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HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, I support the amendments in the name of my noble friend Lord Petitgas. In tabling his amendments, my noble friend looks to protect the taxpayer while securing the…11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, I will briefly include a consideration of the second group of amendments, talking about the definition of clean energy, and I express my gratitude to my noble friend…11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 46 in my name and that of my noble friend Lord Effingham. This seeks to place a duty on Great British Energy to produce an assessment on the…11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, I shall speak to Amendments 23 and 24 in my name. These amendments would require the statement of strategic priorities to include the reduction of household energy bills…11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, I rise to speak briefly in support of my noble friend Lord Hamilton of Epsom’s Amendments 54 and 55. My noble friend referenced an interview given on 3 February 2025, in…11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, I will speak in support of the amendment in my name and that in the name of my noble friend Lord Trenchard. They represent an important step in ensuring that the…11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, I thank my noble friend Lady Noakes for opening the debate on this group of amendments, as well as all noble Lords who have contributed to the debate so far. My noble…11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, I beg to move.11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, I believe that the Government’s tunnel-visioned focus on renewable energies means that the grid will have to be developed at a far greater rate than if we turned our…11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, I wish to speak to Amendment 42.11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendments 47 and 48 in my name and in support of Amendment 51 in the name of my noble friend Lord Fuller. The threat posed to the environment by the…11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister for tabling these amendments on devolution, which I welcome. They follow concerns that we raised in Committee. I emphasise that it is important that…11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords—11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, I remind you all of what the Prime Minister said: “I stand by everything in our manifesto and one of the things I made clear in the election campaign is I wouldn’t make…11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy Bill11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy Bill11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, Amendment 18 is a simple yet essential safeguard that ensures that public funds will not support companies tainted by modern slavery in their energy supply chains. The…11 Feb 2025HANSARDEnvironmental Permitting (Electricity Generating Stations) (Amendment) Regulations 2024My Lords, in speaking to these regulations, I will concentrate on a major area where I feel the Government must provide some clarity: regulatory burden. In doing so, I am of…27 Jan 2025HANSARDInternet Activity: Energy UseMy Lords, the stark reality is that the green policies of successive UK Governments, however well-intentioned, have come at a prohibitive cost to the UK economy. The average UK…27 Jan 2025HANSARDGreenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2025My Lords, this statutory instrument proposes amendments to the UK emissions trading scheme, including expanding its scope to cover CO2 venting for upstream oil and gas operations,…27 Jan 2025