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Ministerial statement on Thursday, 16 October 2008, in the House of Commons, led by Ed Miliband.

Department of Energy and Climate Change

Statement on the new Department of Energy and Climate Change.

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Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
480 c935-54 
Session
2007-08
Department
Department of Energy and Climate Change
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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Tuesday, 18 November 2008
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House of Commons
Proceeding contributions
Speaker | 480 c954 (Link to this contribution) I thank hon. Members and the Secretary of State for making reasonable progress. I hope that I have n...
Ed Miliband | 480 c954 (Link to this contribution) It is fair to say that there is further to go with the energy companies on these issues. There are t...
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Fiona Mactaggart | 480 c954 (Link to this contribution) Like everyone else, I welcome the statement, and I am especially looking forward to the letters that...
Ed Miliband | 480 c954 (Link to this contribution) I will not comment on how I regard you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, other than to say that I have the greate...
Anne Moffat | 480 c954 (Link to this contribution) I just love you today, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I congratulate the Secretary of State on his new job, bu...
Jim Devine | 480 c953 (Link to this contribution) My constituents will welcome this statement and, in particular, the action that the Secretary of Sta...
Ed Miliband | 480 c953 (Link to this contribution) The fundamental point that my hon. Friend makes is right. When prices go up and companies pass them ...
Anne Moffat | 480 c954 (Link to this contribution) Oh you are a sweetheart, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I did not think that I was going to be called—
Phyllis Starkey | 480 c953 (Link to this contribution) May I reiterate the importance of improving the energy efficiency of the existing housing stock and ...
Ed Miliband | 480 c953 (Link to this contribution) I would be happy for our team to do that. CCS and IGCC—as I think it is called, although I shall not...
Lord Wilson of Sedgefield | 480 c951 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the dynamic statement that my right hon. Friend has made today. As he knows, the north-eas...
Ed Miliband | 480 c951 (Link to this contribution) Offshore wind does play an important part in our plans. In the Energy Bill, we are introducing a so-...
Paul Flynn | 480 c951 (Link to this contribution) May I urge my right hon. Friend to pursue his proposals on feed-in tariffs with vigour, because they...
Kerry McCarthy | 480 c952 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend has certainly hit the ground running in his new job, but he may not yet have re...
Ed Miliband | 480 c952 (Link to this contribution) I will try to avoid being bewitched. I will also try to take a balanced approach to these issues. We...
Celia Barlow | 480 c952 (Link to this contribution) My constituents will greatly welcome the measures announced today, especially the 80 per cent. targe...
Ed Miliband | 480 c952 (Link to this contribution) I thought that my hon. Friend was going to ask what I was doing to adopt a more sustainable lifestyl...
William Cash | 480 c952 (Link to this contribution) In relation to carbon capture and storage, will the Secretary of State consider preparing plans to r...
Ed Miliband | 480 c952 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend raises an important point, but it is one to which I do not have an immediate answer. ...
Ed Miliband | 480 c952 (Link to this contribution) I shall endeavour to obtain a transcript of the programme, although I do not agree with those views ...
Ed Miliband | 480 c951 (Link to this contribution) I will definitely do that. My new Department has a wider role across government, working with the De...
Clive Betts | 480 c951 (Link to this contribution) I very much welcome the commitment to the 80 per cent. target. It is an ambitious target, as my righ...
Ed Miliband | 480 c951 (Link to this contribution) Again, I hope that the hon. Gentleman will forgive me for being coy on such questions. I want to exa...
Roger Williams | 480 c951 (Link to this contribution) One of the first reports to land on the new Secretary of State's desk will be on the viability and p...
Ed Miliband | 480 c950-1 (Link to this contribution) I pay tribute to my hon. Friend's work and that of Labour Back Benchers on pushing this issue forwar...
Anne Snelgrove | 480 c950 (Link to this contribution) I thank my right hon. Friend for listening to the arguments of the Labour Back Benchers on the Publi...
Ed Miliband | 480 c950 (Link to this contribution) I have not prejudged—it would be wrong for me to do so—a decision about Kingsnorth, which, as the ho...
Tony Baldry | 480 c950 (Link to this contribution) As someone who served on the Public Bill Committee on the Climate Change Bill, I very much welcome t...
Ed Miliband | 480 c950 (Link to this contribution) The meeting that I had with the energy companies yesterday is becoming increasingly public. There is...
Michael Clapham | 480 c950 (Link to this contribution) I welcome my right hon. Friend's statement and, indeed, the new team. When he met the energy compani...
David Winnick | 480 c947 (Link to this contribution) I think that there is a difference—at least, I hope so. I welcome my right hon. Friend's statement,...
Speaker | 480 c947 (Link to this contribution) Order. I called Mr. David Winnick.
Nia Griffith | 480 c947 (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I certainly welcome—
Ed Miliband | 480 c948 (Link to this contribution) In the end, this is a matter for local decisions. We have taken action in the Planning Bill to speed...
Philip Hollobone | 480 c947-8 (Link to this contribution) My constituents support renewable energy. We have a wind farm at Burton Wold with 10 turbines, soon ...
Ed Miliband | 480 c947 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend has a long-standing interest in these matters. As he knows, a windfall tax is really ...
Ed Miliband | 480 c947 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman will forgive me; I do not have an immediate answer to that question. I shall ende...
