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HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]My Lords, the amendments from the noble Lord, Lord Oates, are very welcome and they plug a gap in the Energy Bill. Amendment 50 facilitates the changes proposed by allowing the…07 Sept 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]Does the Minister know of any further cases, other than the three that have been cited? What total caseload are we talking about?07 Sept 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]My Lords, my amendment in this group is a re-run of part of the Committee’s discussion on Monday, and it refers to Clauses 57 and 63. It is all about the “U” in “CCUS”. More…07 Sept 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]My Lords, we are also very supportive of contracts for difference and of this attempt to ensure that contracts entered into are adhered to. I was not quite sure whether the noble…07 Sept 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]My Lords, these government amendments are evidence of the rather chaotic state of the Bill as it has come to us. It is long—300-plus pages, 13 parts, et cetera—and missing this…07 Sept 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]I thank the Minister for her response. First, on what my noble friend Lady Liddell had to say, it is what she did not say about what happened at the party that we want to know. If…07 Sept 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]07 Sept 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]I should also be interested to know that. First, may I say to the new Leader of the House that I would strongly recommend the reappointment of the noble Lord, Lord Callanan. That…07 Sept 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]Okay, do not reappoint him. What can I say? I was going to set out a hypothetical situation about an oil and gas plant that had been decommissioned, but not fully, and was to be…07 Sept 2022HANSARDLow-Income Families: Energy Cost SupportMy Lords, following on from the right reverend Prelate’s question, figures from the University of York suggest that four in five households will face fuel poverty by January and…06 Sept 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]05 Sept 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]My Lords, first, I apologise for not thanking the Minister for meeting us earlier today; that was helpful. To answer one or two points, the noble Viscount, Lord Trenchard, asked…05 Sept 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]My Lords, Amendments 1 to 4 and 245, along with other new clauses before Clause 1, add a new part setting out the purpose of the Bill and a requirement for a strategy and policy…05 Sept 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]My Lords, the government amendments appear to correct an oversight in the Bill. If noble Lords are confused then so am I. I am not entirely sure what the Minister was saying, but…05 Sept 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]My Lords, Amendments 11,12 and 13 in my name would all strengthen the relationship between Ministers and the economic regulator by insisting that the Secretary of State and the…05 Sept 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the Minister for his detailed introduction and for the meeting we had yesterday about the Bill. I also thank all other noble Lords who have taken part in the…19 Jul 2022HANSARDTrades Union Congress: Levelling UpMy Lords, in 2019, across the UK as a whole, one in five jobs were paid less than the real living wage. This figure excludes the self-employed, half of whom earn significantly…29 Jun 2022HANSARDWarm Home Discount (England and Wales) Regulations 2022My Lords, I thank the Minister for bringing these proposals, which are an improvement on the previous scheme. I also thank noble Lords for their contributions, in particular the…20 Jun 2022HANSARDFire and RehireMy Lords, British Airways, Accenture, and the DP World-owned P&O Ferries—significant players in the UK economy—have all used fire and rehire to replace their workforce. They have…15 Jun 2022HANSARDFuel PovertyMy Lords, the government figures are out of date. The chairman of NEA is right: 6.2 million households is nearer the figure than the 3.2 million that the Minister referred to. The…13 Jun 2022