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HANSARDElectricity Network Connection Action PlanThe noble Lord points to the main problem that we have, which is that there is a large queue of projects running into many hundreds of gigawatts. The whole purpose of the action…22 Nov 2023HANSARDGreenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2023I thank the noble Lords, Lord Teverson and Lord Lennie, for their contributions. As I said in opening, the SI will implement a number of necessary changes and improvements to the…20 Nov 2023HANSARDGreen Gas Support Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2023My Lords, the regulations were laid before the House on Monday 16 October 2023. They make a set of changes to improve the administration of the green gas levy, which is charged to…20 Nov 2023HANSARDGreen Gas Support Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2023That the Grand Committee do consider the Green Gas Support Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2023.20 Nov 2023HANSARDGreen Gas Support Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2023They were not taken.20 Nov 2023HANSARDGreenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2023As it is a market mechanism, I have some sympathy with the noble Lord’s point of view, but it would probably not be wise for me to comment on the overall price. I will let the…20 Nov 2023HANSARDGreenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2023That the Grand Committee do consider the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2023.20 Nov 2023HANSARDGreen Gas Support Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2023I thank the noble Lord, Lord Teverson, for his very brief contribution and his support. I will come on to the questions from the noble Lord, Lord Lennie, in a moment. As I said,…20 Nov 2023HANSARDGreenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2023My Lords, this order was laid before the House on 19 September. The UK Emissions Trading Scheme—the ETS—was established under the Climate Change Act 2008 by the Greenhouse Gas…20 Nov 2023HANSARDBiomass Strategy 2023: Cross Sectoral Sustainability FrameworkI am pleased to hear that the noble Baroness has a biomass boiler. In fact, she does not need to get rid of it, because if she sources her pellets from the appropriate sources,…15 Nov 2023HANSARDBiomass Strategy 2023: Cross Sectoral Sustainability FrameworkI absolutely agree with the first part of the noble Baroness’s question. She is right that there needs to be a variety of sources of power: renewable sources, biomass linked to…15 Nov 2023HANSARDBiomass Strategy 2023: Cross Sectoral Sustainability FrameworkI did not quite hear the start of my noble friend’s question, but if she is asking whether we want to source more sustainable biofuels from UK sources, the answer is yes,…15 Nov 2023HANSARDBiomass Strategy 2023: Cross Sectoral Sustainability FrameworkI think it does, but I am not going to get into a scientific debate about it. It certainly does when it is burned, but of course it absorbs CO 2 when it is growing; that is the…15 Nov 2023HANSARDBiomass Strategy 2023: Cross Sectoral Sustainability FrameworkI shall ruin the noble Baroness’s social media portfolio and agree with her this once: of course, we need to look at these things in the round and there are lots of alternative…15 Nov 2023HANSARDBiomass Strategy 2023: Cross Sectoral Sustainability FrameworkMy Lords, the Government will consult in 2024 on the sustainability actions set out in the Biomass Strategy , including developing and implementing a cross-sectoral sustainability…15 Nov 2023HANSARDBiomass Strategy 2023: Cross Sectoral Sustainability FrameworkTo slightly correct the noble Lord, I think I said it was an inaccurate portrayal, rather than an accurate one, as he said. We have debated this matter before, and the noble Lord…15 Nov 2023HANSARDBiomass Strategy 2023: Cross Sectoral Sustainability FrameworkI am not sure I know what third and fourth generation biomass is. I will have to have a cup of coffee with noble Lords afterwards and we can have a chat about it.15 Nov 2023HANSARDBiomass Strategy 2023: Cross Sectoral Sustainability FrameworkIndeed, my noble friend makes a very good point. We have currently awarded £32 million of funding to projects as part of the Government’s £1 billion net zero innovation portfolio,…15 Nov 2023HANSARDBiomass Strategy 2023: Cross Sectoral Sustainability FrameworkI suppose, if we want to get into a debate about that, they absorb CO 2 when they are growing. If they are felled and just rot on the ground they emit CO 2 , but also when they…15 Nov 2023HANSARDBiomass Strategy 2023: Cross Sectoral Sustainability FrameworkThe noble Baroness knows that I do not agree with her on this. The biomass that is used for generation in the two main plants is sustainable. There are very strict sustainability…15 Nov 2023