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Tuesday 10th June 2025 Commons Chamber

[Dr Allison Gardner (Stoke-on-Trent South) (Lab)]

8. What steps he is taking to support rooftop solar power projects.

[Mr Connor Rand (Altrincham and Sale West) (Lab)]

15. What steps he is taking to support rooftop solar power projects.

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[Mr Rand]

Thanks to Great British Energy, Meadway health centre in my constituency is set to have solar panels installed, which will cover its entire energy bills for the summer. My local hospital, Wythenshawe, will also benefit, saving my local NHS trust some £4 million to £5 million a year, which can be reinvested back into frontline services. Despite the doom-mongering on net zero that we hear from the Opposition Benches, does the Secretary of State agree that this shows the power of helping our public services and creating jobs?

[Ed Miliband]

I congratulate my hon. Friend on having hit the jackpot with the NHS benefiting from what Great British Energy is doing. He makes such an important point here, which is that the net zero agenda is about lower bills. For example, it is about cutting energy bills for frontline services and putting the money back into those services. Who could possibly be against that?