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HANSARD2030 Emissions Reduction Target: HeatingThe noble Lord is asking a self-contradictory question. He starts off by saying that the Government have no long-term schemes and then admits that we have extended the boiler…05 Sept 2023HANSARD2030 Emissions Reduction Target: HeatingI can indeed update the right reverend Prelate. There are a number of schemes and training competitions, and we have recently allocated tens of millions of pounds, training…05 Sept 2023HANSARD2030 Emissions Reduction Target: HeatingThat depends on what target the noble Lord is referring to. There are a number of different targets but a substantial amount of government funding is going into this—some £450…05 Sept 2023HANSARD2030 Emissions Reduction Target: HeatingPublic acceptability is a key component; that is why we ruled out Whitby for the trial. Redcar is the only other location being considered.05 Sept 2023HANSARD2030 Emissions Reduction Target: HeatingI would not characterise just rental properties in that way; whatever form of heating is used, better insulation and better performance of buildings is a good thing.05 Sept 2023HANSARD2030 Emissions Reduction Target: HeatingThe noble Lord is right about the efficiency of heat pumps and about the cost of electricity. Later this year we will issue a consultation on so-called price rebalancing, which…05 Sept 2023HANSARD2030 Emissions Reduction Target: HeatingThe noble Baroness makes a valid point. Heat networks are probably more appropriate for most flats—for instance, you could have one heat pump in the basement that would heat all…05 Sept 2023HANSARD2030 Emissions Reduction Target: HeatingIndeed we are. The situation in France and for ourselves is very different, because France has not had the availability of domestic gas that we have had over the years.…05 Sept 2023HANSARD2030 Emissions Reduction Target: HeatingThat is the case for many renewables. Tidal power is an emerging technology and it is eligible for contracts for difference schemes. We made a number of allocations of tidal power…05 Sept 2023HANSARD2030 Emissions Reduction Target: HeatingI will have to look very closely at the noble Baroness’s figures. I do not recognise £2.1 billion as being unspent; in many of the schemes we are oversubscribed in applications,…05 Sept 2023HANSARD2030 Emissions Reduction Target: HeatingThe noble and learned Lord is right. His home area of Scotland will see the installation of a number of transmission lines to help to get power to other parts of the country. This…05 Sept 2023HANSARD2030 Emissions Reduction Target: HeatingThe noble Baroness has been dogged in her pursuit of this. It is very difficult to give an estimate, as she asks me to do. It would depend on the number of applications and its…05 Sept 2023HANSARDClimate ChangeMy Lords, I join with the rest of the House in congratulating the noble Lord, Lord Krebs, on securing this debate. I also thank the noble Lord, Lord Teverson, for kindly welcoming…24 Jul 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillI am afraid I cannot confirm that for the noble Lord. No final decisions have been taken yet, but it is our intention to get on with this as quickly as possible, so we will…20 Jul 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillThat this House do not insist on its Amendment 2D to which the Commons have disagreed for their Reason 2E.20 Jul 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillMy Lords, I thank all three noble Lords who have contributed to today’s debate. The Government always listen carefully to the views of this House. In response to the noble Lord,…20 Jul 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillMy Lords, the House will be pleased to know that I can again be brief, as we have debated this Bill and the remaining issue at length on a number of occasions. The other place has…20 Jul 2023HANSARDOil and Gas Windfall TaxAs I said in response to a previous question, I cannot comment on any licensing decisions—we will know about them before too long—but I can assure the right reverend Prelate that…19 Jul 2023HANSARDOil and Gas Windfall TaxI do agree with the noble Lord. Nuclear reactors, whether it be Sizewell or Hinkley, and small modular reactors will play an important part in the net-zero transition. Of course,…19 Jul 2023HANSARDOil and Gas Windfall TaxNo, I would not agree with the noble Lord, I am afraid; he is absolutely dead wrong. Even with any new licences that might be issued in the UK, UK production will continue to…19 Jul 2023