Part of Energy Security and Net Zero – in the House of Commons at on 8 October 2024.
David Pinto-Duschinsky
Labour, Hendon
People across Hendon have paid the price for the previous Government’s failure over the last 14 years to invest in our energy system. Does the Minister agree that the only way to get us off the rollercoaster of high Bills is to invest at pace and scale, as the Government are doing through our clean energy mission?
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