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HANSARDConsumer Rights Act 2015 (Enforcement) (Amendment) Order 2019My Lords, I am grateful for the general support for the order from my noble friend and the noble Baronesses, Lady Hayter and Lady Burt, and for the questions they have asked. I am…25 Jun 2019HANSARDConsumer Rights Act 2015 (Enforcement) (Amendment) Order 2019My Lords, I think the noble Baroness is probably right that Whirlpool has absorbed something in the order of 14 different companies, so that what an individual will think of as an…25 Jun 2019HANSARDWhirlpool Tumble Dryers: Product RecallMy Lords, there would be considerable difficulties in setting up such a register, but we note what the noble Lord and national fire officers have said on this matter and we will…17 Jun 2019HANSARDWhirlpool Tumble Dryers: Product RecallMy Lords, on my noble friend’s first point, I can confirm, as I said in the Statement, that the risk from modified tumble dryers is low. I cannot quantify it, but I can repeat…17 Jun 2019HANSARDWhirlpool Tumble Dryers: Product RecallMy Lords, I reject the noble Baroness’s accusation that we are being complacent on this matter. It is not my job to defend Whirlpool and I accept that it has not been as fast as…17 Jun 2019HANSARDWhirlpool Tumble Dryers: Product RecallMy Lords, all I can say is that I await my noble friend’s question in due course. As for the number of fires caused, I quoted the figure, saying that some 724 last year were…17 Jun 2019HANSARDWhirlpool Tumble Dryers: Product RecallMy Lords, I am not sure where the noble Baroness gets her figures, but they were faintly alarmist. She claimed that a third of all fires caused by domestic appliances were caused…17 Jun 2019HANSARDWhirlpool Tumble Dryers: Product RecallMy Lords, with the leave of the House, I shall now repeat in the form of a Statement the Answer to an Urgent Question given by my honourable friend the Minister for Small…17 Jun 2019HANSARDMusic LicensingMy Lords, the Government have had no discussions with Phonographic Performance Limited about this tariff. Collecting societies are private commercial organisations, and the…13 Jun 2019HANSARDMusic LicensingMy Lords, it is not for me to comment on the pay of the CEO of PPL; this must be a matter for the members of that organisation. However, I think all agree it is important that…13 Jun 2019HANSARDMusic LicensingMy Lords, the noble Lord makes a very useful contribution. I stress that this is about ensuring that those artists, performers and others receive the appropriate reward for their…13 Jun 2019HANSARDMusic LicensingMy Lords, I am not going to comment on a case that is about to be before the Copyright Tribunal; that would not be right or proper. Nor can I help the noble Lord on the first part…13 Jun 2019HANSARDUK Net Zero Emissions TargetMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord and the noble Baroness for their—I suppose I ought to say “relatively”—positive welcome for this Statement. I think I heard a slightly more…12 Jun 2019HANSARDUK Net Zero Emissions TargetMy Lords, with the leave of the House, I will repeat a Statement made in another place by my right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial…12 Jun 2019HANSARDUK Net Zero Emissions TargetMy Lords, on the noble Lord’s first point, he is right that these are great challenges and that there will have to be a change in behaviour. We should go about this in the right…12 Jun 2019HANSARDUK Net Zero Emissions TargetMy Lords, on his first point, the noble Lord is wrong to say that the Chancellor was trying to squash this: he was merely pointing out potential costs. As was made clear in the…12 Jun 2019HANSARDUK Net Zero Emissions TargetMy Lords, my noble friend is right to say that what we do on our own about emissions will not make that big a difference. However, the leadership we can show is important. That is…12 Jun 2019HANSARDUK Net Zero Emissions TargetMy Lords, I shall try to keep my answers short. I accept what the noble Baroness said: in 2008 we were the first country to legislate and we are now bringing forward tighter…12 Jun 2019HANSARDUK Net Zero Emissions TargetMy Lords, the Committee on Climate Change, as I made clear, has given us its vision of the likely cost of delivering a net zero target; that is within the same range as the…12 Jun 2019HANSARDUK Net Zero Emissions TargetMy Lords, an impact assessment is made by the climate change committee. At this stage, departments—this will involve a whole array of them— have not produced individual ones. As…12 Jun 2019