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HANSARDCovid-19: Impact of No-deal Brexit on Vaccine SuppliesI welcome my noble friend to these Benches. He has acknowledged expertise in this area and, of course, he is quite right: commercial options will be used first, second and third,…16 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Impact of No-deal Brexit on Vaccine SuppliesI think the noble Lord forgot to ask the main Question: I shall give him the Answer to that first and then go on to his supplementary. The UK has put in place a number of measures…16 Dec 2020HANSARDEnergy White PaperI know the noble Lord is a sceptic as regards large-scale nuclear power; we have said that we will enter negotiations with EDF on the Sizewell C project but it will be subject to…16 Dec 2020HANSARDEnergy White PaperComing from the north myself, albeit from the north-east and not the north-west, I understand the challenges that the noble Lord refers to. The commitment is to enter into…16 Dec 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, I turn now to government Amendments 8P through to 8U regarding common frameworks. During many weeks—it seems like it anyway—of thoughtful and robust scrutiny, it is the…15 Dec 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillThat this House do not insist on its Amendments 1F, 1G, 1H, 1J, 1K, 1L and 8M to which the Commons have disagreed for their Reason 8N, but do propose the following amendments in…15 Dec 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillThere is a new “computers for consumers” skill that we also need to get passed in a future amendment. As the debate draws to a close, I am once again enormously grateful to those…15 Dec 2020HANSARDClimate ChangeThe right reverend Prelate is of course correct to point out that meeting these commitments will be a difficult, long-term task. It will require commitment from government and…14 Dec 2020HANSARDGreen Economic RecoveryAs the noble Lord rightly acknowledges, next year the UK will issue its first sovereign green bonds, subject to market conditions, and it intends to follow up with a series of…14 Dec 2020HANSARDGreen Economic RecoveryThe noble Lord is quite right to point out the importance of low-carbon hydrogen, and, working with industry, we are aiming for 5 gigawatts of low-carbon hydrogen production…14 Dec 2020HANSARDGreen Economic RecoveryThe noble Baroness makes some important points, but, of course, all of the 10-point plan was exactly about building a UK that is greener, more prosperous and at the forefront of…14 Dec 2020HANSARDGreen Economic RecoveryThe Government will publish a heat and buildings strategy in the coming months; this will set out the immediate actions that we will take to reduce emissions from buildings,…14 Dec 2020HANSARDGreen Economic RecoveryMy Lords, as we rebuild, we must build back greener. Last month, the Prime Minister announced our Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution , spanning clean energy,…14 Dec 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillI thank everybody who has contributed to what has been a very good, albeit brief, debate. I have listened very carefully to the points that have been raised, and I will respond…14 Dec 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillThat this House do not insist on its Amendment 50C to which the Commons have disagreed for their Reason 50D. 50D: Because, while the Commons agree to Lords Amendment 50B, it is…14 Dec 2020HANSARDClimate ChangeMy noble friend makes a very good point; we will indeed. We already have the largest offshore wind capacity in the world, I think—certainly in Europe. We are world leaders in that…14 Dec 2020HANSARDClimate ChangeI am pleased that the noble Baroness recognises the importance of public engagement, and I totally agree with her. Obviously we have been in the middle of a global pandemic so it…14 Dec 2020HANSARDClimate ChangeI admire the noble Lord’s ambitions but we only announced the NDC two weeks ago, so we are not about to revise it already.14 Dec 2020HANSARDClimate ChangeNo, I do not agree with the noble Baroness. The oil and gas industry employs tens if not hundreds of thousands of people. It recognises the challenge, and the Government need to…14 Dec 2020HANSARDClimate ChangeThe noble Baroness is of course correct to highlight the importance of behavioural change. Getting to net zero will require action from everyone—as I said earlier, people,…14 Dec 2020