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Fossil Fuels

Commons · Question 908503 · Tabled 18 Mar 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record

Answered 24 Mar 2026

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Asked by Daniel Zeichner

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to help reduce levels of dependence on international fossil fuel markets.

Answer

Answered by Ed Miliband, 24 Mar 2026

Since coming to office this government has secured enough renewables in our two record breaking auctions to power the equivalent of 23 million homes and embarked on the biggest nuclear building programme in half a century. Only by going further and faster...