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HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill17 May 2023HANSARDCOP 28I saw that the COP 28 presidency had invited Assad and all world leaders. It is a UN body, so of course we do not control who gets invited or who chairs it. Clearly, we deplore…17 May 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, Amendment 64 introduces a new schedule to the Bill that will serve as the revocation schedule. The amendment, in effect, introduces the pieces of legislation due to be…17 May 2023HANSARDCOP 28I am sorry to disagree, but we do have detailed plans on where we are going. We have laid them out in our building strategy and in our net-zero plan. Only just before the Recess…17 May 2023HANSARDCOP 28I disagree. Graham Stuart is a very senior Minister who is committed to this agenda, and he has already taken part in a number of the ministerial negotiations. There is a…17 May 2023HANSARDCOP 28I had not seen President Macron’s intervention. Happily, what France and the EU do has nothing to do with us any more. They can have their own negotiations. We are just getting on…17 May 2023HANSARDCOP 28I am not going to get into the debate about Minister Stuart. He does an excellent job and is well respected across the international community for his work, building on the work…17 May 2023HANSARDCOP 28I think I said that what negotiations go on between France and the EU are not our concern any more because we are not a member of the EU. Of course we work collaboratively with…17 May 2023HANSARDCOP 28We are committed to phasing out fossil fuels and I outlined in a previous answer the progress we are making. But it is a transition: we have a requirement for fossil fuels during…17 May 2023HANSARDCOP 28The noble Baroness makes an important point, although it is slightly off the topic of the COP 28 agenda. We are incredibly proud of the massive contribution of £11.6 billion that…17 May 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill17 May 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI can absolutely assure him: she would have been delighted to go down a salt mine. I will not name her, but she messaged me to say that she was very keen to do so. Perhaps the…17 May 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill17 May 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI will certainly look again at the noble Baroness’s questions.17 May 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill17 May 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill17 May 2023HANSARDNon-Domestic Alternative Fuel Payment Application Scheme Pass-through Requirement Regulations 2023That the Regulations laid before the House on 17 April be approved. Relevant document: 37th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee. Considered in Grand Committee…17 May 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill17 May 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Chapman, for what must be the most cynical speech I have heard on this Bill so far. We have seen just how committed the Opposition are…17 May 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillWe are on Report. We do not need to wait until the next stage; I can tell the noble Lord now that there is a power in the amendments to allow exactly that. He does not need to…17 May 2023