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HANSARDDirect Tax and National Insurance ContributionsMy Lords, could the Minister explain how we have become a high-tax but low-service-level—in terms of public services—economy? It is the worst of both worlds.25 Oct 2022HANSARDEnergy Prices Bill24 Oct 2022HANSARDEnergy Prices BillMy Lords, I shall speak also to Amendment 6 in this group. Amendment 5 relates to the extension of the energy bill relief scheme for non-domestic customers. I hope that it is…24 Oct 2022HANSARDEnergy Prices BillMy Lords, I very much welcome the Minister’s statement on the backdating to December, and that the obligation that was accepted by the Minister earlier this month is to be…24 Oct 2022HANSARDEnergy Prices BillI thank the Minister for that. If you cannot do it directly through Ministers, then through local authorities is probably the right way to do it. I know that Cornwall council is…24 Oct 2022HANSARDEnergy Prices Bill24 Oct 2022HANSARDEnergy Prices BillMy Lords, we come back to a subject we always discuss in energy Bills, whether the dormant Energy Bill or the Energy Prices Bill in front of us today: energy efficiency and demand…24 Oct 2022HANSARDEnergy Prices BillMy Lords, I welcome the Minister’s response to my noble friend Lady Brinton on that important issue. He said that there are already lots of statistics for energy efficiency:…24 Oct 2022HANSARDEnergy Prices Bill24 Oct 2022HANSARDEnergy Prices BillMy Lords, without, I hope, taking away too much tension from the Committee, I am not going to press this amendment so I shall be relatively brief in explaining it. It has an…24 Oct 2022HANSARDEnergy Prices BillI thank the Minister for his reply, and beg leave to withdraw the amendment.24 Oct 2022HANSARDEnergy Prices BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendments 27, 31, 34 and 40. What I have to say is very much in line with the speeches that have already taken place and I will not detain the House for…24 Oct 2022HANSARDChina: Security and Trade (IRDC Report)My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Howell, and his wise words, particularly on Chinese influence in Africa and beyond, because that is where the cut…20 Oct 2022HANSARDEnergy Prices BillMy Lords, I once again declare my interest in the energy storage industry. What a Bill—it seems we are all agreed on what we are trying to do, but none of us agrees on how we are…19 Oct 2022HANSARDEnergy Prices BillCan the Minister clarify that renewables on the cost-plus, whether hydro, solar, wind, AD or whatever, will be assessed separately within those different sectors, rather than it…19 Oct 2022HANSARDEnergy SuppliesMy Lords, it is well understood that fracking will take some time to develop, and it is more expensive than many renewables. As an alternative, solar is renewable, a lot cheaper…12 Oct 2022HANSARDNorth Sea GasMy Lords, it is incredible to me that Centrica, a private company, was just able to close our national gas storage facility without, it would seem, any consultation or…07 Sept 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]My Lords, I am slightly sympathetic to the Government on certain of these amendments in certain ways; I expect the Minister will not immediately accept them. First, I re-emphasise…07 Sept 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]I did not like to address the amendments tabled by the noble Baroness before she had addressed them herself. I welcome the amendment tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Liddell; I…07 Sept 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]This is something that I suspect we all hold the same view on. Could the Minister write to us to clarify the situation before Report? That would be very useful. It seems to me…07 Sept 2022