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HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Seventeenth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.27 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Seventeenth sitting)The shadow Minister says that the new clause does not deliver a strategy in itself, but it would obviously require the Government to deliver one. From the Minister’s response, it…27 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Seventeenth sitting)I thank the Minister for giving way once more. We know that Hinkley Point C, if it comes onstream, will be £92.50 per MWh. Let us not be caught up talking about £45 per MWh,…27 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Seventeenth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. The aim of the new clause is to set out considerations that need to be taken in advance of hydrogen trials. I do support the…27 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Sixteenth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Nokes. We are now in the final week of this Bill Committee, and Members will have spotted that a lot of Government new…27 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Sixteenth sitting)On working with the devolved Governments, does the Minister recognise that it is time for the UK Government to match fund the £500 million just transition fund that the Scottish…27 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Seventeenth sitting)The Minister’s comments were—I hesitate to use the word “reassuring”, but he said all the right things. The proof of the pudding will be in how things work out going forward, but…27 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Fourteenth sitting)I am trying to answer the other point first.22 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Fourteenth sitting)The Minister can shake his head but that is a fact.22 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Fourteenth sitting)I thank the right hon. Gentleman for that clarification. I was not casting any aspersions about the hon. Member not being here; I was just saying that it was unfortunate when I am…22 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Fourteenth sitting)Excitement is sometimes quite tempting, Mr Gray, but I will try my best. I am trying to draw together the history of the coalmines and the issue of whether we should go forward…22 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Fourteenth sitting)I am happy to comment on energy security, but I remind the right hon. Gentleman that those were not my words but the words of the former COP26 President. He said that the proposed…22 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Fourteenth sitting)I agree, which is why I want to see more renewables deployed. That is why I keep arguing for pumped-storage hydro, but the Government have fought that. It would give us storage…22 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Fourteenth sitting)I understand the point that Government Members are trying to make but, at the end of the day, if we are shipping coal to Germany, we are still increasing UK shipping emissions. We…22 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Fourteenth sitting)On coalmines, what does the Minister think about the suggestion from the hon. Member for Hitchin and Harpenden that any new licences could be supplied on the condition that the…22 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Fourteenth sitting)Remember, we are talking about comments from not just Opposition Members; comments about us losing our international lead were made by the right hon. Member for Kingswood, who did…22 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Fourteenth sitting)Not of one down here! Community energy schemes have seen almost no growth for six years, despite renewables clearly being cheaper than ever. Of course, that is tied in with the…22 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Fourteenth sitting)I had not expected to be given that privilege, Mr Gray. I remain unconvinced by the Minister’s arguments, and I refer him again to the fact that comments about the UK losing its…22 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Fourteenth sitting)I want to debunk the hon. Gentleman’s debunking of the debunking. Let me come to the comments of the chair of the Climate Change Committee, Lord Deben, who the last time I checked…22 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Fourteenth sitting)The whole point is that coal is not being used to support baseload. Even if we believe in the concept of electricity baseload, it is not coal that is doing that. Coal is being…22 Jun 2023