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HANSARDNuclear Energy (Financing) BillWhat I can say is that the Government will meet all our obligations to communities in decommissioning the site.08 Mar 2022HANSARDNuclear Energy (Financing) BillI am happy to explore this further out of Committee.08 Mar 2022HANSARDNuclear Energy (Financing) BillI thank the noble Lords, Lord Foster and Lord Foulkes, and the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, for their amendments relating to consultation with different persons. Regarding the…08 Mar 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety BillWe will also be introducing requirements for labelling construction products, to support regulatory activity. Once again, I thank the noble Baroness for raising this matter but,…02 Mar 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety BillWe will circulate them to the whole Committee.02 Mar 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety BillI am delighted to take that point on district heating back to the department. It will become an increasingly interesting area as we move to nuclear power and other ways of…02 Mar 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety BillShall I take over?02 Mar 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety BillI am listening.02 Mar 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety BillI thank all noble Lords for their contributions to this important debate on additional building safety measures. As noble Lords know, making sure everyone’s home is a place of…02 Mar 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety BillMy Lords, I am sorry to interrupt. The Minister has had to leave to deal with a pressing personal matter. Can I ask for a five-minute adjournment?02 Mar 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety BillBefore we move on, could I just say we have quite a lot more to get through this evening, and we have a hard stop at 9.15 pm? I do not want to stifle debate, but perhaps we could…02 Mar 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety BillI thank the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, for tabling her amendments, so ably introduced by the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb. I welcome her raising the important…02 Mar 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety BillYes. We clearly intend to use these powers and we already published draft regulations in October 2021.02 Mar 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety BillAs I said in my speech, the extended alarm measures will apply to all newly installed combustion appliances in homes, irrespective of tenure, and to all private and social…02 Mar 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety BillI am afraid I pushed my officials to give me a specific time. They have agreed that we may write with more details to give the noble Lord an indication of when this might be…02 Mar 2022HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Levy and Safety Net) (Amendment) Regulations 2022That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 10 January be approved. Relevant document: 28th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee. Considered in Grand…10 Feb 2022HANSARDWaste and Agriculture (Legislative Functions) Regulations 2022That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 13 January be approved. Relevant document: 27th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee. Considered in Grand…10 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillThere is also the Climate Change Act, as my noble friend has just reminded me.09 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillMy Lords, each year, the CMA is required by the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 to prepare a report on its activities and performance that year. The report must be sent…09 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillIt is the Government’s position that five-yearly reports are sufficiently frequent to take a view of how successful this is. They are the appropriate tool to conduct a review of…09 Feb 2022