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HANSARDOffshore Petroleum Licensing BillMy Lords, at Second Reading, I quoted Alan Whitehead MP saying that this Bill was cooked up over a long lunch and should have been buried before the effects of that long lunch had…23 Apr 2024HANSARDOffshore Petroleum Licensing BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendments 3 and 18 in my name. These amendments set out the climate change test to be applied to the Oil and Gas Authority before inviting applications…23 Apr 2024HANSARDSurplus Carbon EmissionsWhat impact will the Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill have on our ability to meet future carbon budgets?27 Mar 2024HANSARDOffshore Petroleum Licensing BillThe Minister.26 Mar 2024HANSARDOffshore Petroleum Licensing BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the Minister, who set out the Government’s reasoning for the Bill. It is very straightforward in what it does: it would require the North Sea…26 Mar 2024HANSARDStrategy and Policy Statement for Energy Policy in Great BritainMy Lords, I thank noble Lords who have contributed thus far to the debate for making my job somewhat easier than it would otherwise have been and for raising important questions.…25 Mar 2024HANSARDEnergy Bills Discount Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2024My Lords, as we have heard, this instrument enables the Secretary of State to set a date after which heat networks can no longer apply for support under the energy bills discount…12 Mar 2024HANSARDEnergy Bills Discount Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2024In the unlikely event that a customer takes a heat network to a court or ombudsman before the scheme closes, I presume that that application could continue beyond 31 March if it…12 Mar 2024HANSARDNuclear Decommissioning Authority (Pension Scheme Amendment) Regulations 2024My Lords, this instrument enacts the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority pension scheme, based on the review of public sector pension schemes by my noble friend Lord Hutton in 2011.…13 Feb 2024HANSARDTeesworks Joint VentureThe Minister said it was not the National Audit Office’s role to investigate individual authorities—or something like that—but the report has revealed at least massive financial…30 Jan 2024HANSARDTeesworks Joint VentureMy Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Ford, asked about the lack of the audit function in local authorities. The Minister said that the Government had put “processes in place” to…30 Jan 2024HANSARDCivil Nuclear Road MapMy Lords, I thank the Minister for the Statement and wish him and his colleagues as happy a new year as possible, in the circumstances. Nuclear energy is a key part of Britain’s…15 Jan 2024HANSARDHydrogen HeatingMy Lords, newspaper reports at the weekend suggested that the Government were looking for an entire town to use as a hydrogen heating pilot. Given the difficulties in Whitby and…11 Dec 2023HANSARDClimate Change: Aims for COP 28My Lords, staggeringly, we lose more than 15 million trees globally each year due to deforestation. The Center for Global Development predicts that we will lose at least 1 million…28 Nov 2023HANSARDGreen Gas Support Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2023The instrument also allows the Secretary of State to review and update the maximum levy amount to ensure that the levy remains able to sufficiently finance the GGSS after 2008-09,…20 Nov 2023HANSARDGreen Gas Support Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2023The noble Lord has high expectations. As with the scheme we just discussed, we were very supportive of this scheme when it came out and we still are. Supporting the injection of…20 Nov 2023HANSARDGreenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2023My Lords, when the UK ETS was established due to the UK’s participation in the EU ETS ending, the Opposition supported it. It is essential that the UK has a robust carbon price to…20 Nov 2023HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, I am not the first, and I certainly will not be the last, to say that this Government’s plan for this Session of Parliament is lacklustre. As my noble friend Lord Whitty…13 Nov 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Boycott, for her persistence on this. I agree with what she is trying to achieve. The Minister came dangerously close to Rumsfeld-speak…24 Oct 2023HANSARDClimate FinancingAccording to the International Institute for Sustainable Development, over $1 trillion of public money has been poured into fossil-fuel subsidies since COP 26, mainly in response…17 Oct 2023