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HANSARDGreen SkillsOne of my ministerial responsibilities is the smart metering programme, which has quietly gone ahead in the background. I forget the exact figures, but I think we now have 25…09 Mar 2022HANSARDGreen SkillsYes, I am very happy to agree with the noble Lord on that point. He makes some good observations.09 Mar 2022HANSARDGreen SkillsMy Lords, the Net Zero Strategy sets out our plans to work with industry to create the skilled workforce needed to deliver our net-zero targets. This includes green…09 Mar 2022HANSARDGreen SkillsI thank the noble Baroness for her question. Before I answer, I will detain the House for a moment to acknowledge that, after 52 years of distinguished service in Parliament, this…09 Mar 2022HANSARDGreen SkillsMy noble friend makes a very good point. There are a number of different apprenticeship standards supporting green skills. The horticultural sector is very much a green skill, so…09 Mar 2022HANSARDGreen SkillsThat is a very wide-ranging question. There are a number of them, but I can give some examples: the wave 1 and 2 skills bootcamps in green subjects, such as housing retrofit,…09 Mar 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillI am sure we will want to engage with all other parts of the world, not just the English-speaking world, through the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. We will want to…09 Mar 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillI may be about to address some of the noble Lord’s points about Companies House reform so let me finish this paragraph; if I do not address his points, I will come back to him, if…09 Mar 2022HANSARDGreen SkillsIt is very much not business as usual. As the noble Baroness will be aware, we have one of the most ambitious decarbonisation targets in the western world. We have decarbonised…09 Mar 2022HANSARDHorizon EuropeI am sorry that the noble Lord cannot believe that the European Commission could do anything wrong, but this is actually part of the trade and co-operation agreement that the EU…09 Mar 2022HANSARDHorizon EuropeI agree totally with the noble Earl that it is to the benefit of both parties. It provides value for money for the UK, which is why we agreed to associate with it. We thought that…09 Mar 2022HANSARDHorizon EuropeYes, we will try to do that.09 Mar 2022HANSARDGreen SkillsIt is very hard to put a precise number on that, but I can give my noble friend some figures. Our net zero strategy supports up to 190,000 jobs by the middle of the 2020s, and up…09 Mar 2022HANSARDNuclear Energy (Financing) BillI thank everybody who has spoken in yet another wide-ranging debate on energy policy—I definitely have all my lines ready now for the next time we have Oral Questions in the…08 Mar 2022HANSARDNuclear Energy (Financing) BillMoving on to the second part of Amendment 16, the Government are in full agreement that nuclear could have a role in low-carbon hydrogen production. I was delighted to discuss…08 Mar 2022HANSARDNuclear Energy (Financing) BillMy Lords, I thank noble Lords for their brevity. I know that time is getting on, so I will attempt to be as brief as possible in providing noble Lords with the information that…08 Mar 2022HANSARDNuclear Energy (Financing) BillI will start with Amendments 5 and 27, laid by the noble Lords, Lord Foster, Lord Wigley, Lord Oates and Lord Teverson, and the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett. It will not surprise…08 Mar 2022HANSARDNuclear Energy (Financing) BillFirst, I thank everyone who contributed to this important and well-structured debate. I also pay tribute to the noble Baroness, Lady Wilcox, for her valuable contributions and for…08 Mar 2022HANSARDNuclear Energy (Financing) BillThis is not a direct example, but, of course, the special administration regime has recently been used in the case of one particular energy company. I do not need to go into the…08 Mar 2022HANSARDNuclear Energy (Financing) BillLike all government documents, they will be published at the appropriate time, and I will be sure to let the noble Lord know when that is.08 Mar 2022