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HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)I am happy to give that guarantee. Indeed, one of the benefits of our now not being in the European Union is that we can devise and implement schemes that are fit for businesses…13 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)We now turn to part 10 of the Bill, which deals with the energy savings opportunity scheme, which I will refer to as ESOS. Clause 209 provides a power relating to ESOS. ESOS…13 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)Yes, this year. We are continuing to refine the policy design to ensure that the costs and circumstances relating to energy efficiency improvements are fair and proportionate for…13 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)I thank the hon. Member for Southampton, Test and my right hon. Friend the Member for Elmet and Rothwell for their comments on the new clauses. In answer to the question of why we…13 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)Clause 205 will provide the Secretary of State with the power to make changes to the existing Energy Performance of Buildings (England and Wales) Regulations 2012 to ensure that…13 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)What is practical and affordable will obviously be determined by individual circumstances and the market conditions at the time. Let me also say that I would have welcomed any…13 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)I am glad that is clarified for the Committee. For further clarification, we are seeking to revise the Bill back to its original state as drafted and remove an amendment that was…13 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)I thank the hon. Gentleman for his amendment. The regulations established in part 5 will be technical in nature, with a focus on describing the different types of direct selection…08 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)It gives me great pleasure to speak to clauses 143 to 147. Clause 143 establishes code management as a licensable activity within the gas sector. The primary responsibility of the…08 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)Clause 148 places a duty on the GEMA, which is getting quite the airing this afternoon, to publish an annual strategic direction statement about the codes. It also sets out…08 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. We do not want to introduce anything that makes reaching our net zero goals or the future governance of the energy system any more…08 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)The clause imposes a duty on the ISOP to provide advice, analysis or information requested by the Government or Ofgem. The Government and Ofgem will have to make important policy…08 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)The clause amends the Electricity Act 1989 for four main purposes: first, to define the new electricity system operation licensable activities; secondly, to create the ISOP’s new…08 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)I thank the hon. Gentleman for his questions. There is not a conflict of interest between the ISOP and Government policy. The ISOP will not be solely, or even primarily,…08 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)Part 5 of the Bill deals with the governance of gas and electricity industry codes. The energy codes are documents that contain the detailed rules of the electricity and gas…08 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)Clause 121 sets out the ISOP’s main objectives—on net zero, security of supply, and efficiency and economy—and introduces the concept of a relevant activity. The conflict in…08 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)I am happy to answer the hon. Gentleman. The aim and the ambition is for the FSO/ISOP to be up and functioning by the middle of next year. I turn to amendments 95, 96 and 97,…08 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)Before I expand on the Government’s position and explain why we will not accept new clause 1 or the hon. Gentleman’s amendments, I will acknowledge absolutely that connections and…08 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)I do not disagree. As the hon. Member knows, I am a passionate advocate of carbon capture, utilisation and storage and the clusters emerging across the United Kingdom. As I know…08 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)This is a very short clause. The purpose of the clause is to enable engineered removals of greenhouse gas emissions to count towards our carbon budgets by amending the definition…08 Jun 2023