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HANSARDCovid-19: Vaccination ProgrammeMy Lords, this March the UK is hosting the pandemic preparedness summit, at which CEPI, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, is aiming to raise $3.5 billion for…22 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillCan I ask the Minister about her remarks about the OEP’s remit? I think that she said that it would cover whether the Government are meeting their climate change requirements.…09 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillI shall not repeat what I have said, but I do not think that the OEP will be able to tell us whether the subsidy control regime is working in the way that subsidies are being…09 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillMy Lords, I rise to speak to Amendment 63 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Boycott, to which I and the noble Lord, Lord Whitty, have added our names. Before doing so, I…09 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillMay I intervene too, on the same point? If a business does know about a subsidy and thinks it is unfair, it cannot go to the public authority and ask for a review. The bar is so…02 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillOn Amendment 21 to Clause 12, if that amendment was agreed to and the line “In subsection (1) ‘subsidy’ does not include a subsidy given under a subsidy scheme” was taken out, it…02 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillMy Lords, I added my name to Amendment 24. I also support Amendment 21, which is closely related, and Amendment 68, which has real implications in addressing limits on enforcement…02 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillI have a question for the Minister. We have a real problem with fuel poverty and the energy cost of living—indeed, the cost of living everywhere. Energy costs are so high, and…31 Jan 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendment 4 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord McNicol of West Kilbride, and I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Blake of Leeds, for her comprehensive…31 Jan 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillIt is always a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb —we are often on the same page. I shall speak to Amendments 9, 10, 12 and 29 in the name of the…31 Jan 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillI really must challenge the Minister on this. He knows that this is not a question of switching off the lights overnight. The Climate Change Committee has a well-worked-out plan…31 Jan 2022HANSARDOil and Gas: Subsidies and LicensingMy Lords, I start by welcoming the Minister to his post—it may be a baptism by fire—and thanking the noble Baroness, Lady Jones, for introducing this debate. My views will be…20 Jan 2022HANSARDOil and Gas: Subsidies and LicensingI want to ask the noble Lord something before he sits down. I bow to his greater understanding of the finances behind pricing of oil. Maybe he can explain why, in 2019, for each…20 Jan 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillMy Lords, the Bill raises a number of serious questions, for example, around lower transparency—as articulated in the Delegated Powers Committee’s report—around the strategy that…19 Jan 2022HANSARDNet-zero Test for New PoliciesMy Lords, just before Christmas, the Government launched a consultation with oil and gas companies on the design of the UK policy for the sector. Can the Minister say, first,…11 Jan 2022HANSARDVaccine DistributionMy Lords, the WHO and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention have asked that vaccines have a minimum shelf life of two and a half months on arrival and that…06 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19: Vaccine DonationsMy Lords, in the wake of the new omicron variant, which undermines existing vaccination efforts, will the Minister support the temporary TRIPS waiver proposed by South Africa and…14 Dec 2021HANSARDBreast ScreeningMy Lords, while we wait for the routine screening programme to get back to normal, is there a fast-track mechanism for women who believe they have themselves detected a lump or a…14 Dec 2021HANSARDDrax Wood PelletsMy Lords, part of the problem of how we got here is that the Government took at face value the assurances from biomass energy producers that their products were sustainable. Will…13 Dec 2021HANSARDOil and Gas Authority: RemitTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to align the remit of the Oil and Gas Authority from seeking the “maximum economic recovery” of North Sea oil and gas, to…02 Dec 2021