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HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]My Lords, I rise to address the amendments in this group. My noble friend Lord Whitty outlined clearly the reasons for his amendments. I will speak to Amendment 161CA in my name…19 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]I shall speak to the amendments in the names of my noble friend Lord Lennie and myself. Before I get to that point, though, I want to stress that the contributions made in this…19 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]I thank the Minister for the clarification on the technical issues raised under the government amendments. I wonder whether there has been some slight movement in this area. The…14 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]14 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]Amendment 149A, in my name and that of my noble friend Lord Lennie, concerns the Government’s proposals to exempt “upfront certain strategic transmission network projects” from…14 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]14 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]I thank the Minister for his comments on Amendment 156A. I will relay them to my noble friend Lord Kennedy and look forward to future developments, as he outlined. I also thank my…14 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]The amendment is in the name of my noble friend Lord Kennedy. Currently, the supply of gas and electricity to the common parts of blocks of flats—corridors and outdoor lighting,…14 Dec 2022HANSARDClean Energy: InvestmentMy Lords, the Government announced earlier this year that their main form of renewable investment—contracts for difference—would move to more frequent allocation rounds, beginning…14 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]14 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]My Lords, I will also speak to Amendment 130, as the noble Lord ably explained. I understand that the noble Baroness the Minister will respond to this group. By way of background,…14 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]I thank the Minister for her comments; we look forward to further information. With that, I beg leave to withdraw.14 Dec 2022HANSARDRenewable Energy: Generation LicencesMy Lords, we note the increase in the frequency of contracts for difference allocation rounds every year. Can the Minister expand what impact this will have on deploying more…13 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]This has become a very rich debate. I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Randerson, for putting her amendments forward to enable us to have these broader discussions. We have said…12 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]I too welcome the return of the Bill. It is quite interesting to reflect back to the first and second days in Committee, when we were recording the hottest temperatures that we…12 Dec 2022HANSARDCalled-in Planning Decision: West CumbriaI cannot say it better than Alok Sharma, the President of COP, said it in the press at the weekend: “A decision to open a new coalmine would send completely the wrong message and…08 Dec 2022HANSARDIndependent Review of Children’s Social CareMy Lords, I sincerely thank my noble friend Lord Watson for securing this timely debate and all noble Lords who made such incredibly well-informed contributions today. I also…08 Dec 2022HANSARDCOP 27: OutcomeMy Lords, as well as the net-zero priorities highlighted at COP 27, the Russian invasion of Ukraine has of course underlined the need to move away from oil and gas and on to…06 Dec 2022HANSARDClimate and Ecology Bill [HL]My Lords, it is extremely welcome to have the Bill return for Committee, and I appreciate the opportunity to take part and to continue to raise issues that we feel are not being…18 Nov 2022HANSARDGreenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 2022My Lords, I, too, thank the Minister for his full explanation of the SI before us today. I have a feeling that we will have many opportunities in future to discuss the success and…03 Nov 2022