgem on having accepted the key recommendation of the b...

I pay tribute to my hon. Friend for the work he has done. He is absolutely right: we must stand u...

Does the Secretary of State share my regret that, despite the 18-month gestation of the Energy Bi...

I am very proud that we have arranged a consultation on electricity demand reduction. Other Gover...

I commend my right hon. Friend on his statement and on the work he is doing to tackle climate cha...

I shall be happy to read that report, but I have considered the issue and I have to say that I th...

As a consistent pro-nuclear, pro-renewables and pro-energy efficiency Member, I welcome the annou...

The hon. Gentleman is a very well informed and very talented Member, and I congratulate him on ha...

Will the Secretary of State explain again how the UK will be able to meet its commitment to cut C...

We are on track and we will hold to our commitments in the Climate Change Act. I refer my hon. Fr...

Can the Secretary of State confirm that people who are on prepayment meters or who cannot access ...

Under the Ofgem proposals, those on prepayment meters will be on the lowest tariff, given their p...

The Secretary of State’s statement is positive news for the nuclear new build programme. When wil...

As my hon. Friend knows, there are eight sites in the national plan, which is quite a lot to be g...

Despite the Secretary of State’s responses to two questions about customers, the fact of the matt...

First, I worry about consumers; I made them one of my top priorities on day one in office. Ofgem ...

The investment and competition that the energy sector needs will be dependent upon attracting ind...

My hon. Friend makes a good point, and when he reads the Bill in detail, he will see that we are ...

On 17 October, the Prime Minister promised that he would ensure that energy companies put consume...

If the hon. Lady has read Ofgem’s proposals, she will have seen that it proposes four core tariff...

They are identical.

They are not identical; the right hon. Lady probably needs to read them in a little more detail. ...

This week Fatih Birol, chief economist at the International Energy Agency, said three interesting...

I do think that shale gas has implications for the whole world, although sometimes some commentat...

I very much welcome what the Secretary of State said about trying to put British companies at the...

Our legislative, financial and levy control framework has been warmly welcomed by the offshore wi...

I welcome today’s statement and the Energy Bill. I hope that my right hon. Friend will confirm th...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right: we are on track to be the greenest Government ever. Yesterday...

The Secretary of State mentioned the Doha negotiations. What are the Government’s specific object...

I am grateful for the hon. Gentleman’s question. I will be attending the Doha negotiations, along...

Some great companies in Pendle are working in the energy sector: Graham Engineering works in the ...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right; the potential for growth and jobs resulting from our energy p...

What level of continuing subsidy does the Secretary of State envisage for wind turbine generation...

Our investments and our policies for offshore wind have been widely welcomed, and we are seeing t...

I welcome the Bill, which at last gives us the possibility of unleashing nuclear power at scale i...

I work closely with my German counterparts, particularly Peter Altmaier, and I know that they are...

Last but not least, I call Martin Horwood.

Does the Secretary of State agree that, in time, feed-in tariffs with contracts for difference wi...

First, on my hon. Friend’s last point, I have made it clear that we will be very transparent abou...