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HANSARDSubsidy Control BillI start by welcoming the noble Baroness back to her rightful place on the Front Bench, fully recovered. In fact, I say that with more than a modicum of delight—to use my favourite…22 Mar 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillMy Lords, I will not detain the House too long. Before Committee, I talked all those who were interested through the work we have done to engage with the devolved Administrations…22 Mar 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillNo, I think the noble Lord is being unfair; the operation of these schemes is entirely optional. We will consult the devolved Administrations closely before making any such…22 Mar 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill22 Mar 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillIf the noble Lord is going to write my speeches, he might as well write them for my noble friend Lord Lamont, as well. The answer to the question of my noble friend Lord Lamont,…22 Mar 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillI thank all those who have contributed to the debate. It has been a good discussion, both tonight and in the previous discussions we have had on the regime as a whole and the…22 Mar 2022HANSARDElectricity Supplier Payments (Amendment) Regulations 2022I thank the noble Lords, Lord Lennie and Lord Oates, for their contributions to this brief debate. The noble Lord, Lord Oates, is of course quite right to raise the issue of the…21 Mar 2022HANSARDElectricity Supplier Payments (Amendment) Regulations 2022My Lords, this statutory instrument amends regulations concerning the levies used to fund the operational costs budgets for the Low Carbon Contracts Company and Electricity…21 Mar 2022HANSARDElectricity Supplier Payments (Amendment) Regulations 2022That the Grand Committee do consider the Electricity Supplier Payments (Amendment) Regulations 2022.21 Mar 2022HANSARDOnshore Wind Bill [HL]My Lords, I join in the thanks to the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman, for this Bill to revise national planning guidance on onshore wind. While the Government were not convinced that…18 Mar 2022HANSARDShale Gas ProductionI am slightly nervous now if the noble Baroness is welcoming a Statement which we have made. We might have made a mistake in our energy policy—sorry, I am being facetious. The…15 Mar 2022HANSARDNational Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2022That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 31 January be approved. Considered in Grand Committee on 10 March .15 Mar 2022HANSARDShale Gas ProductionI have not seen the remarks to which the noble Lord is referring. Of course, we still have our commitments to net zero, which is now a legally binding commitment, but the reality…15 Mar 2022HANSARDShale Gas ProductionI thank my noble friend for her remarks. I suspect that she is probably right that there was an unholy alliance between Putin and some of the more extreme end of our environmental…15 Mar 2022HANSARDShale Gas ProductionYes, is the short answer to the right reverend Prelate’s question. We are supporting microgeneration with feed-in tariffs et cetera, but we need to be cognisant of the scale of…15 Mar 2022HANSARDShale Gas ProductionThe noble Lord makes a good point; I think he has put his finger on the nub of the problem. Whenever there is a crisis in politics—and there is definitely a crisis at the…15 Mar 2022HANSARDShale Gas ProductionAs the noble Lord is aware, there was a further contracts for difference round held in December and onshore wind was able to bid into it. We will be announcing decisions on that…15 Mar 2022HANSARDShale Gas ProductionMy Lords, with the leave of the House, I shall now repeat in the form of a Statement the Answer given by my right honourable friend Greg Hands MP to an Urgent Question in another…15 Mar 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Bill14 Mar 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Bill14 Mar 2022