Ed Miliband
MP for Doncaster North
Lab
5 May 2005 - Present
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The thing the Prime Minister has underestimated throughout these last two years is the fact that COP26 is not a glorified photo opportunity; it is a fragile and complex negotiation. The problem is that the Prime Minister's boosterism will not cut carbon emissions in half. Photo opportunities will not cut carbon emissions in half.
Context
There is a concern that COP26 might become a glorified photo opportunity instead of a substantive negotiation for cutting carbon emissions.
Boris Johnson
The right hon. Gentleman talks about cutting CO2 in half. Well, that is virtually what this country—this Government—has done. Since 1990, we have cut CO2 by 44% and the economy has grown by 78%. That is our approach—a sensible, pragmatic Conservative approach that cuts CO2, that tackles climate change and that delivers high-wage, high-skilled jobs across this country.
Assessment
The answer did not address the need for concrete actions beyond warm words in preparation for COP26.
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It is one thing for the Prime Minister not to know what is in the Paris agreement, but another for him not to know what is in his own Budget. He has cut the aid budget; of course he has cut the aid budget. He has abandoned the bipartisan belief in the aid budget across both these Houses, but it is not just on aid where the Government face both ways. They have a trade deal with Australia where they have allowed the Australians to drop their temperature commitments. They are telling others to power past coal while flirting with a new coal mine, and they are saying that we have to move beyond fossil fuels but open the new Cambo oilfield.
Context
The UK has cut its aid budget, abandoning a bipartisan belief in maintaining the aid commitment. There are concerns over the trade deal with Australia where temperature commitments were dropped, and the opening of new coal mines while promoting coal phase-out globally.
Boris Johnson
No, Mr Speaker. The right hon. Gentleman is completely wrong, and I think he should withdraw what he has just said about the £11.6 billion, because we remain absolutely committed to the £11.6 billion that we are investing to tackle climate change around the world. That is absolutely rock solid.
Assessment
The answer did not address the specific instances of policy inconsistencies regarding Australia and domestic coal mining policies mentioned in the question
No, Mr Speaker.
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Let me ask him about his actions regarding climate finance for developing countries. Has it not made it much harder to deliver on that promise that we are the only G7 country to cut the aid budget in the run-up to this crucial summit?
Context
The world has not delivered on the $100 billion of climate finance promised more than a decade ago in Copenhagen. The UK is the only G7 country to cut aid budgets.
Boris Johnson
I actually did go out as PM and announce a huge £11.6 billion commitment from the UK to help tackle climate change. We are working flat out to reach the $100 billion commitment, but whether we will get there or not is in the balance.
Assessment
Did not acknowledge cutting aid budget's impact on climate finance commitments.
It Is Too Early To Say
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Let me tell the Prime Minister that what this summit needs is statesmanship, not partisanship. He should not be trying to score party political points on such an important issue facing our country and our world. Let me ask him about climate finance for developing countries. The reason Paris succeeded was a coalition of vulnerable countries and developed ones pressuring big emitters like China and India.
Context
The world has not delivered on the $100 billion of climate finance promised more than a decade ago in Copenhagen. The UK is the only G7 country to cut aid budgets.
Boris Johnson
One of the first things I did as PM was announce a huge £11.6 billion commitment from the UK to help tackle climate change. We are seeing money come in from the US, Italy, France and the EU. We have a way to go.
Assessment
Did not commit explicitly to focusing on 2030 targets.
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I will correct the Prime Minister on one point: it was the second half of the century that was set out in Paris. The problem is that Australia's 2030 target would head the world towards approximately 4° of global warming. Can I urge him not to shift the goalposts when it comes to Glasgow? It is about the emergency we face this decade.
Context
Australia recently announced a net-zero target for 2050, but its current targets would lead to global warming of about 4°.
Boris Johnson
The focus is certainly on 2030. We have 122 nationally determined contributions already, and 17 out of 20 G20 countries have made NDCs. The commitments are coming through.
Assessment
Did not explicitly commit to focusing on current decade's targets.
