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HANSARDEnergy Bills Discount Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2024My Lords, these regulations were laid before the House on 7 February 2024. As we are all aware, Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine led to an exceptional rise in energy prices.…12 Mar 2024HANSARDEnergy Bills Discount Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2024That is indeed the case. The application would continue beyond 31 March. Even after the scheme has ended, the responsibility of the supplier during the application of the scheme…12 Mar 2024HANSARDHeat PumpsThe noble Lord is right; we will require a massive upgrading of the national grid. That is proceeding and we have plans in place for it. Ofgem has authorised tens of billions of…06 Mar 2024HANSARDHeat PumpsMy Lords, the Government remain fully committed to supporting the transition to low-carbon heating; this includes the aim to grow the market to 600,000 heat pump installations per…06 Mar 2024HANSARDHeat PumpsI thank my noble friend for that question; I did see that article and I completely agree with her that it was very good investigative journalism. I am supportive of a sensible…06 Mar 2024HANSARDHeat PumpsThe noble Baroness is right; it is lower than it needs to be, which is why we have plans to expand the installation rates up to the levels that I mentioned. We have a number of…06 Mar 2024HANSARDHeat PumpsThere are a number of parts to my noble friend’s question. First, on expanding the supply chain, he is of course right, but there are thousands of new installers being trained…06 Mar 2024HANSARDHeat PumpsThere are a number of aspects to the noble Baroness’s question. With regard to the consultation, I do not want to speak for the noble Baroness, Lady Scott—I do not know if she is…06 Mar 2024HANSARDHeat PumpsOf course there is no such things as a boiler tax and therefore it is impossible to scrap it; but if the noble Earl is asking about the clean heat market mechanism—which is not a…06 Mar 2024HANSARDHeat PumpsOf course the grants are also available to anybody living in a flat. Sometimes there are space constraints, because you need an outside condenser unit and, potentially, a new hot…06 Mar 2024HANSARDHeat PumpsIf the noble Lord had been paying attention earlier, he would have noticed that I answered that question in response to my noble friend Lord Leigh. This is a difficult political…06 Mar 2024HANSARDHeat PumpsA huge amount of research has gone into it. We reckon that about 90% of homes in the UK are suitable for heat pumps. Obviously, there is a wide variety of different homes; the…06 Mar 2024HANSARDHeat PumpsI am sorry, but I do not agree with the right reverend Prelate. The social housing decarbonisation fund has been a massive success. Just last week, we announced its next phase:…06 Mar 2024HANSARDOverhead Electrical Transmission LinesMy Lords, I start by thanking my noble friend Lord Swire for bringing forward this extremely important issue. It is right that we should debate it. I also thank all noble Lords…29 Feb 2024HANSARDOverhead Electrical Transmission LinesYes, I absolutely concede the noble Lord’s points but, given the modern policy environment and all the legal impacts, much energy infrastructure that was built many years ago…29 Feb 2024HANSARDOverhead Electrical Transmission LinesI would be happy to write to the noble Baroness on that matter.29 Feb 2024HANSARDNuclear Decommissioning Authority (Pension Scheme Amendment) Regulations 2024My Lords, these regulations were laid before the House on 19 December last year. The 2011 report by the noble Lord, Lord Hutton of Furness, started the Government on the road to…13 Feb 2024HANSARDNuclear Decommissioning Authority (Pension Scheme Amendment) Regulations 2024That the Grand Committee do consider the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (Pension Scheme Amendment) Regulations 2024.13 Feb 2024HANSARDNuclear Decommissioning Authority (Pension Scheme Amendment) Regulations 2024My noble friend makes a very good point. I will communicate that to officials. With that, I commend these reforms to the Committee.13 Feb 2024HANSARDNuclear Decommissioning Authority (Pension Scheme Amendment) Regulations 2024No.13 Feb 2024