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Tristan Osborne Excerpts

Tuesday 10th June 2025 Commons Chamber

[Tristan Osborne (Chatham and Aylesford) (Lab)]

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

[Lee Pitcher (Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme) (Lab)]

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

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[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?

[Tristan Osborne]

Happy birthday, Mr Speaker. In my Chatham and Aylesford constituency, Clarion Housing is working with Octopus Energy in Snodland to install roof solar panels and heat pumps in social housing units. Can the Minister confirm how we can expand on such schemes, using the tenant power tariff for example, to reduce energy costs for our most vulnerable constituents?

[Ed Miliband]

My hon. Friend makes a really important point, and this is something that we are working on. There is huge potential in working with energy companies, with social housing providers and others to find ways in which this can be a true part of an anti-poverty strategy. This is something that we are working on, and we will have more to say about in the weeks and months ahead.