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HANSARDEnergy Bill [Lords] (Thirteenth sitting)If the estimate is that more than 80% of the coal from the mine will be exported, how will it be displacing imported coal and shipping emissions?20 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Eleventh sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Gray. You must be delighted to have the Thursday afternoon shift this week. I agree with the Government amendments on the…15 Jun 2023HANSARDElection Finance from Overseas: TransparencyIn the past five years, unincorporated associations have donated more than £14 million to political parties without declaring where the funding comes from. Given that the Tories…15 Jun 2023HANSARDElection Finance from Overseas: Transparency3. What recent discussions the Committee has had with the Electoral Commission on the transparency of election finance from overseas.15 Jun 2023HANSARDCost of Living and BrexitI thank him for giving way. Rather than just reading his pre-prepared speech, will he answer any of the points raised in the debate? For example, I pointed out that Energy UK has…14 Jun 2023HANSARDCost of Living and BrexitWill the Minister give way?14 Jun 2023HANSARDCost of Living and BrexitI am sorry, but I am not going to give way. If we look at Westminster energy policies over the years, we see that the biggest disgrace is the lack of a sovereign wealth fund from…14 Jun 2023HANSARDCost of Living and BrexitThe Minister does not explain why Northern Ireland has these powers and Scotland cannot have them. Of course I recognise the difficulties caused in Northern Ireland by the…14 Jun 2023HANSARDCost of Living and BrexitIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for City of Durham (Mary Kelly Foy). I agree with what she says, and she certainly gave the hon. Member for Banff and Buchan (David…14 Jun 2023HANSARDCost of Living and BrexitComing back to the Minister’s opening comments, he complained yet again about the SNP bringing forward a debate. He never seems to agree, whatever debate topic we bring forward.…14 Jun 2023HANSARDArtificial Intelligence RegulationIn terms of risk, I am sure that the Minister will be concerned that Snapchat’s My AI chatbot recently encouraged a journalist who was posing as a 13-year-old girl to meet up with…14 Jun 2023HANSARDArtificial Intelligence Regulation4. Whether she plans to introduce legislative proposals on regulating artificial intelligence.14 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)I thank the Minister for giving way again. In this clause that the Government are trying to take out, there is reference to upgrading homes—it is a condition that the Government…13 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)I know; I was just linking to where the clause came from and wanted to put these matters out there. I do support the clause, although the future homes standard is effectively only…13 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Nokes. I was not going to speak, but the more this debate has gone on, the more confused I have got, so I thought I may as…13 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)Hear, hear.13 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)Has the hon. Lady heard of the issues with the ECO4 scheme? The energy companies have not met the target number of properties because it needs to be rewritten.13 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Eighth sitting)Before the Minister goes on too far, what timescale does he anticipate for the introduction of regulations under clauses 193 and 194 to mandate smart appliances?13 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Eighth sitting)I realise that this is an introductory clause and the Minister was doing some scene setting. The clause mentions load control signals and digital communications. I draw the…13 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Eighth sitting)Will the Minister write to me to give a little more detail on that?13 Jun 2023