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HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I was not really intending to address this amendment but I find that the speech from the noble Lord, Lord Grocott, rather provoked me. He is slightly suggesting to…03 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillThey were actually elected; they were not chosen.03 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillDoes my noble friend not feel that there is a problem in that if these people are elected by a separate mandate, they will feel they have greater legitimacy than other appointed…03 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, at the risk of repeating what I said at Second Reading, I have always been totally confused as to why, for some reason, we who are appointed Peers are somehow superior…03 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillI am grateful to the Minister for giving way. The noble Lord, Lord Grocott, made the point that the monarchy had certainly survived the departure of 600-plus hereditary Peers in…03 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillIs the noble Lord going to put forward an argument for an elected House then?03 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillDoes the noble Baroness the Leader of the House accept the arguments from the noble Lord, Lord Grocott, that if his Bill had been passed we would now be left with 25 hereditaries?…03 Mar 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillI am grateful to the noble Earl. He said that he thinks that green energy will lower costs. So far, green energy has actually raised costs. Why should it lower costs in the future?11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillI have no doubt that Mr Jürgen Maier will be very grateful for the confidence of the Minister, but I do not think that it is necessarily shared that widely. I would like to test…11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, I am extremely worried if the Government do not recognise that there are certain liabilities that seem to be carried by Mr Jürgen Maier. I do not think he is going to be…11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillI thank my noble friend for answering the question for me.11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillThat may well be so; it was probably as a result of our pursuing these green policies, which has led to higher prices and which some of us think was probably rather mistaken. We…11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, I support Amendment 10 as well, because the future of nuclear is very important if we are going to lead to a much cleaner environment in which to live. It is an…11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillWhat the noble Lord told us about being on the advisory board of Drax is very interesting. But how about the shipment of all this timber across the Atlantic and the burning of it…11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillCan the Minister be absolutely clear on the role of the Treasury? He talks about £8.3 billion being allocated to GB Energy, but will the money not actually be held in a sort of…11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, it is clearly the Government who have come up with this number: that they are going to reduce energy bills by £300 per household. I say to the noble Lord, Lord Teverson,…11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillI just do not know where we think we are going on this. Surely the only thing that matters is the commitments that this Government have made. They have now been in power for six…11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, the reason why I am degrouping this amendment, and indeed Amendment 55, is because there have been developments that affect both these amendments. Amendment 54 asks the…11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillI totally accept that fact, and people have certainly got used to having much bigger reactors on those sites and so will not worry about it. I have ambitions, though, for SMRs…11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillThe British people made a decision on the previous Conservative Government. They did not think much of our record and thought even less of our manifesto, so they made it quite…11 Feb 2025