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HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]My Lords, we will come to the social objective in group 4, so I will not deal with that here. We welcome the assurance about the ISOP’s continued role regarding cabling losses and…14 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]My Lords, I return to the situation of the workforce in the debate on these amendments. Clauses 114 and 115 set out important parts of the ISOP’s remit. While the list in the Bill…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 2022HANSARDProduct Safety and Metrology (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2022My Lords, I thank the Minister for his detailed introduction to this instrument, the main objective of which is to provide businesses with additional time to transition to the…13 Dec 2022HANSARDConformity Assessment (Mutual Recognition Agreements) (Amendment) Regulations 2022My Lords, I thank the Minister for setting out the details of the regulations for us. I note that we have lost our one Back-Bencher, so it is now a two-person show, but there we…13 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]The Minister said that no one would be forced to take part in the trial. I appreciate that but, first, it seems like the place for that statement to be made is within the Energy…12 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]Are the funds held in escrow so that they cannot be used for anything else, or can they be used as part of the normal purposes?12 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]Can I briefly support that? The place to put it is under protection of consumers in the Bill. There is a clause entitled “Regulations for protection of consumers”, and the right…12 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]My Lords, 95% of UK homes are centrally heated and most CO 2 emissions come from burning fossil fuels, contributing to about 30% of the UK’s total greenhouse emissions, about half…12 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]My Lords, the amendment that seeks to include the Opposition as part of the formal consultation would avoid what we get in Parliament, which is the “ayes and noes” and the “take…12 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]My Lords, these amendments refer to Clauses 90 and 91. They concern consultation over the CCUS strategy and its periodic review. I am grateful to Drax for providing definitions.…12 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]12 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]My Lords, these amendments relate to Clauses 108 and 109—Chapter 2 in Part 3—on hydrogen grid conversion trials, covering modifications of the gas code and regulations for the…12 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]My Lords, I am also delighted to be debating the Energy Bill again. I am delighted that the noble Lord is still the Minister so that we at least have continuity on the Bill; it…12 Dec 2022HANSARDEmployment PoliciesMy Lords, in September, the TUC reported the UK Government to the ILO, saying that they had taken steps to infringe the right to strike. As the noble Lord, Lord Woodley, said,…06 Dec 2022HANSARDExtraterritorial US Legislation (Sanctions against Cuba, Iran and Libya) (Protection of Trading Interests) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022My Lords, I thank the noble Viscount, Lord Younger, for his characteristically thorough and detailed explanation of this regulation before the Committee. I gave notice to him that…05 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy SecurityMy Lords, I thank the Minister for the Statement that we are discussing now. The key announcements in the Statement—the green light for Sizewell C and the return of the Energy…05 Dec 2022HANSARDExport Control (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022My Lords, I thank the Minister for that extraordinarily thorough and historic briefing on the substance of these regulations. It is very welcome. As we have heard, these…29 Nov 2022HANSARDEnergy Bills Support Scheme and Energy Price Guarantee Pass-through Requirement (England and Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2022Following up the point from the noble Lord, Lord Hodgson, is there then a possibility in the review that an ombudsman for the energy sector —not Ofgem—could be established or that…22 Nov 2022HANSARDNewport Wafer FabMy Lords, the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee found no evidence to suggest that a review into the acquisition of Newport Wafer Fab had taken place, yet Politico reports…22 Nov 2022