Speeches by Esterson.

“The warm homes plan will mean healthier and warmer homes and will see lower bills and create jobs in communities right across the country. It is a very good plan, especially for those facing fuel poverty. The last Government’s home energy programme changed every few months, which meant that businesses could not plan an…”

“I warmly congratulate my right hon. Friend on delivering on his promise from 2009 and confirming Sizewell C, along with the vast array of commitments to a bright nuclear future for this country. The Select Committee looks forward to our inquiry in the autumn into the future of nuclear; we will be taking evidence and ma…”

“Happy birthday, Mr Speaker. Moving from gas to electricity in home heating is an important part of reducing our reliance on fossil fuels. Yet at the Select Committee hearing last week, we heard real concerns that people in energy debt are unable to disconnect from gas and are therefore still stuck paying standing charg…”

“I thank my right hon. Friend for listening to Steve Rotheram, the Liverpool city region’s metro mayor, and Liverpool city region MPs, who jointly asked for pretty much what he has announced for the region in today’s statement. I also congratulate him on recognising the value that transport investment has for communitie…”

“There are some inconvenient truths for those on the Opposition Benches who wish to blame low-carbon energy for what happened in Spain and Portugal. As the Minister has said, the cause of the outage is unknown at this stage. In 2003, when there was a blackout in Switzerland and Italy, and in 2006, when the same happened…”

“The overwhelming majority of those at the international energy summit last week said that the transition to low-carbon energy is crucial to energy security. Does my hon. Friend agree that those in this Chamber and beyond who do not support the transition to low-carbon energy are playing fast and loose with this country…”

“At the moment in the UK, on our latest figures, gas sets the price of electricity 98% of the time. The average in the EU is 39%. In France, it is as low as 7%. Does it not make sense for everybody involved in the energy mix to do as much as they can, as quickly as they can, to reduce our reliance on gas to bring down e…”

“You just told the Chair that you are.”

“Rob Salter-Church, do you agree with the statement in the Green Paper?”

“We will ask them questions as well; don’t worry. There have been quite a lot of comments, not just in this country but across the world, about moving away from net zero and the Paris climate agreement. Is the reason for your slowing down because of that sentiment?”

“Do you agree with the statement in the industrial strategy Green Paper that the only way to guarantee our energy security and protect billpayers is to speed up the transition away from fossil fuels and towards clean homegrown energy?”

“Yes, but this was going to be my main question. How far do electricity prices need to come down to really help manufacturers and help consumer confidence in that transition?”

“Is hydrogen not very expensive?”

“Do those calling for a reversal of net zero policies have a point or not?”

“Just to be clear, are you advocating that approach?”

“How much from BP?”

“David Greenwood, I can see you nodding. Would you like to add to that?”

“We have a £10 billion increase in your fossil fuel investments, and some of it has gone into carbon capture. That is as much as you can tell us.”

“It is £4 billion from BP out of the £10 billion.”

“Thanks very much, Chair. Good afternoon, panel. Stephen Phipson, I know you feel we should decouple our electricity prices from the price of gas. You have said that a number of times in public. In addition to that, do you see that reducing our reliance on gas more widely and increasing the development of homegrown clea…”