Speeches by Murphy.

“We have already had some of this discussion. You may have seen from media reports that the Government are considering exempting heat pump owners from paying policy costs on their electricity bills. Do you think that there are any drawbacks to this approach? How do you think that it would compare with a more wholesale s…”

“But if you could find them?”

“Does the panel have a view on the proposal that some have put forward of a rising block tariff, whereby there is a discount for energy usage up to a certain point per megawatt-hour, and then above that cap essentially it becomes more expensive. Higher energy users end up paying more, while lower energy users pay less. …”

“I have two quick follow-ups, if I may. One is on the tax mechanism. Does the tax system allow us to withdraw the full amount from high rate taxpayers or is it a tax percentage, the tax rate that they would normally pay on that £300? The other question is primarily to Matt, on the conversation you had with the Chair aro…”

“I am interested in having that different conversation. I will not say who, but one energy company has said to me that it probably now has the data at household level that it could share with a third party supplier, for example the citizens advice bureaux. You could use the money from winter fuel—not necessarily this ye…”

“I accept what Caroline and others have said about the speed with which the Government could reform, and there was a reality that you could restore it and go back through the tax system as you outlined. If that was a temporary measure for now—let us say that that budget is finite—would you recommend that the Government …”

“Welcome to the panellists. The Prime Minister and the Chancellor have taken the welcome decision to raise the means test for the winter fuel payment, and it was confirmed this morning by the Chancellor that that will be in place by this winter. What would you do? Would you restore it to the status quo or would you use …”

“Are policy costs in other European countries significantly lower than in the UK? Are they charged in a different way?”

“What about a rising block tariff?”

“Thank you, that is helpful. I hear what the panel says about how switching it to general taxation is a fairer way and how there are various issues with switching it on to gas. I think Octopus has a proposal whereby you might turn it into a kind of fuel duty-esque measure, where as gas prices might fall you would charge…”

“We have already had some of this discussion. You may have seen from media reports that the Government are considering exempting heat pump owners from paying policy costs on their electricity bills. Do you think that there are any drawbacks to this approach? How do you think that it would compare with a more wholesale s…”

“But if you could find them?”

“Does the panel have a view on the proposal that some have put forward of a rising block tariff, whereby there is a discount for energy usage up to a certain point per megawatt-hour, and then above that cap essentially it becomes more expensive. Higher energy users end up paying more, while lower energy users pay less. …”

“I have two quick follow-ups, if I may. One is on the tax mechanism. Does the tax system allow us to withdraw the full amount from high rate taxpayers or is it a tax percentage, the tax rate that they would normally pay on that £300? The other question is primarily to Matt, on the conversation you had with the Chair aro…”

“I am interested in having that different conversation. I will not say who, but one energy company has said to me that it probably now has the data at household level that it could share with a third party supplier, for example the citizens advice bureaux. You could use the money from winter fuel—not necessarily this ye…”

“I accept what Caroline and others have said about the speed with which the Government could reform, and there was a reality that you could restore it and go back through the tax system as you outlined. If that was a temporary measure for now—let us say that that budget is finite—would you recommend that the Government …”

“Welcome to the panellists. The Prime Minister and the Chancellor have taken the welcome decision to raise the means test for the winter fuel payment, and it was confirmed this morning by the Chancellor that that will be in place by this winter. What would you do? Would you restore it to the status quo or would you use …”

“I congratulate the Secretary of State and her team, including the Minister in the other place, on bringing this Bill before the House. Since 2010, we have seen 2 million fewer bus miles ridden in Hampshire. In Oakley, Chineham, Black Dam and South Ham, I have heard stories of missed appointments, work shifts and social…”

“My hon. Friend is setting out eloquently why we need to improve dentistry. Does he agree that today’s access crisis is the result of a decade of underfunding and contract failure? In Basingstoke, as in his constituency, two thirds of adults and nearly half of children did not see a dentist last year. Does he believe th…”

“I am interested in whether it is a tonal or substantive disagreement between Sam and Isobel and Jackie on the level of protection needed and the concern about what could happen to wildlife. Is it just a tonal difference?”