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HANSARDConformity Assessment (Mutual Recognition Agreements) (Amendment) Regulations 2022My Lords, I beg to move that the draft Conformity Assessment (Mutual Recognition Agreements) (Amendment) Regulations 2022, which were laid before the House on 21 November 2022, be…13 Dec 2022HANSARDConformity Assessment (Mutual Recognition Agreements) (Amendment) Regulations 2022That the Grand Committee do consider the Conformity Assessment (Mutual Recognition Agreements) (Amendment) Regulations 2022.13 Dec 2022HANSARDRenewable Energy: Generation LicencesI understand the point the noble Lord makes. A Severn barrage scheme has been talked about since I was an electrical engineering student, way back in the 1980s; it is not a new…13 Dec 2022HANSARDRenewable Energy: Generation LicencesI disagree with the premise of the noble Baroness’s question. We are already a renewable energy superpower. She talks about lack of ambition. In the last auction, round 4, we…13 Dec 2022HANSARDRenewable Energy: Generation LicencesThe barrage schemes are potentially large-scale schemes. I meant that some of the bottom tidal schemes are on a relatively small scale. It all comes down to cost. The costs of…13 Dec 2022HANSARDProduct Safety and Metrology (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2022I thank my noble friend Lady McIntosh and the noble Lord, Lord Lennie, for their forbearance and for being the only ones to turn up and talk about my regulations. They deserve…13 Dec 2022HANSARDRenewable Energy: Generation LicencesI thank the noble Baroness for that, which is totally unrelated to the Question she tabled. There have been almost 1,000 generation licences issued. It is a demand-driven process.…13 Dec 2022HANSARDRenewable Energy: Generation LicencesMy noble friend makes an important point. I suspect that he knows the answer to his own question: because it has been relatively still, there have been relatively small amounts of…13 Dec 2022HANSARDProduct Safety and Metrology (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2022My Lords, since 1 January 2021, the post-exit UK conformity assessment—UKCA—marking has been in use alongside recognition of the EU’s CE and reversed epsilon markings. For most…13 Dec 2022HANSARDRenewable Energy: Generation LicencesIt is an interesting concept. As the noble Lord knows, the smart export guarantee is a market-driven mechanism, and it is for suppliers to determine the value of the exported…13 Dec 2022HANSARDRenewable Energy: Generation LicencesThe noble Lord is right: we need to expand our nuclear production. We have just agreed the contract for Sizewell, only a couple of weeks ago, and other developments are planned.…13 Dec 2022HANSARDRenewable Energy: Generation LicencesThere are of course no subsidies given to fossil fuel generation. In fact, it is the opposite: they are paying into the system record levels of taxation. This is a gradual…13 Dec 2022HANSARDRenewable Energy: Generation LicencesMy Lords, the acceleration in renewable deployment will be supported by the UK’s main renewable energy scheme, contracts for difference. The latest round delivered almost 11…13 Dec 2022HANSARDConformity Assessment (Mutual Recognition Agreements) (Amendment) Regulations 2022I thank the noble Lord, Lord Lennie, for his comments. It is clear that this SI will maintain our robust product safety framework, at the same time as reducing barriers to trade…13 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]12 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]12 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]I thank the noble Lords, Lord Lennie and Lord Teverson, for their concern about whoever might be the Official Opposition at the time. I suppose we will see. I am surprised that…12 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]I do not think that is the case. As a Minister, I have issued many consultations. In my experience there is never a problem with anybody contributing who wishes to, even if they…12 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]My Lords, I will start with my Amendments 123 and 124. Amendment 123 seeks to provide additional clarity to Clause 100. Clause 100(1) provides examples of how targets for a…12 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]The noble Lord makes a good point. Before he corrected himself, I was about to contradict him and say that a number of energy-from-waste plants are already supplying district…12 Dec 2022