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HANSARDHydrogen HeatingMy noble friend makes a very good point. We will of course fully consider those recommendations alongside the views on hydrogen heating.11 Dec 2023HANSARDHydrogen HeatingThe noble Baroness is absolutely correct. We have set out in great detail what the transition plan looks like. As I said in my Answer, electrification—heat networks in…11 Dec 2023HANSARDHydrogen HeatingMy Lords, heat pumps and heat networks will be the primary means of decarbonising heat for the foreseeable future, and will play an important role in all 2050 scenarios. Of…11 Dec 2023HANSARDHydrogen HeatingI agree with the noble Lord that energy efficiency and insulation are extremely important. That is why we are spending £6.5 billion over this Parliament on insulation, energy…11 Dec 2023HANSARDHydrogen HeatingI know my noble friend feels very passionately about this. As I have said, we allocated some contracts for difference in the last round for tidal. I am sure we will want to do so…11 Dec 2023HANSARDClimate Change: Phasing Out Fossil FuelsMy noble friend makes an extremely good point. We are in a transition, so our use of fossil fuels will clearly decline. Even the Climate Change Committee has recognised that, in a…06 Dec 2023HANSARDClimate Change: Phasing Out Fossil FuelsWhere are the Greens when you want them? It occurred to me that a few hundred people were doing all the important negotiations, while the other 30,000 were talking about them. I…06 Dec 2023HANSARDClimate Change: Phasing Out Fossil FuelsI have certainly heard what the noble Baroness has to say on this. I cannot go any further than what I said last week. As soon as I have some further news, I will be sure to…06 Dec 2023HANSARDClimate Change: Phasing Out Fossil FuelsMy Lords, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which represents the best available science, is clear that minimal use of unabated fossil fuels is a critical part of…06 Dec 2023HANSARDClimate Change: Phasing Out Fossil FuelsIt is our policy to phase out the unabated use of fossil fuels. On the second question, even with the granting of any new licences, UK oil and gas production will continue to…06 Dec 2023HANSARDClimate Change: Phasing Out Fossil FuelsI think there is considerable sympathy for the noble Lord’s point of view. I went to the COP in Glasgow. Unlike the Greens, I went by rail.06 Dec 2023HANSARDClimate Change: Phasing Out Fossil FuelsWe are not pursuing climate delaying tactics. Our legally binding net-zero commitment and carbon budget remain exactly the same. I do not know whether the noble Baroness was…06 Dec 2023HANSARDClimate Change: Phasing Out Fossil FuelsI thank the noble Lord for his good wishes, but I am very happy to be in the House answering noble Lords’ questions rather than being in Dubai. Two members of my department have…06 Dec 2023HANSARDClimate Change: Phasing Out Fossil FuelsI am sorry to disappoint the noble Baroness, but I have not seen those particular remarks. I am sure they were excellent, and I will certainly take the trouble to have a look at…06 Dec 2023HANSARDClimate Change: Phasing Out Fossil FuelsThe noble Baroness highlights an important matter. We consulted on this in the summer. We are currently doing the work to consider all the implications of carbon leakage measures,…06 Dec 2023HANSARDClimate Change: Phasing Out Fossil FuelsThe responsibility belongs in a different department so I am not sure of the exact date of the regulations the noble Baroness refers to, but I will certainly write to her on that.06 Dec 2023HANSARDClimate Change: Phasing Out Fossil FuelsI do not need to find the time to do it, because my noble friend has just done it. Our record is an excellent one. We decarbonised faster than any other G7 nation between 1990 and…06 Dec 2023HANSARDClimate Change: Aims for COP 28The noble Baroness is right that action on methane is important. It is one of the focuses for discussion that we will take forward. I have answered questions on flaring before in…28 Nov 2023HANSARDClimate Change: Aims for COP 28The noble Baroness asks the question on the day that the first international flight with sustainable aviation fuel was launched by, I think, Virgin Atlantic, across to the US.…28 Nov 2023HANSARDClimate Change: Aims for COP 28I do not want to repeat the five points that I have made. Obviously, we want to make progress on all of them. That is probably unrealistic; it is a negotiation and there are many…28 Nov 2023