It Is Too Early To Say
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I applaud the efforts of the UK presidency under the COP26 President-designate, but I want to direct the Prime Minister's attention to the issue of this decade. On the eve of COP, a report warned that we are on course to reduce emissions by only about 7.5%. Does he acknowledge how far away we are from the action required in this 10-year period?
Context
The United Nations Environment Programme released a report warning that global emissions are on track to reduce by only about 7.5% this decade, far from the required halving.
Boris Johnson
Indeed I do, but what I think the House should also recognise is how far we have moved in the space of a few years since 2015. Every day, countries are making solid commitments on stopping coal-fired power stations, reducing internal combustion engines, planting millions of trees and investing billions of pounds in the developing world.
Assessment
The answer did not acknowledge the gap between current actions and required targets.
It Is Too Early To Say
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Further to that point of order, Mr Speaker. I am happy to respond, because we are going to deal in the facts. Bills were lower in 2025 than in 2024 in real terms, and the price cap was lower—and, of course, making a seasonal comparison makes no sense. We are going to trade in the facts.
Context
The Secretary of State previously claimed that bills in April 2026 would be lower than in July 2024, but the price cap data suggests otherwise.
Ed Miliband
Further to that point of order, Mr Speaker. I am happy to respond, because we are going to deal in the facts. Bills were lower in 2025 than in 2024 in real terms, and the price cap was lower—and, of course, making a seasonal comparison makes no sense. We are going to trade in the facts.
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Why do the Government's plans fail to meet the climate emergency and push up bills for families?
Context
The government was found in breach of law for failing to meet climate targets, leading to higher energy bills and job losses.
Claire Coutinho
The right hon. Gentleman's plans would raise bills, harm energy security, and see up to 100,000 people lose their jobs according to recent reports.
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What is the right hon. Lady's “dog ate my homework” excuse this time?
Context
The government was found to be in breach of law over climate targets, leading to higher energy bills for families.
Claire Coutinho
The Court did not question our policies or progress. We are among the most ambitious of our peers in setting future targets.
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It is a year on; the right hon. Lady should deliver compensation but fails across the board: onshore wind ban remains, offshore wind market crashes, insulation schemes disaster, appeasing anti-net zero brigade.
Context
The MP criticized the Secretary of State for her role in energy policy failures.
Claire Coutinho
This Government worked with Ofgem to stop forced prepayment meter installation for vulnerable households. We are working on compensation and refuting Labour's plans as uninvestable, bill-hiking, costing £100 billion plus needed taxes.
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After presiding over the scandal of forced installation of prepayment meters, the predecessor promised full compensation but only 150,000 out of 1.5 million people got it. Why has she failed to deliver justice?
Context
The MP paid tribute to Mr Speaker's father and criticized the previous Minister's failure in delivering full compensation to those affected by forced installation of prepayment meters.
Claire Coutinho
We have made clear that forced prepayment meter installation for vulnerable households should not take place and I am working with Ofgem to ensure people get the compensation they deserve at speed.
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The right hon. Lady did not answer the question. I will tell her why it has not worked: because she has left a uniquely restrictive planning regime in place for onshore wind. Her failure is costing families across this country £180 a year on their bills. We know that her policy has failed. She could dump the ban at the stroke of a pen. If she is vaguely serious about clean energy, why does she not face down the headbangers on her Back Benches and lift the ban?
Context
The right hon. Lady did not address why there have been no applications for new onshore wind farms despite lifting the ban.
Claire Coutinho
As I said, we have connected the second highest amount of renewable electricity anywhere in Europe since 2010. Our record on renewable energy is clear. This is the most extraordinary deflection that I have seen. In recent weeks, the right hon. Gentleman's leader has shredded his policy platform on energy. To be honest, I feel quite sorry for him, because thanks to the action of his leader and his shadow Chancellor, he has been hidden away, his policy has been ripped up and it is now obvious to everyone that Labour has no plan for energy.
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Last September, the Energy Secretary claimed she was lifting the onshore wind ban, but in the whole of 2023 and so far in 2024 there have been zero applications for new onshore wind farms designed for domestic electricity supply in England. She said that her decision would speed up the delivery of projects. Why does she think it has not worked?
