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HANSARDEnergy (Oil and Gas) Profits Levy BillMy Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Sikka, on his forensic analysis of the market. It was quite astounding. He is an accountant, so he has to be right—we know that, in…13 Jul 2022HANSARDEnergy (Oil and Gas) Profits Levy BillI was slightly mischievous in asking the question, because clearly the Minister will not be able to write and give me the answer, although I would like her to. The Government have…13 Jul 2022HANSARDElectricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) Order 2022My Lords, there have been a few changes in the Government over the past week and it is excellent to see the Minister still here. I took the opportunity to look up his…12 Jul 2022HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020 (Exclusions from Market Access Principles: Single-Use Plastics) Regulations 2022My Lords, perhaps I could just take up a theme from the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb, around the leadership campaign that is going on at the moment at the other end…12 Jul 2022HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020 (Exclusions from Market Access Principles: Single-Use Plastics) Regulations 2022I thank the Minister for his speech, because most of us would absolutely agree with it. I would have made the same speech during the passage of the UK Infrastructure Bank Bill,…12 Jul 2022HANSARDFinancial Services Act 2021 (Prudential Regulation of Credit Institutions and Investment Firms) (Consequential Amendments and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2022We on these Benches thank the Minister for her excellent and long explanation of this. Otherwise, we have no comment on this SI.05 Jul 2022HANSARDUK Infrastructure Bank Bill [HL]My Lords, I am pleased to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman. I also welcome the Minister’s and the Government’s change of mind, if you like, on including energy efficiency…04 Jul 2022HANSARDWarm Home Discount (England and Wales) Regulations 2022That is a very useful explanation, but will the department look at how accurate it was in retrospect? Will it take a sample of properties and see whether the scheme reflected how…20 Jun 2022HANSARDWarm Home Discount (England and Wales) Regulations 2022My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow both the noble Baroness and the noble Lord, who asked excellent questions, particular the question about park homes. There are some…20 Jun 2022HANSARDGlobal Energy SectorMy Lords, I must unplug myself from the excellent forensic analysis by the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett. One of the great things about the IEA report is that it shows a pathway…15 Jun 2022HANSARDUK Infrastructure Bank Bill [HL]My Lords, I will briefly speak to my Amendment 11, which is also around energy efficiency but focuses particularly on the built infra- structure in this country, which is what…14 Jun 2022HANSARDUK Infrastructure Bank Bill [HL]My Lords, I omitted to declare my interests as chair of the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Nature Partnership and as a director of Aldustria Ltd, which is into battery storage.14 Jun 2022HANSARDUK Infrastructure Bank Bill [HL]My Lords, as the noble Lord, Lord Vaux, said, I am afraid I am going to offend again in that my amendment is suboptimal. If we are stuck with the level of dependence on the…14 Jun 2022HANSARDUK Infrastructure Bank Bill [HL]I support the amendment tabled by the noble Baroness for that very reason. We should have a Department for Energy and Climate Change.14 Jun 2022HANSARDUK Infrastructure Bank Bill [HL]My Lords, I would gently challenge the noble Lord, Lord Tunnicliffe, on jobs. I have long experience in the far south-west—a deprived area that needs levelling up—of European…14 Jun 2022HANSARDUK Infrastructure Bank Bill [HL]My Lords, when the Green Investment Bank was privatised and we dealt with legislation to do that, we in this House looked at ways in which we could be sure that, with that change…14 Jun 2022HANSARDUK Infrastructure Bank Bill [HL]My Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord McDonald, and the contributions he has made to the House and to the International Relations and Defence Committee…14 Jun 2022HANSARDUK Infrastructure Bank Bill [HL]Could I just ask the Minister one thing before she replies? Ten years is just ridiculous, so is this the one thing where the Government will say, “Right, we’ve listened to the…14 Jun 2022HANSARDUK Infrastructure Bank Bill [HL]I am sorry—perhaps I could intervene very briefly. I find it an interesting explanation from the Minister that they are not going to apply regulation because it is a smaller and…14 Jun 2022HANSARDUK Infrastructure Bank Bill [HL]My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 53 in my name—we go from Amendment 1 right the way to Amendment 53. It is much more restricted than the amendment moved by the noble Baroness,…14 Jun 2022