Speeches by Miliband.

“I have huge respect for the right hon. Gentleman and completely concur with him on this issue. Nuclear is an essential part of our clean energy future. The demand for electricity in the years ahead—there will be a 50% increase by 2035, and demand will probably be double, if not more, by 2050—means that we need all the …”

“There is huge potential, and with my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, I will chair an artificial intelligence energy council, looking at not only how we can meet the future demands of AI, but how AI and technology can help us deliver the infrastructure and energy system o…”

“Let us be frank: the big prize that has eluded past Governments for a long time is a proper plan to upgrade all types of buildings, not just residential properties. The Under-Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, my hon. Friend the hon. Member for Peckham (Miatta Fahnbulleh), and I are working on that cl…”

“On the second question, I completely agree with my hon. Friend, who is an eloquent champion for tackling modern slavery. I know Members from all parts of the House share her view. We need to do better as a Government, in terms of the guidelines inherited from the last Government, and the solar taskforce is looking at t…”

“I am massively in favour of solar panels on swimming pools and lidos—I am an occasional lido user myself—so I am fully on board with the hon. Gentleman’s point. I will pass it on to colleagues in government.”

“This is hard, partly because of the fiscal backdrop, but we are working on a comprehensive plan so that we can help not just the poorest—we want to help those in fuel poverty—but people across the income spectrum through a more universal offer. If we can get funding for up-front investments, there will be massive payba…”

“It is a particular pleasure to end with the hon. Gentleman. Here it is: a decision for all Members of the House to make. We are on the rollercoaster of the fossil fuel markets; we have no control over them. The mission of this Government is to take back control with clean, home-grown power. I urge him and Members acros…”

“I say to the hon. Gentleman, and I have said it throughout this Question Time, that local communities should have a say, but we have a decision to make as a country. Do we build the clean energy infrastructure to protect us from volatile fossil fuel markets, or do businesses, families and the public finances—£94 billio…”

“The national wealth fund is an essential part of our clean energy and growth missions. Recent investments include £20 million of investment into XLCC, a subsea cable manufacturer, to develop a new facility in Scotland, creating 900 jobs; £28 million of investment into Cornish Metals to finance lithium production, suppo…”

“My hon. Friend asks a really important question, which Members from right across this House will agree with. The situation we have inherited from the last Government is that Germany has almost twice as many renewables jobs per capita as Britain, Sweden almost three times as many, and Denmark almost four times as many. …”

“I welcome that question from my right hon. Friend, who is a fantastic champion of these issues. We will look at any proposal in detail, but she makes such an important point, which I would make to all Members of this House. People will have different views on this issue, but clean energy is the economic opportunity of …”

“The hon. Gentleman makes an important point. I discussed this issue in detail in advance of the preparation of the Great British Energy Bill, and it is also relevant to the national wealth fund. We want our institutions to serve all countries in our United Kingdom, and I encourage him and industries in his constituency…”

“It is good that we fulfilled the promise of the last Government on the £11.6 billion. we are proud of the work that the ICF does and we are completely committed to ensuring that when we put forward resources for climate, they are indeed for climate purposes. It is also important to say that as part of this agreement, f…”

“You are right. We do not pay enough attention to them. The UN framework that we work within is done based on production emissions, partly because of issues of national sovereignty, but it is right. On Roz Savage’s Bill, it is one area that we said we would look at. It is also part of the industrial side of this because…”

“You make an important point. I suppose it is in less glowing terms because no country has done enough. It is more making the point about decoupling. The truth is that the power sector has seen a significant fall in emissions, but in the rest of the sectors—industry, agriculture, buildings, transport—we have significant…”

“I am sorry. These are matters of tax policy and they are definitely not matters for me. They are matters for the Treasury.”

“We are in injury time.”

“Yes. It goes back to the point I made earlier and I have always thought this, including 15 years ago when I was last doing this job. There are two edge positions, which are that people should never be flying and that we can carry on with total business as usual. I subscribe to neither position. The right position—and t…”

“There is public debate on these questions, but the Government will make their intentions clear at the appropriate moment. It is not helpful for me to speculate.”

“You are tempting, Chair. I have always thought that, but you will not tempt me into speculation on this question about Heathrow.”