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HANSARDRegister of Overseas Entities (Protection and Trusts) (Amendment) Regulations 2025Just to add to that, I cannot see anywhere in the regulation where the registrar has to inform the subject of the application that an application is being made. I can see that…03 Feb 2025HANSARDRegister of Overseas Entities (Protection and Trusts) (Amendment) Regulations 2025Can I just follow up on that? It occurs to me that there is a potential issue here. What it does not say is who—so you do not have to be a journalist; you could be anyone looking…03 Feb 2025HANSARDRegister of Overseas Entities (Protection and Trusts) (Amendment) Regulations 2025My Lords, I welcome the noble Baroness to her post, as it is the first time I have been across the table from her. She was not here when we were debating the two economic crime…03 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, I wish briefly to comment on and support the intent of Amendments 122, 123 and 124 tabled by the noble Earl, Lord Russell. At the risk of sounding like a stuck record,…22 Jan 2025HANSARDRestoration and Renewal: Annual Progress ReportMy Lords, we are at last now reaching the critical decision-making phase in relation to the restoration and renewal of this building. I should say up front that although I am…16 Jan 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, I rise to speak to Amendment 103, and thank the noble Baroness, Lady Noakes, the noble Lord, Lord Cameron of Dillington and the noble Viscount, Lord Trenchard, for their…15 Jan 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillThe Minister is right on that—I cannot disagree—except, again, that accountability is only as good as the information on which one bases it. If there is no information, or if it…15 Jan 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, with the leave of the Committee I shall move Amendment 93 at the request of the noble Baroness, Lady Noakes, who, as I say, is unable to attend today. I will speak also…15 Jan 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy Bill15 Jan 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, I was not going to speak on this, but I just point out very quickly that the other Act that has a clause that is not quite the same but similar to Amendment 99 is the UK…15 Jan 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillThat would be very kind. The issue is that, if the Bill had been done in the normal way and included the detail of what GBE was going to do, the impact assessment would have…15 Jan 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillI am very encouraged to hear that but there is nothing in the Bill that says that. If one is honest, what tends to happen is that if something is really successful, we will be…15 Jan 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillI am reassured to hear that and I look forward to receiving the letter. We may need to come back to this, and I hope the noble Lord will be willing to sit down, discuss the…15 Jan 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillI realise that Monday is quite a long time ago now and that the noble Lord has probably forgotten this, but I asked a specific question then. The impact assessment for the Bill…15 Jan 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillIn effect, under the Bill GB Energy will take a chunk of the activity of the National Wealth Fund—approximately a third of the total value, in fact—and put it into another entity.…15 Jan 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Noakes, regrets that she is not able to be here today, because this was scheduled after she already had other commitments, so, with the leave of…15 Jan 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillI am sorry to interrupt the noble Earl. This was lifted directly, almost word for word, from the relevant legislation, the UK Infrastructure Bank Act.15 Jan 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in this short debate, and the Minister for his response, which is helpful and encouraging—I understand his point. However, I…15 Jan 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, once again we return to the issue of accountability and transparency. I hope the Minister is starting to hear the trend. In this group we are looking at the annual…13 Jan 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillI am rather baffled by the Minister’s argument. The Government are going to publish a statement of strategic priorities, but if Great British Energy is going to be independent why…17 Dec 2024