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HANSARDBattery Strategy (Science and Technology Committee Report)My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Patel, for securing what I agree with other noble Lords has been a fascinating debate and for the excellent way in which he…23 Nov 2022HANSARDEnergy Bills Support Scheme and Energy Price Guarantee Pass-through Requirement (England and Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2022The sanction is that the person who does not receive the benefit can take the matter to court. That is the point I am making. I am not pretending that this situation is ideal, but…22 Nov 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill Relief Scheme Pass-through Requirement (Heat Suppliers) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2022That the Grand Committee do consider the Energy Bill Relief Scheme Pass-through Requirement (Heat Suppliers) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2022. Relevant document: 18th Report…22 Nov 2022HANSARDEnergy Bills Support Scheme and Energy Price Guarantee Pass-through Requirement (England and Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2022I thank all three noble Lords who have contributed to the debate for their questions. These regulations are essential to the successful implementation of all the energy support…22 Nov 2022HANSARDNewport Wafer FabI am looking forward to the proper debate we will have on the report on electric battery vehicle manufacturing from the noble Lord’s committee later this week. We have over 100…22 Nov 2022HANSARDNewport Wafer FabThe noble Lord knows that I cannot comment on other live cases until final orders are made. I can give him some figures from the National Security and Investment Act report,…22 Nov 2022HANSARDNewport Wafer FabMy noble friend is right that the Act came into operation in January. There were some retrospective elements in that. A trigger event occurred and therefore the Secretary of State…22 Nov 2022HANSARDNewport Wafer FabAs was printed in it, the final order was based on the technology and know-how that could result from a potential reintroduction of compound semiconductor activities at the…22 Nov 2022HANSARDNewport Wafer FabI am sorry to hear about my noble friend’s Land Rover key; I hope it is restored to him as quickly as possible. We have a very active semi- conductor manufacturing and research…22 Nov 2022HANSARDEnergy Bills Support Scheme and Energy Price Guarantee Pass-through Requirement (England and Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2022That the Grand Committee do consider the Energy Bills Support Scheme and Energy Price Guarantee Pass-through Requirement (England and Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2022.…22 Nov 2022HANSARDEnergy Bills Support Scheme and Energy Price Guarantee Pass-through Requirement (England and Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2022My Lords, in moving that the Grand Committee do consider the Energy Bill Relief Scheme Pass-through Requirement (Heat Suppliers) (England and Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2022,…22 Nov 2022HANSARDEnergy Bills Support Scheme and Energy Price Guarantee Pass-through Requirement (England and Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2022The answer to my noble friend’s question is that there is already a regulator in place for heat networks, so it is appropriate to use the regulator. Unfortunately, for most of the…22 Nov 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill Relief Scheme and Energy Price Guarantee Pass-through Requirement and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2022That the Grand Committee do consider the Energy Bill Relief Scheme and Energy Price Guarantee Pass-through Requirement and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2022. Relevant…22 Nov 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill Relief Scheme Pass-through Requirement (England and Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2022That the Grand Committee do consider the Energy Bill Relief Scheme Pass-through Requirement (England and Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2022. Relevant document: 18th Report from…22 Nov 2022HANSARDNewport Wafer FabThe noble Lord will know that I cannot go into specific details of this case, but I am delighted to say that we have an extensive range of companies in the UK manufacturing and…22 Nov 2022HANSARDNewport Wafer FabMy Lords, obviously, there is a limit to what I can say about this, but I will endeavour to be as helpful to the House as possible. I certainly can confirm to the noble Lord that…22 Nov 2022HANSARDNewport Wafer FabI do not accept that there has been a change in policy. The policy is the National Security and Investment Act, which this House passed. If and when other trigger events occur,…22 Nov 2022HANSARDNewport Wafer FabI am not sure that I said that, but I will certainly look back through the record. This has been going on for a long period. The Secretary of State has taken into account all the…22 Nov 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill Relief Scheme Pass-through Requirement (Heat Suppliers) (England and Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2022That the Grand Committee do consider the Energy Bill Relief Scheme Pass-through Requirement (Heat Suppliers) (England and Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2022 Relevant document:…22 Nov 2022HANSARDNewport Wafer FabI agree with the noble Lord. That is why in 2016 we set up the Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult, with £50 million of funding. Since then, it has initiated over £100…22 Nov 2022