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HANSARDEnergy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) (No. 2) Regulations 2026That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 8 June be approved. Relevant document: 6th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee . Considered in Grand…20 Jul 2026HANSARDNational Energy System Operator: Blackout RiskThe Government take the allegations that the whistleblowers have made recently concerning the operation of NESO very seriously. An external legal firm has been appointed to…20 Jul 2026HANSARDNational Energy System Operator: Blackout RiskAs far as whistleblowing is concerned, I can speak only to this particular episode, but I point to the Government’s response—or, rather, the response of NESO and other bodies—in…20 Jul 2026HANSARDNational Energy System Operator: Blackout RiskYes, that does make it very important that we continue decarbonising our energy systems to make sure that they are very resilient in a different climate that we will have in the…20 Jul 2026HANSARDNational Energy System Operator: Blackout RiskI disagree with the noble Baroness. The recent episode showed that, even in relatively new circumstances of extreme heat—rather than the more normal issue of energy margin…20 Jul 2026HANSARDNational Energy System Operator: Blackout RiskMany things are being done alongside the changing nature of the system to make sure that it retains its resilience and ability to supply power on a no-failure basis. These include…20 Jul 2026HANSARDNational Energy System Operator: Blackout RiskI could not agree with the noble Lord more. Whistleblowing is and should be an essential part of all these processes. Whistleblowers have to feel safe in what they say so that it…20 Jul 2026HANSARDEnergy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) (No. 2) Regulations 2026I think that, in fact, our government lectern is higher than the opposition lectern.15 Jul 2026HANSARDEnergy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) (No. 2) Regulations 2026That the Grand Committee do consider the Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) (No. 2) Regulations 2026. Relevant document: 6th Report from the Secondary Legislation…15 Jul 2026HANSARDEnergy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) (No. 2) Regulations 2026My Lords, these draft regulations were laid before the House on 8 June and, in case noble Lords think we are suffering from a small dose of déjà vu, similar regulations, which we…15 Jul 2026HANSARDEnergy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) (No. 2) Regulations 2026I thank noble Lords for their constructive contributions and hope they will forgive me if I do not tarry too long in my closing speech and try to give a detailed response to…15 Jul 2026HANSARDEnergy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) (No. 2) Regulations 2026Yes, I am very happy to do that, but I anticipate—I do not know whether the noble Lord has this actively in mind—that we may have an Urgent Question coming on this, so we may be…15 Jul 2026HANSARDState of Climate and NatureI thank noble Lords for their valuable contributions in responding to this Statement made yesterday in the other place. As noble Lords know, the Statement was about climate and…14 Jul 2026HANSARDState of Climate and NatureI did indeed not provide a complete answer to the thought put forward by the noble Lord, Lord Moynihan, on farming. He concentrated mainly on energy and climate change, which is…14 Jul 2026HANSARDState of Climate and NatureAmong other things, the actions that the Government have taken—for example, with the Energising Britain plan—are making sure that the question of climate change is not just an…14 Jul 2026HANSARDState of Climate and NatureMy noble friend is absolutely right to draw attention to what is sadly likely to be a large number of deaths directly attributable to the recent heatwave we have had in this…14 Jul 2026HANSARDState of Climate and NatureThe noble Lord is substantially but not entirely correct about OECD prices; however, he is not entirely correct that other OECD countries are reliant on gas to the extent that we…14 Jul 2026HANSARDState of Climate and NatureYes, the noble Baroness is quite right about bottom trawling, how destructive it is and how it completely destroys the ecology of shallow to medium deep-sea areas as a result. It…14 Jul 2026HANSARDState of Climate and NatureI certainly agree with the noble Baroness on the extent to which we will make far greater progress by acting in consensus and agreement together, working out how we do things…14 Jul 2026HANSARDState of Climate and NatureMy noble friend sets the question for us all: how can we work across all the different sectors of government to get to our goal? The goal is not that action on climate change is a…14 Jul 2026