Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of solar powered energy on (a) energy security (b) the price of energy bills.

Solar is a key part of the UK’s energy mix and needs sustained growth in capacity in the next decade to support the Government’s energy security goals, as well as the delivery of net zero. Utility-scale solar is now one of the cheapest forms of electricity generation. Deploying more home grown solar will help limit household electricity bills and ensure Britain is less affected by fluctuations in volatile global gas prices.