Speeches by Young.

“Are you concerned that energy suppliers may be deliberately using back billing as a strategy to recover financial losses, rather than as a last resort?”

“Welcome, Martin. We have talked a little about the regulators, but how effectively are energy suppliers being held to account over breaches of the back-billing rules? Do we need tougher penalties for repeat offenders?”

“Leading on from that, we hear about threatening and bullying tactics being employed. Is enough being done to crack down on that? If not, what would you do? Do you go back to taking away their licence?”

“I think you have already covered my next question: do you think the Energy Ombudsman needs to be a proper ombudsman, with teeth?”

“Are you concerned that energy suppliers may be deliberately using back billing as a strategy to recover financial losses, rather than as a last resort?”

“Although the Leader of the Opposition thinks that achieving net zero is impossible without “bankrupting us”, investment in low carbon energy for communities such as Severn Beach in my constituency could create valuable skilled jobs. What steps will the Government take to ensure that the area around the River Severn wil…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Dowd. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Eastleigh (Liz Jarvis) on securing this debate. I absolutely support the call for universal free school meals, but it needs to be accompanied by a call for proper funding because at the moment schools are simply not ge…”

“Bristol Parkway is well used by people from my constituency, but those with mobility issues have faced lifts being out of action for weeks on end. Does my hon. Friend agree that not only do we need step-free access at stations, but it is vital that that access is reliable and properly maintained? That should be a subje…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for South Cotswolds (Dr Savage) on introducing the debate so powerfully. WASPI women faced inequalities in the workplace and in finance. Many entered the workforce before the Sex Discrimination Act 1975, which at le…”

“Some of the questions I was going to ask about guaranteed minimum prices for electricity have probably already been covered to some extent. It is certainly something that has come up in my patch when I talked to Marshfield Community Energy. Specifically in terms of achieving 8 GW by 2030, do you think that price certai…”

“To come back to you, Helen, you referred tangentially earlier to local energy clubs. If there was a simpler way to set up local energy clubs so that more communities could benefit from local renewables, how could that help community energy groups to raise finance for new projects? Is that something Great British Energy…”

“GB Energy has £1 billion of funding for the Local Power Plan. You have mentioned a number of ways that it could use that. How would it use it most strategically to help to reduce development and capital expenditure?”

“You have mentioned Great British Energy here—you have an amazing ability to answer my questions before I ask them, which I have to say is astonishing.”

“Some of the questions I was going to ask about guaranteed minimum prices for electricity have probably already been covered to some extent. It is certainly something that has come up in my patch when I talked to Marshfield Community Energy. Specifically in terms of achieving 8 GW by 2030, do you think that price certai…”

“You do not, between you, seem to be expressing a preference one way or the other. You are saying that all these things could contribute, but do you have any sense for which is the most important thing for Government to do?”

“You are concerned that reinstating it could still risk a double subsidy. Do you have any suggestions for overcoming that problem?”

“In the past we had tax relief on investment in community energy. What difference did that make and how would reinstating it compare with other ways to help to finance community energy in terms of impact and importance?”

“To come back to you, Helen, you referred tangentially earlier to local energy clubs. If there was a simpler way to set up local energy clubs so that more communities could benefit from local renewables, how could that help community energy groups to raise finance for new projects? Is that something Great British Energy…”

“You are concerned that reinstating it could still risk a double subsidy. Do you have any suggestions for overcoming that problem?”

“GB Energy has £1 billion of funding for the Local Power Plan. You have mentioned a number of ways that it could use that. How would it use it most strategically to help to reduce development and capital expenditure?”