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HANSARDHeat and Building StrategyThe noble Lord will be reassured that the hydrogen strategy paper will come out early in the new year. In answer to his question about photocatalyst material, I believe that the…08 Dec 2020HANSARDHeat and Building StrategyI think that the noble Lord is referring back to the mistakes that we made in the development of the offshore wind market. We are determined not to make the same mistakes. The…08 Dec 2020HANSARDHeat and Building StrategyThe noble Lord raises a good point, but I hope that he is somewhat reassured by the 10-point plan, which has the potential to deliver £42 billion of private investment by 2030,…08 Dec 2020HANSARDHeat and Building StrategyThis is a key policy of the Government. We will publish a heat and building strategy in early 2021 that will set out the immediate actions we will take for reducing emissions from…08 Dec 2020HANSARDHeat and Building StrategyThe noble Baroness makes good points. The Government are not banning the installation of natural gas boilers, but to achieve net-zero emissions we will have to transition away…08 Dec 2020HANSARDHeat and Building StrategyThe noble Lord is absolutely correct in the points that he makes. A number of options have the potential to play an important role in decarbonising heat and we are exploring many…08 Dec 2020HANSARDArcadia and Debenhams: Business Support and Job RetentionI thank my noble friend for her supportive and constructive comments. The Government recently reformed the use classes to create a new commercial business and service use class.…03 Dec 2020HANSARDArcadia and Debenhams: Business Support and Job RetentionThe noble Lord is right to point out that the Pensions Regulator has a range of powers, but the Government do not involve ourselves in the running of businesses. Where there is…03 Dec 2020HANSARDArcadia and Debenhams: Business Support and Job RetentionI agree to meet my noble friend to talk about these issues, but he is not quite right about VAT. The Government will collect VAT on parcels below the £135 threshold, but we will…03 Dec 2020HANSARDArcadia and Debenhams: Business Support and Job RetentionMy Lords, I remember the noble Lord’s amendments to the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill very well, but it was always a question of getting the balance right. Elevating…03 Dec 2020HANSARDArcadia and Debenhams: Business Support and Job RetentionMy Lords, it is right that all businesses make a contribution to maintaining the roads, buses and emptying bins—all things on which their customers rely—but the noble Lord asks a…03 Dec 2020HANSARDArcadia and Debenhams: Business Support and Job RetentionI cannot comment on the Government’s intentions or otherwise to create worker-directed representation on company boards, but the audit trail of Arcadia is quite clear. The…03 Dec 2020HANSARDArcadia and Debenhams: Business Support and Job RetentionThe noble Baroness is quite right to focus on the proportion of women who are employed in retail specifically. We are doing all we can for all affected employees and have doubled…03 Dec 2020HANSARDAnimal Welfare and Invasive Non-native Species (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 8, 21 and 22 October be approved. Relevant document: 33rd Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee. Considered…02 Dec 2020HANSARDState Aid (Revocations and Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020I remind the noble Baroness that the time limit for speeches is five minutes.02 Dec 2020HANSARDPatrick Finucane: Supreme Court JudgmentCould the noble Baroness please make her point swiftly, because we are over the time allowed for this question?02 Dec 2020HANSARDPatrick Finucane: Supreme Court JudgmentThe noble Baroness really must make her point swiftly, please.02 Dec 2020HANSARDHydrogen SectorThe noble Baroness is right to point out the positive moves that the whole country, the industry and the Government are making in this area. The UK is ideally positioned to…30 Nov 2020HANSARDHydrogen SectorI reassure the noble Lord that great interest and activity have already been shown across Wales in low-carbon hydrogen production and use, from research all the way through to…30 Nov 2020HANSARDFood (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020That the Grand Committee do consider the Food (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020.30 Nov 2020