Speeches by Murphy.

“Beginning with Zak and going along the panel, how can the redress system be improved? What would you want to see? It has happened and you need to make a complaint. How could the process be significantly improved from where it is now?”

“There has been a bit of discussion, in particular with Claire, on previous schemes. In 2015, Ofgem found that about 10% of installations under ECO1 failed their first quality checks. In Northern Ireland, the 2019 report found that there was a 63% fault rate with cavity wall insulation installed in social housing. Can w…”

“I have a very quick question, and I should acknowledge that Simon and I have met before because TrustMark is based in my constituency. Earlier, you said that are responsible for holding the scheme providers to account, but Zak made it quite clear that they were not being held to account. He was being constantly sent ba…”

“You took over the technical reporting, I understand, from Ofgem in 2020.”

“From what I am hearing, the hon. Member is making an anti-renewables, anti-action on climate change speech. She mentioned that electricity prices are some of the highest in Europe, but her party had been in government for 14 years when the Government inherited those high prices. Could you confirm on the record that you…”

“We are not talking about what was committed to in the manifestos. My question was about what the hon. Member said a few minutes ago, that she is committed to removing all the levies on bills related to renewables. Could she repeat that pledge?”

“The Minister should be commended for ending the terrible deal negotiated by the previous Conservative Government, which led to higher bills, excess profits and poor sustainability standards, but it is worth saying again that there seems to be no end to the Conservatives’ rank hypocrisy on energy policy. In government, …”

“Under the previous Government, thousands upon thousands of jobs were lost in the North sea, energy bills hit record highs and the Government put Britain’s energy security in the hands of Vladimir Putin. Having made a patently unlawful decision on Rosebank, the Conservatives are lecturing us on energy policy. The truth …”

“Yet we have to deliver an enormous number of projects in the next two years. Can you deliver the level and scale that we need while also protecting nature and bringing people with us? That is an enormous task. It is not just about delivering the infrastructure; it is about bringing people with us and ensuring that that…”

“Do you worry that it is only capital-rich consumers who are going to be able to benefit—only those who can invest in an EV or a heat battery, etc, are going to be able to benefit from that system?”

“Just on flex, when we had Ofgem in front of us, we had a conversation about the fact that, when we think about switching, there is probably an upper limit on the number of people who really make use of switching, for example. Even some of the most energy-informed consumers are quite time poor. The more time poor you ar…”

“Very quickly, because I have already run out of time, do you have a view on zonal pricing?”

“If REMA does not come forward in sufficient time, is it possible that the auction round will be delayed?”

“Slightly changing tack, one thing that could delay decarbonising the grid or, indeed, potentially benefit consumers in terms of their bills is REMA. We heard from the previous panel a concern about it coming in too close to the next CfD round, round 7. If zonal pricing were to be introduced or committed to, for example…”

“Yet we have to deliver an enormous number of projects in the next two years. Can you deliver the level and scale that we need while also protecting nature and bringing people with us? That is an enormous task. It is not just about delivering the infrastructure; it is about bringing people with us and ensuring that that…”

“This is something that I asked the previous panel, but the clean power plan makes several proposals to strengthen nature protection. One of the advisers on the previous panel suggested that probably more needed to be done to get consent or at least consult with the public.”

“On that point about resources, since 2010 the part of government that has had the largest cuts or most reduced expenditure is local government. Planning departments have probably been the worst hit. I appreciate what you said about £46 million for the planning system, but is what has been committed already enough? I ha…”

“Problems in planning, storage and infrastructure are all delaying decarbonising the grid. We heard a lot about that from the previous panel. What levers will mission control use to speed up the delivery of essential energy infrastructure?”

“Thanks for appearing before the Committee. A key part of the clean power 2030 action plan is around maximising domestic opportunities for clean energy supply chains. I have heard from some industry sources that they do not necessarily feel as if the clean energy action plan and the industrial strategy are sufficiently …”

“That would be great. Thanks.”