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Fossil Fuels

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Ed Miliband received a response to a question they put to the government

Since coming to office this government has secured enough renewables in our two record breaking auctions to power the equivalent of 23 million homes and embarked on the biggest nuclear building...

Clean Energy: Investment

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Ed Miliband received a response to a question they put to the government

We are accelerating investment in homegrown clean power to boost energy security and cut exposure to volatile fossil fuel markets. In response to this crisis, we’re bringing forward the...

Topical Questions

Energy Security and Net Zero

Ed Miliband made a speech in the House of Commons

We all love Cornwall and its incredible clean energy potential. I can confirm that we will be opening the new renewables auction in July. We see an incredibly bright future for floating wind, and...

Topical Questions

Energy Security and Net Zero

Ed Miliband made a speech in the House of Commons

I congratulate my hon. Friend’s local hospital. He rightly shows the way that cheap, clean, renewable power can cut bills not just for families, but for our public services, as GB Energy is...

Topical Questions

Energy Security and Net Zero

Ed Miliband made a speech in the House of Commons

As a result of decisions made by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor, we are raising significant sums from the windfall tax. We do not agree with the Opposition parties that now is the time to...

Topical Questions

Energy Security and Net Zero

Ed Miliband made a speech in the House of Commons

The Chancellor will have heard the hon. Member’s question, because she is in the room. My right hon. Friend is providing support for people but on a platform of fiscal stability, which the...

Topical Questions

Energy Security and Net Zero

Ed Miliband made a speech in the House of Commons

I do not. We continue to use the North sea, and ours is a pragmatic position. But there is a wider lesson that the House has to focus on. Is the lesson of this crisis—a fossil fuels...

Topical Questions

Energy Security and Net Zero

Ed Miliband made a speech in the House of Commons

I am not. As I said earlier, we are using existing oil and gas fields in the North sea for their lifetime, and we have introduced tiebacks for existing fields. While the right. hon Lady comes...

Topical Questions

Energy Security and Net Zero

Ed Miliband made a speech in the House of Commons

The hon. Lady raises an important issue, and I am sure that many Members will empathise as our constituents face difficult times. The Under-Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, my...

Topical Questions

Energy Security and Net Zero

Ed Miliband made a speech in the House of Commons

Since conflict broke out in the middle east, we have acted to prevent price-gouging, help those who rely on heating oil, and ensure that businesses get a fair deal on their bills. The energy...

Middle East Conflict: Energy Security

Energy Security and Net Zero

Ed Miliband made a speech in the House of Commons

Before the hon. Gentleman self-combusts, let me tell him that, as a result of the court decision, those projects are proceeding at risk. I will tell him the way we will make a decision. I am not...

Middle East Conflict: Energy Security

Energy Security and Net Zero

Ed Miliband made a speech in the House of Commons

This party and this Government are taking a pragmatic approach to these issues. We are using existing oil and gas fields for their lifetime, including with tiebacks, which is welcomed by...

Middle East Conflict: Energy Security

Energy Security and Net Zero

Ed Miliband made a speech in the House of Commons

No, it is not. The hon. Gentleman is entitled to his own opinions, but he is not entitled to alternative facts. What the last Government said, what this Government said and what every sensible...

Middle East Conflict: Energy Security

Energy Security and Net Zero

Ed Miliband made a speech in the House of Commons

My hon. Friend is right. Those people offer no short-term or long-term solution to the problems of energy security, and they want to fly in the face of all the evidence. As I have said before, it...

Middle East Conflict: Energy Security

Energy Security and Net Zero

Ed Miliband made a speech in the House of Commons

I disagree with the right hon. Lady on that one. As I said in answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Edinburgh East and Musselburgh (Chris Murray), we are going to use existing North sea oil...

Middle East Conflict: Energy Security

Energy Security and Net Zero

Ed Miliband made a speech in the House of Commons

The North sea will continue to play an important role in our energy mix for decades to come, which is why we said in our manifesto that we will keep existing oil and gas fields open for their...

Middle East Conflict: Energy Security

Energy Security and Net Zero

Ed Miliband made a speech in the House of Commons

The UK benefits from a strong and diverse energy supply, with only 1% of our crude oil and gas coming from the Gulf, but the essential lesson of this conflict is that while we are...

Household Energy Bills

Energy Security and Net Zero

Ed Miliband made a speech in the House of Commons

First, I accept the hon. Member’s congratulations on our announcement of the future homes standards today, which are a really important measure—they should never have been abolished...

Household Energy Bills

Energy Security and Net Zero

Ed Miliband made a speech in the House of Commons

We are driving forward with contracts for difference, and we are looking at that proposal. On the hon. Gentleman’s more general point, though, he is absolutely right that rolling out...

Household Energy Bills

Energy Security and Net Zero

Ed Miliband made a speech in the House of Commons

The Conservatives’ plan is totally incredible, and the shadow Secretary of State knows it. Their plan on renewables is just to tear up the contracts. They had 14 years to do it, and they...