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HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I think the Bill, which is a bit odd, must have been drafted by somebody who had just read Animal Farm . For some reason your Lordship’s House has been divided between…11 Dec 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy BillI thank the noble Lord for giving way again. I think he will be the first to acknowledge that two wrongs do not make a right.03 Dec 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy BillI hope the Committee will forgive me. I was slow on the uptake and should have preceded my noble friend instead of following him. I think doing so is legitimate within the rules…03 Dec 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy BillI would be most grateful if the Minister could answer my question. Is there not a danger that, if there is a profitable energy project, the private sector will pick it up and make…03 Dec 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, I have always been a great supporter of small nuclear reactors, because it strikes me that they have the enormous advantage of supplying a locality and not getting…03 Dec 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy BillThat is enormously reassuring. I will support his amendment, even though that was a concern I had. I think the answer to getting small nuclear reactors planning permission is to…03 Dec 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, I support my noble friend Lord Offord in his amendment but, funnily enough, not for the same reasons that he does. He says that Great British Energy should become a…03 Dec 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy BillIs it not the case that the Secretary of State can override the chair of Great British Energy?03 Dec 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy BillCan I ask my noble friend why the new power station in Somerset is costing four times as much as an identical one in South Korea? Surely this will add to energy costs, not detract…03 Dec 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, I would like to support my noble friend Lord Frost’s amendment because we have to judge this Bill on what it achieves, rather than on the processes it goes through. I…03 Dec 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, I support this amendment, but for all sorts of different reasons from those given my noble friend Lady Noakes. I am very worried that this money will be wasted. At the…03 Dec 2024HANSARDCOP 29My Lords, China is a major contributor to global emissions. Much of its energy is still generated through coal and it is still building coal-fired power stations. China is not…28 Nov 2024HANSARDCOP 29: United Kingdom DelegationMy Lords, if the Minister cannot estimate the cost of the trip to Baku, can she perhaps give us an estimate of the CO 2 emissions that emerged from all the aircraft flights to…21 Nov 2024HANSARDSatellites: Adverse Effects on AstronomyMy Lords, I am very interested in the cost of satellites coming down quite so dramatically. Is this something to do with the private sector producing satellites much more cheaply…20 Nov 2024HANSARDUnited Kingdom Declining Birth RateMy Lords, was the Minister not moved by reports in the press that AI is going to account for 6 million jobs in this country? If that happens, will we not be quite grateful for a…06 Nov 2024HANSARDFiscal RulesMy Lords, when the Minister was first talking about the so-called black hole, it was £21 billion. Does he accept that this is actually less than 2% of total government spending?…29 Oct 2024HANSARDUkraineMy Lords, I add my welcome to this House to the noble Lord, Lord Spellar. He and I have been on the NATO Parliamentary Assembly for some time, during which time he has…25 Oct 2024HANSARDUkraine: North Korean TroopsMy Lords, the Minister said in her initial Answer that she thought that the deployment of North Korean troops would prolong the war. When does she think this war is going to end,…23 Oct 2024HANSARDPassenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) BillMy Lords, I must first apologise to the Committee: I was not here for the Second Reading, because transport has never been my top priority in terms of matters that come before…23 Oct 2024HANSARDPassenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill23 Oct 2024