In Parliament - Ed Miliband

Progress on Limiting Global Heating

Ed Miliband made a speech in the House of Commons

May I suggest to the COP26 President that the rest of the UK Government could make a difference, even in these final days, by not undermining his work? The Secretary of State for International...

Progress on Limiting Global Heating

Ed Miliband made a speech in the House of Commons

With 10 days to go before COP, much is riding on the shoulders of the COP26 President and we wish him well, but to deliver the 1.5° target we have to cut emissions by 28 billion tonnes by...

Net Zero Strategy and Heat and Buildings Strategy

Commons debates

indicated assent.

Net Zero Strategy and Heat and Buildings Strategy

Commons debates

I thank the Minister for his statement, and send my warmest congratulations—as I have already done directly—to the Secretary of State on the birth of his new baby. Let me start by...

Gas Prices and Energy Suppliers

Commons debates

Gas Prices and Energy Suppliers

Commons debates

On Monday, I said to the Secretary of State that he was being far too complacent about the situation we are facing. Events since have, unfortunately, borne that out: complacent about the crisis...

Gas Prices and Energy Suppliers

Commons debates

(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy if he will make a statement on rising gas prices and the collapse of energy suppliers.

Topical Questions

Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Ed Miliband made a speech in the House of Commons

It is a complete fiasco. The Secretary of State actually cut the money that was supposed to be allocated to homeowners. At least half a million families are going to be thrown into fuel poverty...

Topical Questions

Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Ed Miliband made a speech in the House of Commons

Families looking at soaring gas prices will be deeply worried about how they will pay their bills. One of the reasons UK households are particularly vulnerable is the Government’s failure...

UK Gas Market

Commons debates

Yes, Mr Speaker. To follow on from the point made by the right hon. Member for Forest of Dean (Mr Harper), I submit that it really is not good practice for the Secretary of State to come to this...

UK Gas Market

Commons debates

On a point of order, Mr Speaker.

UK Gas Market

Commons debates

I thank the Secretary of State for his statement and agree that we should not be alarmist on the issue of security of supply, but I fear his statement was much too complacent on the price and...

Business Premises: Ventilation

Department for Work and Pensions

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 14 July 2021 to Question 30321 on Business Premises: Coronavirus, what budget has been made available for...

Topical Questions

Ed Miliband made a speech in the House of Commons

The COP26 President knows that world leaders and others are asking him why the UK is the only G7 country cutting aid spending in the year that we are hosting the COP. He knows that delivering...

Topical Questions

Ed Miliband made a speech in the House of Commons

The Copenhagen summit of 2009 was undone by deep mistrust of the developed world by developing countries. Rather than learning from that, rich countries are still failing to deliver on the...

Business Premises: Coronavirus

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to help ensure adequate ventilation in businesses to reduce risk of covid-19 infection; what...

Topical Questions

Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Ed Miliband made a speech in the House of Commons

I think that is what we call the “dog ate my homework” excuse, and this is where the problem lies. When it comes to investment in a green recovery, the UK Government’s plans per...

Topical Questions

Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Ed Miliband made a speech in the House of Commons

As my hon. Friend the Member for Greenwich and Woolwich (Matthew Pennycook) said earlier, the Climate Change Committee’s report card on the Government two weeks ago was devastating:...

Protecting Britain’s Steel Industry

Commons debates

We have had an excellent debate with noteworthy contributions from all parts of the House. I congratulate the shadow Secretary of State for International Trade, my right hon. Friend the Member...

Topical Questions

Ed Miliband made a speech in the House of Commons

The problem is that cutting aid spending severely undermines the ability of developing countries to tackle the challenges of climate poverty and public health. The COP26 President knows that: it...