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HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)They would be subject to the same stringent actions as have been set out, and in the interim the Secretary of State would determine what action should be taken in that respect.…23 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)Clause 26 allows the economic regulator to request information from, and provide information to, other bodies with carbon capture, usage and storage regulatory or statutory…23 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I will now speak to clauses 20 to 25, which relate to appeals in relation to licence modification decisions made by the economic regulator for carbon dioxide transport and…23 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I am glad that we are not going to focus too much on termination or even extermination events during our debate. Indeed, it is to be hoped that we will not need to refer to this…23 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)We are powering our way through this afternoon. Clause 18 enables carbon dioxide transport and storage licences to be transferred from one legal entity to another, subject to the…23 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)Clauses 2 to 6 relate to the licensable activities for carbon dioxide transport and storage. Clause 2 establishes the prohibition on the transport of carbon dioxide by pipeline…23 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)Turning first to the points made by my hon. Friend the Member for Hitchin and Harpenden, who does treat both parts of his constituency with equal diligence—having visited, I have…23 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)To address the points made by the hon. Members for Southampton, Test and for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, we recognise that visibility and clarity are of the utmost importance when…23 May 2023HANSARDGreen Industries: JobsGo on, go on!23 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Transition Projects: ScotlandWhen it comes to bluster, SNP Members are certainly subject matter experts. On support for Scottish billpayers, as I said, over the past winter this Government were paying half of…23 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Transition Projects: ScotlandI thank the hon. Member for that question, but frankly I am fed up with the SNP talking Scotland down, and indeed talking the Acorn project down. The UK Government have already…23 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Transition Projects: ScotlandI thank my right hon. Friend for her question. It was a great pleasure to be in East Anglia last week and to engage with community organisations and MPs from that part of the…23 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Transition Projects: ScotlandI thank the hon. Member for his predictable question. He was obviously not listening to the answer I gave to his first question: 52 of the 178 projects awarded contracts for…23 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)Yes, I agree with my right hon. Friend. It is precisely about what he was touching on earlier: we are able to provide in the legislation the flexibility to allow the technologies…23 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I have just been reminded by my hon. Friend the Member for Beaconsfield that clause 1 sets out that the economic regulator to which we refer is Ofgem. Question put and agreed to .…23 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)Clauses 13 to 15 relate to the modification of licences for carbon dioxide transport and storage. Clause 13 enables the economic regulator to modify the conditions of a licence…23 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I am happy to give that assurance that the information will be published, widespread and easily accessible while that power resides with the Secretary of State. Of course, as has…23 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)A number of conditions will be appropriate to include as standard in all licences of the relevant type. The power in clause 12 enables the Secretary of State to specify what those…23 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)The hon. Gentleman makes reasonable and sensible points. He is right that we have to ensure that the same regulations that will apply to Ofgem when it administers the process in…23 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)Nothing personal.23 May 2023