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HANSARDContracts for Difference (Allocation) and Electricity Market Reform (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2022My Lords, I will ask some questions, because I do not fully understand all this and these SI debates are often a good opportunity to expand one’s knowledge. First, I would be…13 Jun 2022HANSARDRetrofitting Buildings: National StrategyMy Lords, has my noble friend reviewed the pilot study carried out by the chief scientific adviser to the DCLG in 2019 on retrofitting a sample of social houses? It found that the…09 Jun 2022HANSARDHealth and Social Care Leadership ReviewMy Lords, I would congratulate the Secretary of State Sajid Javid on presenting this report if it called for fewer full-time equality, diversity and inclusion officers and…09 Jun 2022HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, on the “Today” programme on Radio 4 on Friday the Irish Foreign Minister, Simon Coveney, asserted that “the EU cannot and will not renegotiate the Northern Ireland…18 May 2022HANSARDQueen’s SpeechThe transitory nature of both protocols arises from Article 50, which the noble Lord himself wrote—and if he wishes to repudiate that and say that Article 50 does not mean what…18 May 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland ProtocolMy Lords, as the former Solicitor-General Sir Robert Buckland said in another place, the very first article of the protocol says: “This Protocol is without prejudice to the…17 May 2022HANSARDEnergy Security StrategyMy Lords, given that the two forms of domestic energy that can most rapidly come on stream and displace expensive imports are onshore wind and onshore shale gas, why does the…07 Apr 2022HANSARDEnergy Storage CapacityMy Lords, could my noble friend confirm that the cost of providing storage for periods when the wind does not blow, which can last for days, will be astronomical? That is…05 Apr 2022HANSARDMarriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) BillMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble and right reverend Prelate, who makes a very important point. I congratulate my noble friend Lady Sugg on her excellent speech…01 Apr 2022HANSARDOnshore Wind Bill [HL]My Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness on her Bill, which I fully support. I have long opposed subsidies for wind, but I am not opposed to wind. As far as onshore wind is…18 Mar 2022HANSARDGreen SkillsMy Lords, if my noble friend believes the Government’s strategy when it says that green energy will create more jobs at higher pay than producing an equivalent amount of…09 Mar 2022HANSARDElderly Social Care (Insurance) Bill [HL]That the order of commitment be discharged.08 Feb 2022HANSARDElderly Social Care (Insurance) Bill [HL]My Lords, I understand that no amendments have been set down to this Bill and that no noble Lord has indicated a wish to move a manuscript amendment or speak in Committee. Unless,…08 Feb 2022HANSARDOil and Gas: Subsidies and LicensingMaybe. It seems unwise to have got into a position in which the oil companies are required to do something that they cannot and have not been financing, and to take it to the…20 Jan 2022HANSARDOil and Gas: Subsidies and LicensingMy Lords, I apologise for missing the first few seconds of the debate; foolishly, I was sitting in the Chamber instead of here. I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Jones, on…20 Jan 2022HANSARDOil and Gas: Subsidies and LicensingIt could well be but, as I understand it, that is not the £4 billion to which the noble Baroness referred.20 Jan 2022HANSARDOil and Gas: Subsidies and LicensingI have not looked at the profitability per barrel and the tax paid per barrel, but I used to do that every day 40 years ago. I assume that it is because our fields are now running…20 Jan 2022HANSARDOil and Gas: Subsidies and LicensingYou could do all sorts of things to reduce demand for oil and gas—requiring people to spend thousands of pounds on shifting from gas to electric heat pumps, that sort of thing.…20 Jan 2022HANSARDOil and Gas: Subsidies and LicensingHow long—or how shortly—does the noble Lord think it will be before we cease to use gas, both to heat homes and as the natural source of power to deal with the intermittency from…20 Jan 2022HANSARDOil and Gas: Subsidies and LicensingMay I intervene, on behalf of the Committee, to congratulate the Minister on his maiden speech? It was an eloquent, fascinating account of his background. His is a welcome…20 Jan 2022