Energy
Energy news from UK Parliament.

Great British Energy Bill returns to the Lords
Members agree new government amendment on modern slavery in supply chains. Catch up
01 May 2025

Not in your back yard? Call for evidence on national energy infrastructure planning policy
Not in your back yard? Call for evidence on national energy infrastructure planning policy
29 April 2025

How do we co-ordinate the skilling, upskilling and re-skilling needed for clean energy and warm homes - and who pays?
How do we co-ordinate the skilling, upskilling and re-skilling needed for clean energy and warm homes - and who pays?
29 April 2025

EAC Chair presses Miliband for answers on net zero plans and fossil fuel lobbyists
The Chair of the Environmental Audit Committee has written to Energy Secretary Ed Miliband after promised commitments on the Government’s plans for the Seventh Carbon Budget have failed to materialise.
28 April 2025

Is biomass sustainably sourced? Risk that sector is marking its own homework, PAC warns
Is biomass sustainably sourced? Risk that sector is marking its own homework, PAC warns
24 April 2025

Gaza aid blocks “appalling and unacceptable”, Government admits
The Government has said ongoing blocks on aid entering Gaza are “appalling and unacceptable”, in a letter to a cross-party committee of MPs.
24 April 2025

Can community energy aid recharge development? Committee launches inquiry
Today the International Development Committee launches a new inquiry into aid for community-led energy.
09 April 2025

Net zero affordability discussed in the Lords
Members debated potential costs of government 2050 emission target. Catch up
04 April 2025

Committee launches inquiry into science diplomacy after visit to CERN
Today the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee launches an inquiry into science diplomacy.
03 April 2025

Defence Committee launches inquiry into AUKUS
Today the Defence Committee launches an inquiry into AUKUS, the trilateral security partnership between the United Kingdom, the United States of America and Australia.
02 April 2025

Community energy like rooftop solar could power homes and make money locally - what’s stopping it?
In this second session of its inquiry into community energy, the Committee will question local energy suppliers and energy major OVO on making community energy financially viable and unlocking local energy supply.
31 March 2025

Grangemouth: Committee to question Petroineos, INEOS and EY on Project Willow
The Scottish Affairs Committee will examine the future of the Grangemouth oil refinery as part of its inquiry into GB Energy and the net zero transition.
27 March 2025

How far can a redeployed oil and gas workforce take us toward clean, secure energy?
Evidence in this inquiry has revealed the scale of the challenge to create the UK workforce to deliver the Clean Energy Mission and to de-carbonise homes and businesses.
25 March 2025

Chair comment: Project Willow
20 March 2025

MPs to question unions on delivering a just transition in Scotland
MPs on the Scottish Affairs Committee will hear from trade unions GMB, Prospect and Unite in the third evidence session of the GB Energy and the net zero transition inquiry.
17 March 2025