Off-gas Grid Households
It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Crausby. In these very difficult econ...
Does my hon. Friend agree that the issue is not only that these are rural communities, but that o...
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My hon. Friend makes a very good point. I will come on to illustrate the scale of the problem tha...
Does my hon. Friend also agree that the challenge is not just the amount, but the mechanism for p...
That is absolutely right, especially in relation to bulk supplies of oil and gas, for which a sin...
Does my hon. Friend believe that a comparison might be drawn in rural communities between the bro...
My hon. Friend makes a good point. Parts of rural areas have successfully rolled out super-fast b...
I thank the hon. Lady for bringing this important matter to the House. The differential in prices...
I hope the hon. Gentleman will forgive my ignorance, but I am not fully aware of the devolved pow...
I am pleased to speak in this important debate under your chairmanship, Mr Crausby, and to suppor...
What the hon. Gentleman says is further evidenced by the experience of one of my constituents, wh...
The market is not clear. I appreciate that there are difficulties in the market. There are some b...
My hon. Friend referred to the difficulty of getting gas supplies in the depths of winter, and th...
I cannot say that I have specifically addressed that issue but, to be fair to the Government, two...
The hon. Gentleman raises an issue that was very evident in my constituency during that time. The...
The hon. Gentleman makes an excellent point. All these issues need to be addressed.
When I ...
I pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Truro and Falmouth (Sarah Newton) for securing thi...
This topic is very important. In Cornwall, a huge amount of work has certainly been done, with so...
My hon. Friend makes a good point. However we cut the cake, heating a property with LPG is almost...
I do not think that any of us denies that it would be good to get more and more people on to the ...
The hon. Gentleman makes a good point, but there will always be people left off-grid. We will not...
I congratulate the hon. Member for Truro and Falmouth (Sarah Newton) on securing a debate on this...
I intend to call the Front-Bench speakers at 10.30.
10.15 am
I congratulate the hon. Member for Truro and Falmouth (Sarah Newton) on raising this matter, whic...
The hon. Gentleman is quite right to talk about the problems caused by the high price of heating ...
I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention, and yes I do agree with that. Quite clearly, the...
I congratulate the hon. Member for Truro and Falmouth (Sarah Newton) on securing the debate and t...
Will the hon. Gentleman give way?
I hope that the hon. Gentleman will forgive me for not giving way, as time is rather short.
There is time for a very short contribution from Alan Reid.
10.29 am
Thank you very much, Mr Crausby, for calling me to speak. I shall be very brief.
I am secre...
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship again, Mr Crausby.
I congratulate the hon...
We have rightly concentrated on the costs of LPG and heating oil for heating homes, but many of m...
My hon. Friend makes an important point. We would want to get more consumers on to the grid, but ...
I join colleagues in welcoming you to the Chair, Mr Crausby, and I thank you for presiding over o...
Will the Minister give way?
This four-year scheme was launched in April 2011. It requires energy companies to provide help wi...
Will the Minister give way?
Energy suppliers are required to provide the majority of that support to pensioners on the lowest...