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HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]My Lords, may I address some of the noble Lord’s responses to my comments earlier? It is clear to me that we have a fundamental difference of opinion on the science behind climate…16 Jan 2023HANSARDBusiness: GreenwashingMy Lords, last year the Advertising Standards Authority ruled that HSBC’s greenwash ads were not adequately qualified and left out material information about its greenhouse gas…10 Jan 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMy Lords, I declare my interest as a director of Peers for the Planet. The public want action on climate change. When people are given a choice, they are voting with their…10 Jan 2023HANSARDElectricity: DecarbonisationMy Lords, on Monday in Grand Committee, on day 5 of the Energy Bill, the Minister said, in defence of the Government’s stonewalling of support for community energy, that these…21 Dec 2022HANSARDElectricity: DecarbonisationCould I ask the Minister what estimate his Government or department have made of the additional costs to communities of their inefficient energy policies?21 Dec 2022HANSARDElectricity: DecarbonisationMy Lords, on behalf of my friend the noble Lord, Lord Ravensdale, and with his permission, I beg leave to ask the Question standing in his name on the Order Paper.21 Dec 2022HANSARDElectricity: DecarbonisationMy Lords, I thank the Minister for his reply and will now read the supplementary question from the noble Lord, Lord Ravensdale. The fundamental problem is that we are not building…21 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]My Lords, so much has already been said that there is little for me to add. I have put my name to Amendment 192. The only thing I want to say is that the Government need to…19 Dec 2022HANSARDOfficial Development AssistanceMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Hodgson of Abinger. I agree wholeheartedly with every word she said. I thank my noble friend Lady Northover for…15 Dec 2022HANSARDOfficial Development AssistanceI am just about to finish. The polluter pays principle is well established. Why should it not apply equally to the developing world, which after all did nothing to cause the…15 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]Before the Minister sits down, I will make a general point. This will be a transformative time for the energy sector, which will require an independent system operator and planner…14 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]I completely agree with the noble Lord, Lord Lennie, and the noble Baroness, Lady Worthington, on this—but could I ask the Minister a separate point about how the trials will be…12 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]My Lords, as a member of the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee, I took part in the report we produced on batteries. The genie is out of the bottle on domestic EVs.…12 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]I rise in support of Amendments 117, 118 and 122. If we are to move towards cleaning up heat, we really need to get on with it and put sensible deadlines in place rather than…12 Dec 2022HANSARDDemocratic Republic of the Congo: ConflictMy Lords, the Congo rainforest is the second largest in the world and sequesters 1.2 billion tonnes of carbon every year. The recent discovery there of the largest area of…08 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy SecurityMy Lords, I thank the Minister for bringing the Statement to the House. I of course also welcome the return of the Energy Bill. I will start with nuclear, and the Government’s…05 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy SecurityMy Lords, if there is time I would like to ask another question and put the record straight on what I said about energy efficiency. I am fully aware that the Statement mentions…05 Dec 2022HANSARDCOP 27: CommitmentsMy Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman. I add my support to her words on onshore shore: it really is a missed opportunity of mammoth…24 Nov 2022HANSARDBattery Strategy (Science and Technology Committee Report)My Lords, I start by commending the noble Lord, Lord Patel, for his skill in chairing the committee that put together this report. I am proud to say that I am a member of that…23 Nov 2022HANSARDGreenhouse Gas Emissions: Developed CountriesTo ask His Majesty’s Government, further to the recent flooding in Pakistan, what steps they are taking as president of COP26 (1) to acknowledge, and (2) to address, the effects…07 Nov 2022