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HANSARDGreen Investment FundOf course the Government want to support business and industry during this difficult time. We do not see a tension between getting our economy back on its feet now and meeting our…02 Sept 2020HANSARDGreen Investment FundMy Lords, the Government are committed to a green recovery with concern for our environment at its heart. This summer we announced £2 billion for the green homes grant to help…02 Sept 2020HANSARDGreen Investment FundI am afraid I have to tell the noble Baroness that I do not have the details of the progress of that particular initiative with me. I will write to her on that matter.02 Sept 2020HANSARDGreen Investment FundMy Lords, our economy is not yet in a net-zero status, so to support the economy during the time of coronavirus we have invested in sectors that might contribute carbon. However,…02 Sept 2020HANSARDGreen Investment FundMy Lords, the reason for moving the Green Investment Bank into the private sector in 2017 was to allow it to raise equity from private finance sources to increase the amount of…02 Sept 2020HANSARDGreen Investment FundMy Lords, the Government take into account both the economic and climate impacts of the aviation sector. As that sector seeks to rebuild after the virus, we need to invest in…02 Sept 2020HANSARDGreen Investment FundI am afraid I have to disagree with the sentiments the noble Lord expressed in that question. We have announced, including in the summer economic update, billions of pounds for a…02 Sept 2020HANSARDGreen Investment FundI reassure my noble friend that last week we launched an eligibility checker on the Simple Energy Advice website so that homeowners and landlords can find out what measures they…02 Sept 2020HANSARDGreen Investment FundThe Clean Growth Fund has £20 million of government investment, but that is matched pound for pound by CCLA, one of the UK’s largest charity fund managers. As I referred to in…02 Sept 2020HANSARDGreen Investment FundThe Government remain completely committed to the commitments they made in Paris. Emissions are falling and the Government set out in their carbon budgets their plan to meet their…02 Sept 2020HANSARDGreen Investment FundI am afraid I do not have a date for the noble Lord for the response to that consultation, but I can say that at Spring Budget 2020 the Government announced at least £800 million…02 Sept 2020HANSARDGreen Investment FundAs we can see from a slightly busier House today than before Recess, some noble Lords have returned to a bit of a commute. I do not think there has to be a contribution to climate…02 Sept 2020HANSARDMedicines and Medical Devices BillI am afraid that we can no longer hear my noble friend. If he would make his concluding point, that would be wonderful.02 Sept 2020HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Leicester) Regulations 2020My Lords, we are very tight for time. Can my noble and learned friend bring his remarks to a close?29 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Economic CostsMy Lords, I will not anticipate the spending review at this stage, but I can reassure noble Lords that analysis done of action taken by the Government until the end of May has…28 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Economic CostsMy noble friend is absolutely right that, going forward, we want to use all the tools available to us to implement a targeted response to any local outbreaks. That would be first…28 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Economic CostsMy Lords, the noble Lord is right that the UK has been hard hit by this virus, but I point out to him that that is also why we have one of the most generous fiscal responses in…28 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Economic CostsI can reassure my noble friend that behavioural scientists make up part of the group of experts who are contributing to SAGE. In addition to that, the views of economists in the…28 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Economic CostsMy noble friend the Minister in the Department for Transport will be able to give more detail about this subject in response to the Private Notice Question, but I can say that new…28 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Economic CostsMy Lords, in March the Government ordered the closure of certain sectors to control the virus, save lives and protect the NHS. Alongside this, the Government delivered an…28 Jul 2020