Context
There have been zero applications for new onshore wind farms designed for domestic electricity supply in England since last September.
Claire Coutinho
Let me be clear about our record on onshore wind. Energy production has quadrupled since 2010, when we had 3.9 GW of onshore wind, to 15.4 GW in 2023. We have connected the second highest amount of renewables anywhere in Europe, whereas the right hon. Gentleman's plans have been widely discredited by industry and would deter billions of pounds of investment in clean energy.
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It is not just us who oppose the Minister's Bill, but those on his own side—he has lost an MP over it. I know he brought down the last Government over fracking; he is trying to do it again with his new Bill. That is the reason that people have lost confidence. They see the hottest year on record and a Government backsliding on net zero. Is it not the truth that the Conservatives who know and care most about climate change no longer support this Government?
Context
Loss of MP support for the Government's climate policy and hottest year on record.
Graham Stuart
The right hon. Gentleman would love to think that was the case, but the Conservative party is united in driving this forward and in delivering. We are powering up Britain from Britain. We have taken ourselves from the abject position left by him when he was in government, which so many of my colleagues have described. We must not go back to that, because it would put bills up, it would put emissions up, and it would stop us being the global net zero leader that we are.
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In the past month, the former Prime Minister who legislated for net zero has condemned the Minister's oil and gas policy. His colleague the former COP President has accused the Government of “not being serious” and the Government's net zero tsar has resigned his seat in disgust. Why does the Minister think that that is?
Context
Former Prime Minister and COP President criticism of the Government's oil and gas policy, leading to resignation.
Graham Stuart
As we have rehearsed, the UK is the first major economy to halve its emissions. It is the one that is delivering more going forward. It is so important that we recognise that we will continue to need oil and gas for decades to come. The Labour party's policy will do the opposite; it will weaken British jobs, reduce taxes and put up emissions, and that is why we remain committed, working across society, to ensuring that we deliver.
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The Secretary of State has no response to Lord Stern. The problem is that he sees a Government preaching one thing and doing another. Her negotiators at COP will argue to phase out fossil fuels, but she wants to drill every last drop at home and open new coalmines. She will tell developing countries that climate action is good for the economy, but the Government use climate delay to divide people here at home. Does she not realise that climate hypocrisy just trashes our reputation and undermines our leadership?
Context
The Government's inconsistency regarding climate change, such as preaching to phase out fossil fuels abroad but promoting domestic coal mining and oil drilling.
Claire Coutinho
I completely reject that characterisation. At COP28, we will be talking about the UK's leadership when it comes to cutting emissions. We had cut emissions more than any of our international peers by 1990. Even if we look forward to our targets for 2030, we see that we will still be cutting emissions by more than any of our international peers. That is something that the right hon. Gentleman would do well to welcome.
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The world sorely needs leadership at COP28, but the verdict of our most globally respected climate expert, Lord Stern, earlier this month was damning. He said that the Government's backsliding on climate action is a “deeply damaging mistake”—damaging for the UK, the world and the future of us all. Will the Secretary of State take this opportunity to place on record her response to Lord Stern?
Context
Lord Stern recently criticized the UK Government for backsliding on climate action, which could harm the country's reputation and leadership.
Claire Coutinho
The right hon. Gentleman should understand that we have the most ambitious climate target of any of our international peers. If he looks at the delivery today, he will see that we overshot on carbon budgets 1 and 2, and we are on track to overshoot on carbon budget 3. In fact, the UN gap report showed just last week that between 2015 and 2030 the UK is expected to reduce emissions at the fastest rate of any of the G20 countries.
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I am afraid the Secretary of State is quite wrong about that, because Ireland adjusted the price and had 3 GW of offshore wind. Let us talk about the way that this Government are jeopardising our energy security. They have delivered—[Interruption.]
Context
The government's approach to Contracts for Difference has been criticised.
