Member

The British people are not stupid. They can see that the Government’s energy policy is not credible. Although we should not oppose this order, we would be myopic and completely lacking in foresight or intellectual insight if we did not review it in the context of energy prices paid in the UK. I am grateful to the Minister for allowing us to do so, following his remarks about the international crisis. We urge the Government to go much further. The level of subsidies is truly “incredible”, which, as the Secretary of State and the Minister today know, means—I quote from the dictionary—“impossible to believe”.