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HANSARDEnergy Bill [Lords]I will conclude, if the hon. Lady does not mind. I hope Members across the House will recognise the opportunity that the Bill represents, with the massively increased investment…09 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [Lords]My hon. Friend is right to raise that concern, but he will be pleased to hear that that is exactly the purpose of this structure. The ISOP should be able to take instruction and…09 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [Lords]I want to finish my speech so that other Members can speak, which is only fair. As you will know, Madam Deputy Speaker, the entire UK will benefit from measures in the Bill,…09 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [Lords]On that point, I will give way to the hon. Lady.09 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [Lords]I will just make a small bit of progress, and then I will give way again. Secondly, we will amend the Bill to deliver on the support package for energy-intensive industries,…09 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [Lords]I will give way in just a moment. Let me make a little bit more progress. Thirdly, we will table amendments on hydrogen transport and storage, alongside the hydrogen production…09 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [Lords]My right hon. Friend will know that the world’s very first civil nuclear reactor was Calder Hall in Cumbria, and we led the world, but, as he said, we switched off or stopped…09 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [Lords]The hon. Lady is absolutely right about skills, and the skills gap is very important. I recently had a summit with our French counterparts that was specific to skills in the…09 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [Lords]Conservative Members believe in getting on and doing things, which is how we have ended up going from nearly 40% of our electricity coming from coal just 10 or 11 years ago to the…09 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [Lords]I have been following the discussions in Whitby in the hon. Gentleman’s constituency and I want to be clear: we have no desire to trial hydrogen with communities that do not want…09 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [Lords]As I mentioned before, we are working constructively across the whole UK on energy security. I am not sure I follow the hon. Lady’s first point. She seemed to be saying that we…09 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [Lords]My hon. Friend is absolutely right. Yes, I provide that commitment—the Bill attempts to do exactly that in some of the ways I am about to describe—and he is absolutely right about…09 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [Lords]My hon. Friend is absolutely right that it is always easier not to expend the energy in the first place, but to save it. That is why we have been pleased to get from something…09 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [Lords]That is a misreading of what the Bill does. I absolutely agree with the hon. Gentleman: I refer to the answer I just gave. Given my record of campaigning against what happened…09 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [Lords]Again, I will make a little progress before I take the next set of interventions. Offshore wind provides a secure and resilient source of energy, and we are already global leaders…09 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [Lords]It is certainly the case that hydrogen comes with complications when it comes to home heating, which is why we have a couple of different trials ongoing to understand some of the…09 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [Lords]I will make a little progress, and then I will give way again. I just want to say a big thank you to a lot of Members for their work on energy and on considering this Bill, such…09 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [Lords]I will make a little progress before I give way again. Turning to the contents of the Bill, I think it is helpful to consider them in three themes. The first is about liberating…09 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [Lords]We are talking about energy security, and about a tyrant costing all our constituents a fortune, and SNP Members do not want to fix it. They do not want to have reliable nuclear…09 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [Lords]I am pleased to report that on what is, I think, a largely uncontroversial Bill, we are working very closely with the devolved Administrations and trying to learn lessons from…09 May 2023