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HANSARDClimate ChangeMy Lords, from what I have already said, the UK is a global leader. We are working with many other countries. In relation to climate science, obviously I understand the point the…03 Mar 2025HANSARDClimate ChangeThere clearly is, my Lords, because the way to get away from the volatility of the international gas market, which has had such an impact on energy prices in this country, is to…03 Mar 2025HANSARDWarm Home DiscountMy Lords, those two points from my noble friend are well made. On what is, in essence, mandation in relation to new homes, these points have been strongly put to my department. We…03 Mar 2025HANSARDClimate ChangeThe right reverend Prelate is absolutely right to identify those issues. It is worth making the point that the World Meteorological Organization has recently confirmed 2024 as the…03 Mar 2025HANSARDWarm Home DiscountMy Lords, I thank noble Lords for their comments on the Statement on the warm home discount. The noble Lord, Lord Offord, is right, of course, that this comes as there is an…03 Mar 2025HANSARDClimate ChangeNo, my Lords, I am not aware that the Government are looking at that suggestion favourably. However, the offer we made at COP 29 for an 81% emission reduction by 2035 is a very…03 Mar 2025HANSARDClimate ChangeMy Lords, the Government are committed to driving forward action on climate change. At COP 29 we announced an ambitious target to reduce emissions by at least 81% by 2035, and we…03 Mar 2025HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]My Lords, it has been a very interesting debate. Although more general issues to do with Brexit have emerged, it has been very helpful to focus minds on what this Bill will…26 Feb 2025HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]My Lords, I realise that I should apologise to the House, because I should not really have intervened on the noble Lord. In apologising to the House, I suggest that we allow the…26 Feb 2025HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]I am sorry to intervene on the noble Lord again but I cannot resist it. Surely the whole point about the Bill is to give us flexibility to do what the noble Lord is asking us to…26 Feb 2025HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]I am sorry to intervene but the rules are quite clear.26 Feb 2025HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]I said that what we do is totally in our own hands. The Bill gives us the right to adopt if we want to—to change, if we want to. This is about the UK having control. I thought…26 Feb 2025HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]My Lords, although it has been a short debate it has been a very interesting one that covered areas much wider than the Bill encompasses, but we do take very careful note of the…26 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, Amendment 1, in my name, inserts a new clause after Clause 6 which requires the Secretary of State to appoint an independent person to carry out reviews of Great British…25 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy Bill25 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, we were debating my amendment, but we seem to have done the “the Bill do now pass” speeches as well, so if noble Lords allow, I will do both in my response. I thank…25 Feb 2025HANSARDRosebank and Jackdaw OilfieldsMy Lords, I am not going to speculate on individual projects. The noble Lord will understand that I cannot say anything that would prejudice future regulatory decision-making.…12 Feb 2025HANSARDElectricity Capacity (Amendment) Regulations 2025My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Offord, for his general support for what is proposed in these regulations and for his specific questions in relation to the…12 Feb 2025HANSARDRosebank and Jackdaw OilfieldsFirst, my Lords, we need to draw a distinction between licensing and consenting. Licensing gives rights to search and bore for petroleum in the UK continental shelf, and those are…12 Feb 2025HANSARDRosebank and Jackdaw OilfieldsMy Lords, I have always thought that Aberdeen’s influence in the oil and gas sector is something we should treasure. Whether actions we take here will be influential…12 Feb 2025