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HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]My Lords, in moving Amendment 65 I shall speak also to Amendments 66, 147, 149 and 190 standing in my name. These amendments will allow the Secretary of State to modify the…07 Sept 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]I am happy to reassure the noble Baroness that the relevant consultations will of course take place on any changes made.07 Sept 2022HANSARDLow-Income Families: Energy Cost SupportI am not sure that pawnbrokers have necessarily arisen just under this Government. However, I totally accept the general point the noble Lord is making: there are many…06 Sept 2022HANSARDLow-Income Families: Energy Cost SupportThat is another good question, and the answer is complicated. The marginal rate of electricity is set because of the highest contributor to that, which is gas-fired generation at…06 Sept 2022HANSARDLow-Income Families: Energy Cost SupportYes, that is the intention. Again, the reasons for it are long and complex, as I just explained to the noble Baroness. By far the largest package of the support measures that were…06 Sept 2022HANSARDLow-Income Families: Energy Cost SupportI am not quite sure that I understand the noble Lord’s point. Of course, all of the appropriate documentation would be produced. With a lot of these schemes, it is easy to bandy…06 Sept 2022HANSARDLow-Income Families: Energy Cost SupportI agree with the noble Baroness. She listed one particularly vulnerable group but there are others, as well as many small businesses, who will suffer because of the high energy…06 Sept 2022HANSARDLow-Income Families: Energy Cost SupportI think my noble friend is talking about the warm homes discount, which we retargeted in the summer. Another three-quarters of a million people became eligible for it—some three…06 Sept 2022HANSARDLow-Income Families: Energy Cost SupportMy noble friend makes powerful points on both the issues that he raises. Of course, we should be proud of our record in taking the lowest paid out of income tax altogether, but I…06 Sept 2022HANSARDLow-Income Families: Energy Cost SupportMy Lords, we are making necessary preparations to ensure that a new Government will have options to deliver additional support as quickly as possible. Further to the support…06 Sept 2022HANSARDLow-Income Families: Energy Cost SupportThe noble Lord is commenting on proposals that he has not yet seen. The House will not have long to wait, and a lot of options have been worked on over the summer. As well as…06 Sept 2022HANSARDLow-Income Families: Energy Cost SupportThe noble Lord will, as I said to the noble Lord, Lord Wood, have to be patient and allow the PM to look at all the various options. I know that she has been doing work on this…06 Sept 2022HANSARDLow-Income Families: Energy Cost SupportThe right reverend Prelate is not correct about that. It depends on which energy companies he is talking about: many of the energy suppliers have gone bankrupt over the last year…06 Sept 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]05 Sept 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]My Lords, the noble Lord will know that I hate to disappoint him on any occasion, so I shall say something unprecedented, which, as far as I am aware, has never been said in this…05 Sept 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]Yes, it is a complicated area that requires proper and detailed policy analysis, but that work is under way, and we will do so. Splitting the wholesale market would a necessitate…05 Sept 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]05 Sept 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]05 Sept 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]Let me say first what a pleasure it is to open for the Government in today’s discussions: I am sure we will have lots more as we go through the Bill. I thank the noble Lords, Lord…05 Sept 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]My Lords, in moving Amendment 33 I will also speak to Amendments 34 and 36 standing in my name. These amendments seek to amend Clause 32, concerning the enforcement of obligations…05 Sept 2022