Oral Answers to Questions

Jerome Mayhew Excerpts

Tuesday 29th April 2025 Commons Chamber

[Ed Miliband]

My hon. Friend raises a really important issue about interconnectors. It is something I have been talking to the regulator about, particularly in relation to France, and indeed to my French counterpart, Marc Ferracci, who was in London for our international energy summit. I am happy for the Department to engage with her and tell her about the work we are doing on that issue.

[Jerome Mayhew (Broadland and Fakenham) (Con)]

During the general election, the Secretary of State repeatedly promised my constituents that if they voted Labour, their energy prices would be reduced by £300—not by “up to” £300. Will the Secretary of State repeat that promise at the Dispatch Box?

[Ed Miliband]

We said we would cut bills by up to £300, and that is absolutely what we are determined to do.

[Jerome Mayhew]

They have gone up.

[Ed Miliband]

The hon. Gentleman says that bills have gone up, but let me give him a little basic lesson: they have gone up because we are exposed to fossil fuel prices. The only way to bring them down is by having sources of clean, home-grown power that we control.