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HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 133 in the group in my name and to support Amendments 132 and 133A, which have similar objectives. I echo the comments made by the noble Lord,…14 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak briefly to the group of amendments beginning with Amendment 153, merely to state the obvious: that it is a good thing. I hope that the introduction of…14 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]My Lords, I respond on behalf of the noble Baroness, Lady Jones, on the stand part notice that we have both signed. I thank the Minister for his response. To be honest, because I…12 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]I thank the Minister for his response. I am somewhat reassured by the timetable that these regulations will be pursued against. I would like to mention that it is not unusual for…12 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]My Lords, I too am glad to be back debating energy. As has been noted, we find ourselves in a completely different sent of extreme weather events today, but I am glad that we have…12 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]No.12 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]My Lords, I added my name to the Clause 108 and Clause 109 stand part notices and to Amendment 125 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Teverson. We have had wide-ranging debates…12 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]With a Bill of this magnitude, if we are saying that it is a principle that there is a right to refuse, that principle should be in the primary legislation. That is where you put…12 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 124A, as presented by the noble Baroness, Lady Randerson. I must say that it is seldom that we disagree, because we both share the objectives…12 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]12 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]Would the Minister point to where in the Bill it states that there is a right to refusal and consumers can object? It should be stated up front in the legislation so that the…12 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]My Lords, I am sorry to speak a second time—I am not sure whether I am allowed—but may I speak to Amendments 130A and 130B? In my excitement I forgot to speak to them. Those…12 Dec 2022HANSARDCalled-in Planning Decision: West CumbriaMy Lords, I back the speakers who have gone before me, but I will focus on one aspect of this. It was called in on the basis of the international and national implications of the…08 Dec 2022HANSARDCalled-in Planning Decision: West CumbriaMy Lords—08 Dec 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 42 in my name in this group and in support of Amendments 46 and 47. I will keep my comments brief. We had a very good debate in Committee about…28 Nov 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, I must make this point. Had we taken climate change and biodiversity loss seriously 30 years ago, we would not be in the situation we are in today. We are not seeing the…28 Nov 2022HANSARDCOP 27: CommitmentsMy Lords, I declare my interest as a co-chair of Peers for the Planet. I congratulate the noble and right reverend Lord, Lord Harries, on securing this debate and on his…24 Nov 2022HANSARDEnergy Prices BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for introducing this Second Reading debate. I begin by saying that I welcome the decision to take action to protect consumers and…19 Oct 2022HANSARDEnergy Prices BillI am sorry to interrupt when the Minister is trying to finish, but on a point of clarification, with the profits levy, up to 85% of that tax can be defrayed by the Government…19 Oct 2022HANSARDClimate Change and Biodiversity: Food SecurityMy Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Young. I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Boycott, for securing this debate, and add my congratulations to the…08 Sept 2022