Claire Coutinho
Let me tell the right hon. Gentleman about the last 13 years. We have decarbonised faster than any G7 country, while also growing the economy. We have grown renewable energy from 7% of our electricity when Labour left power to 50% now. I am proud of what we have achieved over the last 13 years. We have a proud record when it comes to climate change and a proud record when it comes to renewable energy, and I am proud to defend it.
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I wish the Clerk of the House well in the future, and I warmly welcome the Secretary of State to her new role and congratulate her on her appointment to the Cabinet. I look forward to working together. Let us start with the truth. The offshore wind auction that she inherited was a totally avoidable disaster. It means another lost year for our country and another year of higher bills, and it is because Ministers obstinately refused to listen to warning after warning from industry. RenewableUK estimates that the auction failure will add £2 billion to bills. What is the Secretary of State's estimate of the cost to families of this fiasco?
Context
The Contracts for Difference (CfD) Round 5 auction had issues.
Claire Coutinho
I thank the right hon. Gentleman for welcoming me to my place. I am delighted to serve opposite him and face him at the Dispatch Box. There are a couple of things I will point out. If we had tried to do what the right hon. Gentleman suggested, we would have delayed the 3.7 GW of clean energy that we secured, which is able to power 2 million homes. If we want to look at what is going to hurt people and their bills, I would point to his disastrous policies, whether it is the ultra low emission zone, which is hitting people who can least afford it, or his borrowing spree, which will raise inflation.
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That answer is total complacency from a Secretary of State who has just been proven to be failing on every major aspect of his agenda. That is why Lord Goldsmith resigned, and others have criticized him. Is not the truth now that even the Tories do not trust the Tories on the climate crisis?
Context
The Climate Change Committee reported that the government was off track on major climate targets.
Grant Shapps
This is one of the problems with not being prepared to follow the data, which shows us overdelivering on the commitments of carbon budgets 1, 2 and 3, and that we are more likely to meet carbon budget 4 than we were a year ago. If the right hon. Gentleman wants to ignore all that and still roll out his pre-written question, that is how we get to his conclusions. The truth is that the Government are delivering on the issues of climate change while protecting every single household in the country from Putin's tyranny. I am afraid that has already been surrendered by the right hon. Gentleman, who subscribes to the Just Stop Oil approach.
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Six days ago, the Climate Change Committee delivered its most scathing assessment in its history on the Government's record. It said we have gone backwards under the Secretary of State's watch. Who does he blame for this failure?
Context
The Climate Change Committee reported that the Government were off track on 41 out of 50 key targets.
Grant Shapps
As has been discussed more than once in these questions and answers, we have taken this country from having only 7% renewable energy to over 40%. We have decarbonised faster than any other G7 nation and we are on track for carbon budget 4, having already overdelivered on carbon budgets 1, 2 and 3. Based on our record to date, we are doing a pretty good job.
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Kincardine offshore wind farm's foundations were made in Spain, turbines in Rotterdam, and towed into Scottish waters. This shows no UK industrial strategy or port investment. Will we win the race with this approach?
Context
The MP uses the Kincardine floating wind farm to illustrate a failure in developing a local supply chain. He argues that lack of investment by Government in green industries is costing jobs.
Grant Shapps
Failure to develop supply chain could be linked to former Energy Secretary's record on renewables. We have world's first floating wind farm, largest offshore wind project, invested £160 million through FLOWMIS for manufacturing.
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US created 10 times more green jobs than UK since August due to IRA passage. The Secretary's previous description of IRA as 'dangerous' was misleading, is it not? Is our real danger not standing idle while others take the lead?
Context
The MP points out that the UK has not created as many green jobs compared to post-IRA US figures. He questions the Secretary of State's initial negative stance on IRA and argues for proactive investment in industrial strategies.
Grant Shapps
The former Energy Secretary only managed 7% electricity from renewables under Labour, while we are at 50%. We have the world's first floating wind farm, largest offshore wind project, and invested £160 million through FLOWMIS for manufacturing.
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There is a high-risk group with forced installation bans, but medium-risk groups remain unprotected. Will the Secretary of State instruct Ofgem to keep the ban in place until he meets his promise?
Context
Medium-risk groups are left to the discretion of energy companies under current rules.
