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Written Question
Energy: Prices
Thursday 3rd February 2022

Asked by: Lord McCabe (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he has taken to help ensure that rising energy prices will not negatively impact the Government's green energy commitments.

Answered by Greg Hands

The rise in energy costs has been precipitated by unprecedented conditions in global energy markets. The Government recognises that the best protection from the volatility in global fossil fuel prices is to produce more renewable and low carbon energy.

Written Question
Housing Improvement: Energy
Tuesday 1st February 2022

Asked by: Lord McCabe (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to help ensure that lower income households are financially supported in the (a) purchase and (b) installation of green home upgrades.

Answered by Greg Hands

In the Heat and Buildings Strategy, the Government set out comprehensive measures to retrofit the nation’s buildings. More than £3.9 billion of new funding for decarbonising heat and buildings has been announced, bringing the total commitment in this Parliament to £6.6billion.

Written Question
Energy: Prices
Tuesday 1st February 2022

Asked by: Lord McCabe (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the impact of lifting the energy price cap on households in Birmingham.

Answered by Greg Hands

The Energy Price Cap continues to protect households, ensuring they pay a fair price for their energy. We have been clear that the Price Cap will remain in place. The setting of the level of the Energy Price Cap is a matter for Ofgem.

Written Question
Components: Small Businesses
Monday 29th November 2021

Asked by: Lord McCabe (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the impact of worldwide component shortages on small businesses in the UK.

Answered by Lee Rowley

The Department is working closely with businesses and key industry groups, including those representing SMEs, to understand the key supply chain risks and shortages that they are facing. Due to the potential commercial sensitivity of this type of information we do not routinely make this information public.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 22 Oct 2021
Employment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) Bill

"On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. It appears to me that there are considerably fewer Members in the Chamber now than voted against the closure motion you granted earlier. That would tend to give credence to the idea that the Government Whips have deliberately organised their Back Benchers …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 20 Sep 2021
UK Gas Market

"The Secretary of State says he is working on contingencies, but the meat industry says its CO2 supplies will be depleted within a fortnight. Is he sure that pork and poultry will not be the next items to disappear from our supermarket shelves?..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 23 Jun 2021
Green Energy in the North-west

"I remind hon. Members participating physically and virtually that they must arrive for the start of a debate and remain for the entire debate. Members participating virtually must leave their camera on for the duration of a debate, so that they are visible at all times both to one another …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 23 Jun 2021
Green Energy in the North-west

"We will have a four-and-a-half minute time limit from now...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 23 Jun 2021
Green Energy in the North-west

"Order. Margaret Greenwood, I am sorry to interrupt. A Division bell is ringing in Westminster Hall at the moment, which means we are not hearing you at all. I understand that everyone here is proxied, so no one needs to leave. If you want to wait a moment until this …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 23 Jun 2021
Green Energy in the North-west

"Order. The Division bell is ringing again. I think we will do the same thing as before and stop until it finishes...."
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