Household Energy Bills: VAT

I have never been called first, Madam Deputy Speaker, so I will have to buy you a cup of tea late...

Far too many people of my age lived through the harsh cold winters of the Thatcher Government. Th...

You are the Opposition!

No, you are my opposition.

Regardless, my opposition are chuntering from a sedentary positi...

I rise to make a plea to Members from all parties that, regardless of the emotions that are raise...

rose—

rose—

I will gave way to the right hon. Gentleman and that is it.

While the right hon. Gentleman is eulogising about the target of net zero, does he not recognise ...

That is what I mean by the slippery slope. It is the slippery slope of suddenly saying, “Well, wh...

The hon. Gentleman talks a lot about sustainability. He is quite right. That has been the big que...

No, it was not the correct decision to close that gas storage facility. We have the lowest gas st...

I am grateful for the opportunity to speak in this important debate on an issue that is already c...

It is a pleasure to be called in this debate on household energy. I have a number of problems wit...

I have a similar situation in my North West Durham constituency. Does my hon. Friend agree that s...

I agree with my hon. Friend, and I find it somewhat ironic that the last time the Opposition trie...

I rise to speak briefly in support of the motion.

I beg the hon. Gentleman’s pardon, but I have to reduce the time limit to three minutes.

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker.

Families in Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney and across the coun...

Now then, if Labour Members really wanted to help the poorest people in society, they would not c...

The last two years have been brutal and miserable for millions of people in this country, but not...

I take on board what the hon. Gentleman is saying. I am confused, because the hon. Member for Kil...

I am not sure of the relevance of that intervention. I was describing the manifest economic injus...

I struggle to believe what we are seeing from the Labour party today: a party that has repeatedly...

My hon. Friend is talking about the deprivation and years of neglect in his own patch in Stoke; d...

I absolutely agree. We are seeing that right across the north and the midlands, in towns and citi...

I am really concerned that some Conservative Members simply do not understand the reality or scal...

People in Redcar and Cleveland will remember the last time the Order Paper was wrestled from the ...

Energy prices are going to increase enormously. That is just a plain fact. The question is, of co...

Sadly, this Opposition day debate is, I believe, an opportunity lost for the Opposition. Energy p...

People are having to make difficult choices in their shopping lists to keep food on their family ...

The debate on the cost of living and energy bills is obviously very important and pertinent, and ...

My hon. Friend is most generous with his time. We talk about the green levies, which affect poore...

I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention, and he is absolutely right to say that many of our ...

The cost of living is ratcheting up, but it did not need to be this way. It did not need to be th...

Real pressures on the cost of living are obviously coming down the track. I recognise that, and I...

Order. We must leave it there.

3.54 pm

It is an honour to speak in today’s debate, even though it is a very frustrating one. I cannot ge...

This debate highlights the fact that a severe cost-of-living crisis is upon us, as I think we can...

This is the second day in a row that the Chancellor of the Exchequer appears to have been posted ...

In rising for the first time since Friday, I want to place on the record my sadness at the untime...

January is the toughest month for most people, but this year, people’s financial worries are at a...

It is undeniable that the cost of living is spiralling out of control and the situation is being ...

The wind-ups will begin promptly at 4.25 pm.

4.11 pm

Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker.

Annual fuel bills are expected to rise not by a little bit bu...

May I just put on record how much I miss Jack?

Working families everywhere are feeling the ...

Our country faces the worst cost-of-living crisis in recent memory as families grapple with risin...

Order. Sorry. Claudia Webbe.

4.20 pm

The Tory Government of the super-rich are presiding over a cost-of-living crisis that will hit th...

Order. To resume his seat no later than 4.25 pm, Grahame Morris.

4.23 pm

Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. In another place, those who were last will be first. It is an honou...

Apologies to those who did not get in. There were quite a few of you.

4.25 pm

I want to thank all hon. Members who have spoken in this debate. I particularly thank my hon. Fri...

Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?

I will not.

We have a Government who got us into this mess and have no clue how to help the...

I thank right hon. and hon. Members for their valuable contributions to this debate.

I can ...

I am not giving way.

There is £1.7 billion of funding to support our objective of approving...