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HANSARDClimate Change Committee: DiscussionsOf course it has an impact on biodiversity, but we have very strict climate and environmental studies that need to be done before any fields are licensed. This is the subject of…27 Apr 2023HANSARDClimate Change Committee: DiscussionsI do not agree with the noble Baroness. She is dead wrong about these matters. The reality is, whether the Liberal Democrats like it or not, that we get about 75% of our energy…27 Apr 2023HANSARDClimate Change Committee: DiscussionsDecarbonising our electricity system, which we are doing at the fastest rate of all G7 countries, will require much more electrification. Renewable generation capacity is…27 Apr 2023HANSARDClimate Change Committee: DiscussionsThe reason I said it was lower carbon intensity is that that is a fact. There are lots of studies being done on it. Imported LNG has about twice the carbon footprint of domestic…27 Apr 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillMy apologies—I thank the noble Baroness. I meant “pariah”. In terms of being an international outlier, many other countries have minimum service levels. I will give the House some…26 Apr 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillI do not think it is a different thing at all. If action is prohibited completely, as it is in the three countries I mentioned—let us take, for example, fire services—there is no…26 Apr 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in this debate. Before I address the terms of the amendments, I will first address the frankly ridiculous exaggerations from…26 Apr 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillMy Lords, I thank the noble and learned Lord, Lord Thomas, for his constructive engagement on this matter. He wrote to us about it and has had a reply, so he knows the…26 Apr 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillMy Lords, noble Lords have broadly welcomed this and clearly want to move on to another section, so I do not think I have any points to raise in response.26 Apr 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillMy Lords, I apologise for keeping the House waiting for the start of the debate; the previous business finished much earlier than everyone expected. I am grateful to those who…26 Apr 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillMy Lords, Amendments 6 and 7 relate, as has been said, to the devolved Governments. Amendment 6 seeks to remove the power for the Secretary of State to make consequential…26 Apr 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillMy Lords, I beg to move Amendment 2 in my name. The House will know that the Government were clear at the introduction of the Bill that employers must not have regard to a…26 Apr 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill26 Apr 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]My Lords, I will update the House on the legislative consent Motion process for the Energy Bill. The UK Government are seeking legislative consent Motions from the devolved…24 Apr 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]My Lords, let me add my thanks to all noble Lords who contributed to a very detailed and proper scrutiny of the Bill. We received lots of helpful suggestions—some unhelpful…24 Apr 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]That the Bill do now pass.24 Apr 2023HANSARDPowering Up BritainYes, we believe that we are on track. There is a diversity of sources of supply, including our world-leading offshore wind procedures—we have the first, second, third and fourth…19 Apr 2023HANSARDPowering Up BritainI thank the noble Lords, Lord Lennie and Lord Teverson, for their comments. I want to thank the noble Lord, Lord Teverson, slightly more than I want to thank the noble Lord, Lord…19 Apr 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillThat the amendments for the Report stage be marshalled and considered in the following order: Clause 1, Schedule, Clauses 2 to 6, Title.19 Apr 2023HANSARDPowering Up BritainAs I suspect the noble Baroness knows, I am afraid that I cannot give her a direct answer on the date of the consultation response. That is just the way that government works: the…19 Apr 2023