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HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]My Lords, the Committee will note the large number of amendments tabled in my name on heat networks. These amendments are needed to ensure that Ofgem can operate effectively as…19 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]19 Dec 2022HANSARDProduct Safety and Metrology (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2022That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 14 and 21 November be approved. Relevant document: 20th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee. Considered in…19 Dec 2022HANSARDPrime Minister: Trade UnionsNo matter how many times Opposition Members ask the same question, they will get the same answer. We have accepted the recommendation from the pay review body. The next step is…19 Dec 2022HANSARDPrime Minister: Trade UnionsI am not familiar with the details of the negotiations. I can tell the noble and learned Lord only that the Government have accepted in full the recommendations of the pay review…19 Dec 2022HANSARDPrime Minister: Trade UnionsIt is very easy for Opposition Members to say that we should grant this and that pay rise, but only a limited number can be funded. The noble Baroness talks about PPE; I seem to…19 Dec 2022HANSARDClean Energy: InvestmentIndeed, I agree with the noble Baroness, which is why we are supporting the deployment of CCUS with our £1 billion infrastructure fund.14 Dec 2022HANSARDBiomass StrategyThat is one potential source for biomass production; my noble friend is right in that respect. But, as I said, there is also the ultimate decision that we need to make about what…14 Dec 2022HANSARDBiomass StrategyThese are factors that are taken into consideration when the overall sustainability of the procedure is looked at. They are monitored by Ofgem to make sure that all the pellets…14 Dec 2022HANSARDBiomass Strategy“Yes” is the short answer to my noble friend’s question. We want to make sure that it comes not from proper indigenous forests but comes as a by-product from commercially managed…14 Dec 2022HANSARDClean Energy: InvestmentMy noble friend is indeed passionate on this subject and raises it many times. It is an important contributor, as I said, in the latest CfD round that the noble Baroness, Lady…14 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]I will confirm the exact figures for the noble Lord. The latest numbers I have were considerably less than that. I do not have the figures in front of me, but I will certainly…14 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]I thank noble Lords for their contributions. In a second I will say more about the details of smart meters, which come under my ministerial portfolio, but I will start with…14 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]I forget who said that you can reverse the meaning of anything by putting the word “social” in front of it: social democracy, social work and various other things—I do not mean…14 Dec 2022HANSARDBiomass StrategyI am afraid the noble Lord is completely wrong; we are acting on that. There are already food waste collections from many local authorities around the country. We have the green…14 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]14 Dec 2022HANSARDBiomass StrategyMost of the forests from which these supplies come are of course commercial forests. They are established for the purposes of growing wood for construction and other methods, and…14 Dec 2022HANSARDBiomass StrategyI cannot give the noble Lord a precise timescale, but, of course, we always keep these matters under review and we will look at it very closely.14 Dec 2022HANSARDBiomass StrategyMy noble friend makes a good point and there is clearly sometimes a difference between crops that are used for fuel and those that could be used for food, and we always have to…14 Dec 2022HANSARDBiomass StrategyThey are two different systems, but the noble Lord is essentially correct. As I said earlier, the UK supports only biomass which complies with strict sustainability criteria.…14 Dec 2022