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HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, this is not the appropriate place to criticise a man of his stature and of the seniority which he brings. Noble Lords have had an opportunity to meet him, and they were…11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, in moving Amendment 27 I will speak also to government Amendments 28 to 32 and 34. They relate to Clause 5 and the role for the devolved Governments in developing the…11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy Bill11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillI am grateful to the noble Lords, Lord Offord and Lord Wigley. I commend the amendment to the House.11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillI am very grateful to the noble Lord for his kind intervention. I actually did this job from 2008 to 2010, so I have some experience in this area. I am not going to answer the…11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, in my remarks, I accepted that life has moved on since 2015. The Government know that we need to look at this further, which is why we are working across Whitehall at…11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy Bill11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, I resist these two amendments. My noble friend Lord Rooker, who knows more about parliamentary procedure than almost anyone in either House, is absolutely right about…11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillWith the greatest respect, if the noble Lord starts to preach to this Government about energy prices, it is right for me to point out that the highest energy prices occurred under…11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Petitgas, for returning to a theme he developed in Committee. I assure the noble Lord, Lord Offord, that I take the amendments…11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, I have great respect for the noble Lord, but I am not sure whether he was present when we debated it. I thought I gave a very full response to the noble Lord, Lord…11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillI am sorry to challenge again the noble Lord but, seeing my noble friend Lord Collins on the Bench, I assure the noble Lord that I speak for the Government in saying that we are…11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, I will first say that I am grateful to noble Lords for their support for my Amendment 8. I echo what the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, said about the success of…11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, I always look kindly on the contributions made by the noble Lord, Lord Hamilton, and enjoy debating these with him. However, sadly, I am not going to respond…11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, we are on Report, but I will answer this. Of course, we are talking about speeding up the planning processes without impacting on the environmental protections that we…11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, would the noble Lord like to comment on the energy bills when his Government were in office?11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, the contribution of nuclear was more than 6%—I think it is about 13% or 14% as of today. Clearly, it will go down, because a number of the current nuclear power stations…11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, we come to the issue of pylons. This is of course an interesting issue; I well understand that pylons are not necessarily popular with the public. They are, I am afraid,…11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, we need to await the outcome of the spending review and the timetabling of the money to be allocated to Great British Energy. We are trying to establish a balance…11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, in moving Amendment 21, I acknowledge and thank the noble Earl, Lord Russell, for putting his name to it. It requires the Secretary of State to prepare a statement of…11 Feb 2025