Oral QuestionDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero

If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.

Tabled: 18 March 2026Answered: 24 March 2026

Asked by

Stephen Gethins

Scottish National PartyArbroath and Broughty Ferry

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero

Answer from Hansard

Michael Shanks

We do work very well together, actually, contrary to what it might appear from the hon. Member’s contribution. He suggests, quite wrongly—twice now—that Scotland is generating all this electricity by itself. Of course, those projects are funded by bill payers across the UK investing in that infrastructure. His plan seems to be to take a third off energy bills with independence, with absolutely no credibility whatsoever.