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HANSARDGreat British Energy BillI thank my noble friend for answering the question for me.11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, I wish to pick up the concern voiced by the noble Lord, Lord Vaux, that GB Energy will pick up some of what I have described as the low-hanging fruit of projects in the…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 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 2025HANSARDPension Fund ReliefsMy Lords, one of the obligations on the trustees of pension funds is to get the best return for pensioners. Is the Minister resigned to the fact that, if we invest in British…04 Feb 2025HANSARDGrowing the UK EconomyMy Lords, as is predictable, the Minister trotted out the usual thing about the black hole of £22 billion. On the other hand, the Government are looking at departmental budgets,…03 Feb 2025HANSARDCovid-19 InquiryDoes the Minister think that the inquiry will look closely at the question of collateral damage from the way that the whole Covid epidemic was dealt with? Let us face it: the…23 Jan 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, I speak to the two amendments in my name. The first, Amendment 126, is about the jobs in Aberdeen. Unfortunately, this amendment gets involved only in the number of jobs…22 Jan 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, the concern that we have here is all to do with financing projects, and the worry that the Great British Energy fund will be used to bolster the financing of some highly…22 Jan 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, my concerns remain. This is such a thin Bill and commits the Government to so little—other than spending other people’s money in inordinate quantities—that one can see…22 Jan 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillThere are interesting comments in the press that, although President Trump is committed to increasing the amount of oil the United States produces, that is very much dependent on…22 Jan 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillYes, but the fact that a number have gone already because the industry is declining is not a compelling reason for destroying even more, in my view—but I hear what the Minister…22 Jan 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy Bill22 Jan 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillDoes the Minister anticipate that the Treasury will have a veto on anything that Great British Energy invests in?22 Jan 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillI find that an interesting comment because, at the end of the day, wind energy is totally dependent on the feed-in tariffs that end up on everybody’s electricity bills. That is…22 Jan 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillCan we just return to the Severn barrage? I agree that, 40 years ago, my noble friend was looking at this and that I was looking over his shoulder at the time. The concerns about…22 Jan 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillI should like first to speak to my noble friend Lord Fuller’s Amendment 113, on tidal energy. I ask the Minister what the position is on the Severn because, in theory, the Severn…22 Jan 2025HANSARDUK/US Free Trade AgreementTo ask His Majesty’s Government what progress they have made in securing a free trade agreement with the United States.20 Jan 2025HANSARDUK/US Free Trade AgreementCan the Minister confirm the reports in the paper today that the Government will be anxious to secure a trade deal with the US as quickly as possible? Can he further confirm that…20 Jan 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillI am grateful for the noble Lord’s intervention. May I take him up on his point about the Ministry of Defence, which I used to work for at one stage? He said that the people there…15 Jan 2025