Debates between Graham Stuart and Mary Kelly Foy during the 2019-2024 Parliament

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Graham Stuart and Mary Kelly Foy
Tuesday 16th January 2024

(9 months, 3 weeks ago)

Commons Chamber
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Mary Kelly Foy Portrait Mary Kelly Foy (City of Durham) (Lab)
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T1. If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.

Graham Stuart Portrait The Minister for Energy Security and Net Zero (Graham Stuart)
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The UK is the first major economy to halve its emissions. Since the Prime Minister’s speech in September, we have announced the £960 million green industries growth accelerator, helped to deliver the first global agreement to transition away from fossil fuels at COP28, acted to protect motorists from unfair prices at petrol stations, announced backing for 11 major projects to produce green hydrogen, and committed to the biggest nuclear expansion in 70 years. We have a plan. Our plan is working and it will get us to net zero. It will guarantee our energy security and bring consumers and the British people with us.

Mary Kelly Foy Portrait Mary Kelly Foy
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My constituents have told me they are no longer eligible to receive the warm home discount, which, along with Ofgem’s price increase, is making the cost of living even more severe in the City of Durham. Will the Minister meet me to discuss that? What, if any, discussions has he had with the Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work, the hon. Member for Mid Sussex (Mims Davies) about the impact of fuel poverty on disabled people?