G20 and COP29 Summits Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

G20 and COP29 Summits

Jim Dickson Excerpts
Thursday 21st November 2024

(1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Keir Starmer Portrait The Prime Minister
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I am very happy to applaud anybody who is taking on the fight against hate crime in all its forms. I think one of the sad features of the last few years has been the rise in hate crime in all its forms. I think all of us have a responsibility—a duty—to do everything we can to reduce hate crime, so I am very happy to applaud anybody involved in that, including in the hon. Member’s constituency.

Jim Dickson Portrait Jim Dickson (Dartford) (Lab)
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I associate myself with the tributes to Lord Prescott, and send my condolences to his family.

I very warmly welcome the Prime Minister’s statement, particularly on COP. As Members across this House have acknowledged, it is great to see the UK showing international leadership on action to combat climate change once more. Given this Government’s mission to make Britain a clean energy superpower, can the Prime Minister tell us how Great British Energy will result in lower fuel bills for my residents in Dartford, Ebbsfleet, Swanscombe and Greenhithe, as well as for those across the country?

Keir Starmer Portrait The Prime Minister
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Yes. Great British Energy, which will be publicly owned, will drive forward on renewables, towards clean power in 2030. We have to make up time, because of the slowness of the Conservative party, but we are determined to do so. This will be measured in energy independence—so that Putin’s boot will not be on our throat, as it was in recent years—in the jobs of the future, and in lowering energy bills.