"I am pleased to provide an update on the Government’s approach to strengthening minimum energy efficiency standards in the non domestic private rented sector, following our previous consultations and extensive recent engagement with industry, investors, local authorities and other stakeholders.
"We are acting today to restore consumer confidence in the energy sector and ensure that failures in Government insulation schemes can never happen again.
The 2025 National Audit Office report into the failures of the ECO scheme gave a damning account of the failures of the ECO4 and GBIS schemes …..." Martin McCluskey - View Speech
"Today I am announcing the publication of a consultation on proposals to enable the safe deployment of plug-in solar across the United Kingdom.
Plug-in solar brings the benefits of clean power directly to consumers across the country. Enabling more households than ever before to generate their own cheap, clean electricity …..." Martin McCluskey - View Speech
"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms McVey. I am grateful to the hon. Member for Gorton and Denton (Hannah Spencer) for securing the debate, and I congratulate her on her first Westminster Hall debate and on giving hon. Members across the Chamber the opportunity to discuss …..." Martin McCluskey - View Speech
"My hon. Friend will know that decisions about tax are for the Chancellor. We already have the windfall tax on energy profits in place—a tax opposed by the SNP and the Conservative Opposition.
"I join the hon. Lady in those calls on nuclear energy, which is essential to our energy mix. She highlighted the example of France; one reason why its electricity cost is so low is that it carried on building nuclear through the ’50s, ’60s, ’70s and ’80s. Unlike this country, …..." Martin McCluskey - View Speech
"My hon. Friend is a champion for his constituents. He is making the argument not just for lower prices at the pump and lower costs of energy, but for doing that in a clean, green way. Those two things do go hand in hand; we can reduce energy and fuel …..." Martin McCluskey - View Speech
"The hon. Member makes a powerful point. We will come forward with the response on community benefits soon. I point him towards what we have already announced regarding a trial of free wind power for communities close to generation, which will be coming later this year. His point about workforce …..." Martin McCluskey - View Speech
"My hon. Friend makes a really important point. We are coming forward soon with our proposals for consumer protection. I have said before in this Chamber that the first thing that landed on my desk, when I came into this role in September, was the NAO’s report into the previous …..." Martin McCluskey - View Speech