Business of the House Debate

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Department: Leader of the House

Business of the House

Claire Young Excerpts
Thursday 16th January 2025

(1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lucy Powell Portrait Lucy Powell
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My hon. Friend raises a really important point. Solar panels on new homes will be a vital component in meeting our clean energy superpower ambitions. He will be aware that the previous Government actually pulled back from including solar panels in the new building regulations. Had they done so, we would already have a much higher level of solar energy coming into the grid. We are already putting that right.

Claire Young Portrait Claire Young (Thornbury and Yate) (LD)
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Post offices provide vital services in our rural communities, such as banking. In my Thornbury and Yate constituency, however, there are concerns about the future of the post office in Tytherington community shop, following the announcement that its partner post office in Cromhall will close at the end of February. Will the Leader of the House agree to give us a debate in Government time on how we can support community post offices in the future?