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HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]17 Apr 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]My Lords, this group covers the two amendments concerning the energy performance of existing premises and of new builds. I will start with Amendment 97, from the noble Baroness,…17 Apr 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]I did organise a recent meeting with officials to discuss the issue, at the request of the noble Baroness’s Front-Bench colleague, the noble Lord, Lord Teverson. The noble…17 Apr 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]Let me first thank all noble Lords for their amendments, and I thank the noble Lord, Lord Lennie, for the time he gave to discussing this matter. As always, there were valuable…17 Apr 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]17 Apr 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]28 Mar 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]28 Mar 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]28 Mar 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]My Lords, in moving Amendment 16 I will speak also to Amendments 20, 21 and 30 standing in my name. Amendment 30 further clarifies the scope of the modifications that the…28 Mar 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]28 Mar 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]28 Mar 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]First, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Worthington, and the noble Lord, Lord Ravensdale, for bringing forward Amendments 1 and 136 and the noble Lord, Lord Teverson, for his…28 Mar 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]28 Mar 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]I think it is very easy for other people who are not directly engaged in the business of regulation to think that adding a statutory duty will be the magical cause of all the…28 Mar 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]I accept the noble Baroness’s point—yes, that was an error on my behalf. Of course, Patrick Harvie is my opposite number in Scotland and I discuss these matters with him quite…28 Mar 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]I think I said fuels produced from nuclear energy, but never mind. The RTFO already includes criteria to ensure that renewable energy used for fuel production is additional to…28 Mar 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]As I said, the powers that we propose to provide are essentially similar to those that the networks already have on the basis of essential safety works. Still, I am happy to…28 Mar 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]I thank all noble Lords who have contributed. I start by addressing the point raised by the noble Lord, Lord Lennie. This is a matter for which I have ministerial responsibility,…28 Mar 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]28 Mar 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]I know the noble Baroness has strong views on electrification but let me reassure her that this is precisely the purpose of the trial. We need to use an existing network to find…28 Mar 2023