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HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]My Lords, we on these Benches are generally supportive of the amendments in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Worthington, but I would like to ask the Minister about some…16 Jan 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]Perhaps it is something like that. The Government state that the best means to manage hazardous nuclear waste in the long term is in GDF undersea burial sites. Can the Minister…16 Jan 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]My Lords, I will also be brief. I do not want to provoke another debate—two hours on this would be unnecessary. We are all doing our bit by keeping this Room at low temperature in…16 Jan 2023HANSARDIndustrial ActionMy Lords, I begin with a statement of the blindingly obvious—that this is an issue of the Government’s own making. Yesterday the Minister kindly wrote to me to update me on the…11 Jan 2023HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) BillMy Lords, I begin by declaring my interests in Australia. They are not about having relations who vote Labour in New Zealand, having the accent or being born with the accent,…09 Jan 2023HANSARDPrime Minister: Trade UnionsMy Lords, on Tuesday the UK quarter 3 growth figures will be published. They are expected to show that the economy has contracted by 0.2%, as well as real falls in household…19 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]19 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the Minister and others who have spoken in this brief debate for bringing forward these amendments, as they represent necessary but foreseeable conditions for…19 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]I shall speak to just this amendment and be fairly brief. It would ensure that the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority was designated as the regulator for heat network zones.…19 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]I thank the Minister and the noble Lords, Lord Teverson and Lord Ravensdale, for their contributions. I will assume that their questions have at least been addressed, if not fully…19 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.19 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]My Lords, we welcome the clarification.19 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank noble Lords who have spoken in this debate so far. We on the Labour Benches certainly welcome Amendment 192 in the names of the noble Baronesses, Lady Sheehan…19 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]14 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]My Lords, did the Minister’s hairdresser end up with a smart meter, or not?14 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]Okay. The issue is that if we carry on doing the same thing over and over again, we will get the same result. We will not get to the end of the smart meter rollout until the end…14 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]My Lords, we come to smart meters—again. I think the smart meter rollout started when the noble Lord, Lord Henley, was BEIS Minister, in 2016 or thereabouts, and it was extended…14 Dec 2022HANSARDBiomass StrategyMy Lords, when the Energy Prices Act was introduced, the Government said that dispatchable low-carbon technologies such as biomass were being considered as part of a policy…14 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]14 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]My Lords, most of the amendments in the group refer to Clauses 112, 114 and 116. I will begin with Amendment 130C, which would give the independent system operator oversight of…14 Dec 2022