Robert Smith | 480 c947 (Link to this contribution) In answer to my right hon. Friend the Member for Gordon (Malcolm Bruce), the Secretary of State ment...
Ed Miliband | 480 c947 (Link to this contribution) Again, I pay tribute to my hon. Friend for his work on forestry and a range of other matters. I shal...
Ed Miliband | 480 c949 (Link to this contribution) I agree with my hon. Friend, because keeping the lights on is a central part of what we need to do a...
David Hamilton | 480 c949 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my right hon. Friend on his radical statement, which contains enough to give credence...
Ed Miliband | 480 c949 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for that question. He raises a very important issue that will define whether ...
Jamie Reed | 480 c949 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend rightly talked about the role of our European partners in creating an effective...
Ed Miliband | 480 c950 (Link to this contribution) We need to examine the matter in more detail, but if we took legislative action to end unfair pricin...
Hywel Williams | 480 c949-50 (Link to this contribution) Plaid Cymru and the Scottish National party welcome the new target. It will be particularly welcome ...
Ed Miliband | 480 c948 (Link to this contribution) The question was definitely worth waiting for, because this is an important issue. My hon. Friend ma...
Ed Miliband | 480 c949 (Link to this contribution) I agree with the hon. Gentleman that we need as much diversity as possible, particularly in relation...
David Heath | 480 c948 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the statement, although I did not quite hear the detail about the insulation scheme that t...
Steve Webb | 480 c940-1 (Link to this contribution) I also warmly welcome and congratulate the right hon. Gentleman on this critical role within governm...
Ed Miliband | 480 c940 (Link to this contribution) I pay tribute to the work that my hon. Friend has done on these issues, particularly feed-in tariffs...
Lord Whitehead | 480 c940 (Link to this contribution) It is customary to start questions from the Labour Benches by congratulating the Minister on his sta...
Ed Miliband | 480 c938-40 (Link to this contribution) In the past few weeks, we have grown accustomed to the bipartisan consensus lasting all of 30 second...
Ed Miliband | 480 c935-7 (Link to this contribution) With permission, I would like to make a statement on the new Department of Energy and Climate Change...
Greg Clark | 480 c937-8 (Link to this contribution) I warmly welcome the right hon. Gentleman's statement, and welcome him personally—along with his min...
Lynne Jones | 480 c946 (Link to this contribution) I too welcome my right hon. Friend to his important new role in this very important new Department. ...
Ed Miliband | 480 c946 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an important point. I think that the 1 per cent. to 2 per cent. recommended by ...
Lord Bruce of Bennachie | 480 c945 (Link to this contribution) May I make a plea for people in rural areas who have no option of gas and depend heavily on heating ...
Ed Miliband | 480 c945-6 (Link to this contribution) On the second point, absolutely. That is very important. I put it to the right hon. Gentleman that w...
Ed Miliband | 480 c946 (Link to this contribution) I will be cautious about accepting the hon. Gentleman's invitation, not least because of the carbon ...
Barry Gardiner | 480 c947 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend's statement was dynamic and decisive, and it has given his Department the best ...
Speaker | 480 c946 (Link to this contribution) Order. I think that the time has come for a plea for brevity. I have to protect the important debate...
Lord Bellingham | 480 c946 (Link to this contribution) Will the Secretary of State find time to come up to Norfolk and join me on a flight over the Wash, w...
Elliot Morley | 480 c945 (Link to this contribution) I welcome my right hon. Friend and his team to the new Department, which is an excellent step forwar...
Ed Miliband | 480 c945 (Link to this contribution) Again, I pay tribute to my right hon. Friend's work, both in Government and as president of Globe, w...
Ed Miliband | 480 c944-5 (Link to this contribution) Two issues are raised by the right hon. Gentleman's question. The first is the efficiency with which...
Ed Miliband | 480 c942-3 (Link to this contribution) Let me start by paying tribute to my hon. Friend for the great work he has done on this issue. He st...
Peter Luff | 480 c943 (Link to this contribution) As Chairman of the Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Committee, which has had responsibilit...
Ed Miliband | 480 c943 (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman for his question, and I pay tribute to his Committee for its July report ...
Tony Lloyd | 480 c943-4 (Link to this contribution) I, too, welcome my right hon. Friend's bold statement. The 80 per cent. target will be widely welcom...
Ed Miliband | 480 c944 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is absolutely right, but we need to address the issues in a cautious manner because, ...
David Heathcoat-Amory | 480 c944 (Link to this contribution) Is the Secretary of State aware that earlier this week the Department for Transport brought forward ...
Ed Miliband | 480 c941-2 (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman for his kind words about my statement. It is probably a good sign that ev...
Malcolm Wicks | 480 c942 (Link to this contribution) I thank my right hon. Friend for making a clear, serious and radical statement, which encourages man...
Ed Miliband | 480 c953 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend speaks with a deep knowledge of these issues and I look forward to hearing her sugges...
Speaker | 480 c954 (Link to this contribution) Order. I have been called many things, but that was a first.
David Anderson | 480 c953 (Link to this contribution) May I respectfully suggest to the Secretary of State that he does not take too much advice from the ...
Nia Griffith | 480 c948 (Link to this contribution) I apologise to you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, and to my hon. Friend the Member for Walsall, North (Mr. Win...
Subjects
Climate change Energy Government departments Pollution control Prices Overcharging Renewable energy Carbon emissions Greenhouse gas emissions Department of Energy and Climate Change Climate Change Committee
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