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HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Sixteenth sitting)We are talking about a transition.27 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Sixteenth sitting)I am grateful to the hon. Lady, and I will be brief. Will she share the definition of a stranded asset? Some oil and gas extraction areas have enormous potential for carbon…27 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Sixteenth sitting)If I understand the hon. Lady correctly, she is worrying about a figure of £1.5 billion in stranded assets, which includes fossil fuels that are left under the ground. That does…27 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Sixteenth sitting)The hon. Lady has just read quite a detailed definition of a stranded asset, which included fossil fuel reserves remaining under the ocean, if I heard her correctly.27 Jun 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseThis morning I was contacted by Leyland police, which executed a warrant on a property in Leyland and discovered items of such concern that it arrested a gentleman at the property…22 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Twelfth sitting)This is one of the most jaw-dropping moments I have ever had in my parliamentary career. The Scottish National party and the Labour party are arguing against domestic jobs, our…20 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [Lords] (Thirteenth sitting)Some would say, in counter to my right hon. Friend’s argument, that it is a case of installing, say, more onshore or offshore wind, but does he agree that that misses the scale of…20 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [Lords] (Thirteenth sitting)I agree with the hon. Gentleman about the importance of community energy schemes, and I support and applaud his ambition for meaningful feed-in rates that would allow the…20 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Eleventh sitting)I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way again, and I will make this my last intervention. He has just described offshore wind as trashing the marine environment. I…15 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Eleventh sitting)There is an implication there.15 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Eleventh sitting)While I understand the argument that the hon. Gentleman is trying to prosecute, surely we should not let the perfect be the enemy of the good. We are talking about how to sensibly…15 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)Yes, the British public would experience significant benefits through bill reductions as a result of insulating their homes, but who is the hon. Lady suggesting should pay for the…13 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)I share the hon. Gentleman’s zeal and passion for insulating the UK’s homes, but he has referred again and again to a concrete plan and investment, and I cannot believe that…13 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)Will the hon. Gentleman give way?08 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)This summer, along with colleagues on the Science and Technology Committee, I had the opportunity to visit the Torus at Oxford—a particularly impressive site—and to hear from not…08 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)I will take your advice, Ms Nokes.08 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)No, we haven’t got any phone signal: not 2G—nothing.08 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)I can speak from my own personal experience about why the horse is not dead and is benefiting from new technology. I wanted to have a smart meter and I could not, because the…08 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)I thank the hon. Lady for her intervention. Of course beta radiation is produced when a nucleus is separated, when the neutrons in tritium move away. For me, it is a question of…08 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)I will be very brief, I promise.08 Jun 2023