Speeches by Murphy.

“The Institute for Government’s review of the Government’s performance against fiscal rules found that the previous Conservative Government changed their rules in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2024. In fact, all of the sets of rules that existed under the Conservatives were abandoned because at least one rule c…”

“Welcome to our guests. You have touched on this already, but are there regional or income-related differences in perceptions of fairness of the costs of net zero policies?”

“Would you say there is merit in allowing communities to feel greater ownership of the system, rather than being passive recipients of it? What would you recommend?”

“Is there anywhere you would highlight where it has been done well, either in the UK or elsewhere?”

“What would you most like to see included in DESNZ’s public participation strategy?”

“Do people know what Ofgem is? That is not a reflection on Ofgem. I am not sure that people should necessarily know what it is. Do we not know?”

“What would you most like to see included in DESNZ’s public participation strategy?”

“Are there any other views on what you would most like to see in the Government’s public participation strategy?”

“Would you say there is merit in allowing communities to feel greater ownership of the system, rather than being passive recipients of it? What would you recommend?”

“Can every community do that and see the benefit, though?”

“Do people know what Ofgem is? That is not a reflection on Ofgem. I am not sure that people should necessarily know what it is. Do we not know?”

“Is there anywhere you would highlight where it has been done well, either in the UK or elsewhere?”

“Welcome to our guests. You have touched on this already, but are there regional or income-related differences in perceptions of fairness of the costs of net zero policies?”

“To push that, it works if one community is doing it, but if every community is doing it, surely they are sourcing directly what would otherwise have come from another community. Does it actually make an overall difference? If every community is doing community wealth building, there cannot be a net benefit, can there? …”

“Are there any other views on what you would most like to see in the Government’s public participation strategy?”

“Can every community do that and see the benefit, though?”

“I mean where communities have had a sense of ownership of a scheme that the Government should look at and say, “That is a good example of local government policy,” or maybe a community organisation has done it. I do not know.”

“To push that, it works if one community is doing it, but if every community is doing it, surely they are sourcing directly what would otherwise have come from another community. Does it actually make an overall difference? If every community is doing community wealth building, there cannot be a net benefit, can there? …”

“Is there a role for trusted intermediaries to play in communicating information on the energy transition, and how can the Government best identify those intermediaries? Thinking about the organisations or the people who are communicating this information to the public, how can we better do that, and who might those peo…”

“Is there a role for trusted intermediaries to play in communicating information on the energy transition, and how can the Government best identify those intermediaries? Thinking about the organisations or the people who are communicating this information to the public, how can we better do that, and who might those peo…”