Grant Shapps
We welcome today's Ofgem announcement, which I asked them to make. We need to address financial management issues through meter installation measures.
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Today's announcement on prepayment meters is not good enough. It does not cover the medium-risk group, which includes individuals with specific health conditions and elderly people. How has the Secretary of State allowed this to happen?
Context
The new rules on prepayment meters ban forced installations for only a narrow group.
Grant Shapps
We have moved fast on prepayment meters, but we will keep this matter under review and go further if required. The same rules were in place when Labour was in power for 13 years.
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Millions of families across the country, with bills going out this week, want certainty from the Government. People do not want sympathy or warm words; they need action now. Is it true that people are sick and tired of the Government putting the balance sheets of fossil fuel companies ahead of family budgets?
Context
Families are facing higher bills despite falling wholesale gas costs and increasing profits for energy companies. The Government refuse a proper windfall tax but give billions in handouts to oil and gas firms.
Amanda Solloway
I remind the right hon. Gentleman that we have been paying half of household energy bills, and that we will continue to look at this.
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The problem is that the right hon. Gentleman is not the cheerleader for clean energy; he is the roadblock. We have had three wind farms in the last eight years. His own Department says 79% of the public support onshore wind. Let me ask him, plan and simple: will he bring the local planning regime for onshore wind in line with all other infrastructure—yes or no?
Context
The MP questions the Secretary of State's commitment to clean energy and highlights public support.
Grant Shapps
The right hon. Gentleman calls me the roadblock, but perhaps he missed me saying that I was installing solar before it was fashionable to do so. I absolutely want more onshore and offshore wind in this country. We are ensuring that we are helping with that process, but it has to be with local consent.
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We have millions of families across the country and bills going out this week. People do not want sympathy or warm words: they want certainty from the Government. This is a political choice because the Government refuse to impose a windfall tax on energy companies while giving billions in handouts to oil and gas firms.
Context
Millions of families across the country are facing higher bills. People want certainty from the Government, not sympathy or warm words.
Amanda Solloway
I remind the right hon. Gentleman that we have been paying half of household energy bills, and that we will continue to look at this.
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Can I ask the Secretary of State to tell the House which member of the new Department's ministerial team in April last year described onshore wind farms as “an eyesore” on the hills?
Context
The MP refers to a statement made by the Department's ministerial team regarding onshore wind farms.
Grant Shapps
I was just having a debate about whether it was me or my hon. Friend the Member for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine (Andrew Bowie), the Under-Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero. The point is that they have to be done with local consent. That is why a proper energy mix that includes not just wind farms but nuclear for about a quarter of our energy production is so important and why we have just appointed the first ever nuclear Minister, who some are calling “Atomic Bowie”.
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04 Feb 2026
VOTED AYE
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026
Ayes: 392
Noes: 116
Passed
6
PMQs Asked
23
Ministerial Questions Asked
78
House of Commons Debates Involved
0
Westminster Hall Debates Led
28
Statements / Bills
0
Petitions Presented
98
Voting Record
Activity Compared to Peers
How does this MP's parliamentary activity compare to the national average across 1457 MPs?
Prime Minister's Questions
+64% above average
This MP:
6
Average:
3.7
Ministerial Questions
+72% above average
This MP:
23
Average:
13.4
Westminster Hall Debates Led
-100% below average
This MP:
0
Average:
2.5
Commons Chamber Debates
+1500% above average
This MP:
78
Average:
4.9
Statements / Bills Proposed
+196% above average
This MP:
28
Average:
9.5
Petitions Presented
-100% below average
This MP:
0
Average:
2.5
Voting Attendance Rate (%)
-60% below average
This MP:
27.6
Average:
69.2
Important Context
- - Ministers answer questions rather than asking them, so have different activity patterns
- - Activity quantity doesn't measure quality or effectiveness of representation
- - Some MPs focus more on constituency work than parliamentary questions
- - Newly elected MPs will have less parliamentary history
About This Page
This page tracks Ed Miliband's parliamentary activity including questions asked, debates (Commons Chamber + Westminster Hall), statements/bills, and petitions presented.