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Annual Energy Statement

Secondary information

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

536 c299-313 

Session

2010-12

Department

Department of Energy and Climate Change

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

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Proceeding contributions

Mark Durkan | 536 c312 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State has referred to the carbon floor price and the carbon reduction commitment si...

Chris Huhne | 536 c310 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that question. This is a consultation and a genuine one. We have...

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Nia Griffith | 536 c311 (Link to this contribution) Energy companies often cite investment in generating power as the reason for the price rises. What a...

Chris Huhne | 536 c311 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady raises an interesting point. The need for new investment is clearly factored into the ...

Jeremy Lefroy | 536 c311 (Link to this contribution) Has my right hon. Friend had the opportunity to look at how other countries, particularly Germany, s...

Chris Huhne | 536 c311 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend will know that my esteemed colleague, the Minister of State, Department of Energy and...

Bill Esterson | 536 c311 (Link to this contribution) How can the policy change on the tariff possibly be a consultation when it is already set to change ...

Chris Huhne | 536 c311 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman should know that there will not be a change in tariff before April. The key point...

Christopher Pincher | 536 c311 (Link to this contribution) Will my right hon. Friend encourage Ofgem to deal with the tariff anomaly whereby household energy b...

Speaker | 536 c305 (Link to this contribution) Order. There is notable interest in the statement, but I remind the House that today is an Oppositio...

Lord Lilley | 536 c305 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend made the breathtaking claim that he intended to keep energy prices as low as po...

Caroline Flint | 536 c302-4 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Secretary of State for briefing the media about his statement today, before informing ei...

Chris Huhne | 536 c304-5 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Lady asked what we were doing to help those who face substantial increases in energy ...

Chris Huhne | 536 c305 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for his question. If he is in any way unsatisfied with the...

Speaker | 536 c302 (Link to this contribution) We are grateful to the Secretary of State, who has significantly exceeded his time. I gently remind ...

Chris Huhne | 536 c299-302 (Link to this contribution) It is important that when we discuss feed-in tariffs later today we understand the impact of our pol...

Chris Huhne | 536 c313 (Link to this contribution) Because of the disappointing economic situation, the margin of capacity has been rising. I am confid...

Angela C Smith | 536 c312 (Link to this contribution) Constituents have informed me not only that they are angry about the drop in the tariff and the pote...

Chris Huhne | 536 c311-2 (Link to this contribution) There are many anomalies that Ofgem is looking at in this area. A key part of that will involve look...

Stephen Mosley | 536 c313 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State has set out the future energy supply and demand forecasts within the security...

Chris Huhne | 536 c313 (Link to this contribution) I assure my hon. Friend that I did not speak to any journalist before making this statement. As far ...

Peter Bone | 536 c313 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Member for Don Valley (Caroline Flint), who speaks for the Opposition, made the serio...

Chris Huhne | 536 c312 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman raises some interesting issues. We are in constant touch with the Northern Irelan...

Chris Huhne | 536 c312 (Link to this contribution) Nuclear is one of the three key pillars on the supply side, with the fourth pillar being energy savi...

David Morris | 536 c312 (Link to this contribution) Twelve months ago today, after last year's statement, I put forward a proposal about topping up card...

Chris Huhne | 536 c312 (Link to this contribution) I disagree with the hon. Lady. When a policy is clearly going off the rails, it is important to grip...

Chris Huhne | 536 c308 (Link to this contribution) I have had continued discussions with Ofgem and, indeed, with the First Minister of Scotland. He and...

Justin Tomlinson | 536 c308 (Link to this contribution) The majority of consumers seek to shop around when their tariff rises, only then to run the danger t...

Chris Huhne | 536 c308 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is right. Consumers have the option to choose a fixed rate of course, which will ...

John Robertson | 536 c308 (Link to this contribution) I understand that it is important to get money into the Treasury, but is that more important than pe...

John Baron | 536 c307 (Link to this contribution) The Government support the three recommendations of the billing stakeholder group, which I chaired a...

Chris Huhne | 536 c307 (Link to this contribution) First, I want to pay tribute to the hon. Gentleman for his efforts in this area. We raised this poin...

Mike Weir | 536 c307 (Link to this contribution) In what was a lengthy statement, the Secretary of State made no mention of either the long-standing ...

David Mowat | 536 c308 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State will be aware that in the last year of the previous Government, less than 3% ...

Chris Huhne | 536 c308 (Link to this contribution) I am afraid that the hon. Gentleman is not giving credit where it is due, although I cannot say that...

Chris Huhne | 536 c308 (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman for his question. We are determined to be the fastest-improving pupil in ...

Caroline Lucas | 536 c306 (Link to this contribution) In spite of the warm words about the importance of tackling fuel poverty, next year will be the firs...

Chris Huhne | 536 c306 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady will know that I am passionately committed to helping the fuel poor. That is why we ha...

Robert Smith | 536 c306 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State highlighted the future role of gas in the economy, and producing our own gas ...

Chris Huhne | 536 c306 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend for making that point. He is absolutely right. If we are going to in...

Malcolm Wicks | 536 c305 (Link to this contribution) If the last Labour Government did nothing about energy policy, I cannot think why I was so busy all ...

Chris Huhne | 536 c305-6 (Link to this contribution) I certainly did not want to imply that the right hon. Gentleman, who has considerable expertise in t...

Chris Huhne | 536 c307 (Link to this contribution) CCS is a catch-all for a substantial number of different types of technology designed to do the same...

Frank Doran | 536 c307 (Link to this contribution) I heard the Secretary of State's comments about the potential of the Peterhead CCS project, and I wo...

Chris Huhne | 536 c307 (Link to this contribution) I can do better than that, because the document published today contains precisely that information ...

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | 536 c306-7 (Link to this contribution) I understand that France has persuaded the European Commission to accept nuclear power as a renewabl...

Anne Main | 536 c310 (Link to this contribution) Small solar panel companies about which I have written to the Secretary of State's Department are ha...

Chris Huhne | 536 c310 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for raising the issue of home heating oil because, as he knows, ...

Andrew George | 536 c309 (Link to this contribution) Of course, energy bill payers contribute a few quid towards the support of renewables, but the big s...

Chris Huhne | 536 c309 (Link to this contribution) The key in any market is to ensure that it is properly competitive. I am absolutely in favour of sha...

Ian Lavery | 536 c309 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Gentleman will be very much aware of the situation at Rio Tinto Alcan in my constitue...

Chris Huhne | 536 c309 (Link to this contribution) I understand the hon. Gentleman's concern, which I have shared. I met the executives from Rio Tinto ...

Chris Heaton-Harris | 536 c310 (Link to this contribution) Does the Secretary of State understand the concerns of those who have ““prepared their homes””, to u...

Chris Huhne | 536 c310 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend raises an interesting point. We have cut the subsidies for the offshore and onshore w...

Gordon Banks | 536 c309 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State referred to the green deal in his statement. What is he doing to ensure that ...

Chris Huhne | 536 c309 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman raises an important point. There are substantial anomalies—and not just that one—...

Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown | 536 c310 (Link to this contribution) During the winter months, the poorest members of our society will face soaring electricity bills and...

Speaker | 536 c310 (Link to this contribution) Order. If it is possible to find a one sentence question and a relatively pithy reply—I do not wish ...

Subjects

Companies Conservation Business Competition Carbon capture and storage Housing Energy Electricity generation Fuel poverty Prices Carbon emissions Green deal scheme

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