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HANSARDEnergy: Prices and SupplyCertainly, we are well on the way to that commitment, and this spending review period allocated about £6.6 billion towards those targets. For example, we have spent £471 million…14 Jul 2022HANSARDEnergy: Prices and SupplyOfgem does look very closely at connection cost standard charges and direct fuel costs. Funding the transition from a big node-type power supply to lots of more diverse, renewable…14 Jul 2022HANSARDEnergy: Prices and SupplyThe noble Baroness is asking for some detailed statistics which I do not have to hand, but I will certainly write to her about that. There is a considerable uplift in the building…14 Jul 2022HANSARDEnergy: Prices and SupplyThe noble Viscount makes a good point. The Prime Minister and my noble friend Lord Grimstone visited the UAE and Saudi Arabia on 15 and 16 March. They met leaders of both…14 Jul 2022HANSARDRegister of Overseas Entities (Delivery, Protection and Trust Services) Regulations 2022The answer to that question is: absolutely. It is kept deliberately—not vague; that is the wrong word. There is a wide scope here, because different individuals will be affected…12 Jul 2022HANSARDElectricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) Order 2022I thank all noble Lords for their contributions to this debate. There is a certain irony in standing here on one of the hottest days of the year, when we are all sweating like…12 Jul 2022HANSARDRegister of Overseas Entities (Delivery, Protection and Trust Services) Regulations 2022Four affirmative and six negative, I am informed by the experts. So we will be back, yes. We will return, as they say. These regulations are essential for the register to operate,…12 Jul 2022HANSARDRegister of Overseas Entities (Delivery, Protection and Trust Services) Regulations 2022That the Grand Committee do consider the Register of Overseas Entities (Delivery, Protection and Trust Services) Regulations 2022. Relevant document: 7th Report from the Secondary…12 Jul 2022HANSARDRegister of Overseas Entities (Delivery, Protection and Trust Services) Regulations 2022I thank noble Lords for their support and their valuable contributions. I think the measure has a wide measure of support. I too pay tribute to the officials who have worked long…12 Jul 2022HANSARDElectricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) Order 2022My Lords, I beg to move that the draft order be approved. Since 2013, the energy company obligation scheme has ensured much-needed support to low-income households to improve the…12 Jul 2022HANSARDElectricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) Order 2022That the Grand Committee do consider the Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) Order 2022. Relevant document: 7th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee12 Jul 2022HANSARDRegister of Overseas Entities (Delivery, Protection and Trust Services) Regulations 2022My Lords, I beg to move that the draft Register of Overseas Entities (Delivery, Protection and Trust Services) Regulations 2022, which were laid before the House on 22 June 2022,…12 Jul 2022HANSARDTRIPS Agreement: VaccinesThe noble Lord makes a very good point, of course. The best answer to future vaccine development is achieved by preserving the intellectual property system. It is a good,…11 Jul 2022HANSARDTRIPS Agreement: VaccinesIt is making sacrifices. I agree with the noble Baroness about the sacrifices that have been made, but if we want big pharma and the private sector to invest, then we need to…11 Jul 2022HANSARDTRIPS Agreement: VaccinesThe UK Government have regular meetings with pharmaceutical companies. Of course we want to see the maximum amount of support offered to lower-income countries. I just outlined…11 Jul 2022HANSARDTRIPS Agreement: VaccinesI thank my noble friend for the question. All vaccine dose donations will be reported as official development assistance and be included in the 0.5% total. Expenditure for 2021…11 Jul 2022HANSARDTRIPS Agreement: VaccinesThe noble Baroness is partly right; of course, there was substantial public research, but we needed the facilities in the private sector to help with the development, production…11 Jul 2022HANSARDTRIPS Agreement: VaccinesMy Lords, I think the noble Lord is wrong: the problem is not with vaccine production, as there is now an excess number of vaccines being produced; the problem is with the…11 Jul 2022HANSARDTRIPS Agreement: VaccinesIf noble Lords would listen—which we reported at cost, in line with the DAC guidance.11 Jul 2022HANSARDTRIPS Agreement: VaccinesThe position is as I repeated to my noble friend Lady Sugg: all vaccine dose donations will be reported as overseas development assistance and be included within the 0.5%. I think…11 Jul 2022