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HANSARDCarbon Budget 6The continued presence of nuclear power as a low-carbon power source is, and will be, an integral part of carbon budget 6 being met. It would be very difficult to catch up with…03 Mar 2026HANSARDCarbon Budget 6Carbon budget 6, which was set out in 2021 and is current from 2033 to 2037, was subject to several legal challenges. It is now in the hands of the present Government. The…03 Mar 2026HANSARDCarbon Budget 6I think the noble Lord knows that, even if we were substantially to increase the footprint of gas production in the North Sea, that would not come on stream for many years.…03 Mar 2026HANSARDCarbon Budget 6It is certainly not true that the pursuit of a low-carbon economy has led to deindustrialisation. The noble Lord need only look at the £60 billion of investment that is coming…03 Mar 2026HANSARDFire and Rescue Services: Clean Energy ProjectsThe Government already have moved to make sure that the fire services and developers are closely involved in applications as far as large batteries are concerned. The planning…26 Feb 2026HANSARDFire and Rescue Services: Clean Energy ProjectsMy noble friend, to whom I pay tribute for his enormous service in the fire service over a number of years, really ought to be the person who knows what he is talking about on…26 Feb 2026HANSARDFire and Rescue Services: Clean Energy ProjectsI think that we should get this into some proportion. As I have said, the number of battery fires over the last five years is four. The percentage of fires that you might…26 Feb 2026HANSARDFire and Rescue Services: Clean Energy ProjectsThe Government are actively exploring additional measures to manage safety risks on the grid-scale battery energy storage sites. That is important in the context, as the noble…26 Feb 2026HANSARDFire and Rescue Services: Clean Energy ProjectsI do not intend to go back to the department and tell it that its particular concerns are wrong. What we are talking about today are fires in large stand-alone battery storage…26 Feb 2026HANSARDFire and Rescue Services: Clean Energy ProjectsThe Government work closely with the National Fire Chiefs Council on battery fire safety. In October 2025, Minister Shanks held a round table on battery safety with industry,…26 Feb 2026HANSARDLocal Power PlanI thank the noble Lords for their thorough and constructive response to this Statement on the local energy plan, and for their general support, particularly for the local power…11 Feb 2026HANSARDLocal Power PlanI thank my noble friend Lady Gill for her carefully thought-out contribution. These are questions that we need to make sure we have got right as far as a local power plan is…11 Feb 2026HANSARDGreenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026That the draft Order laid before the House on 16 December 2025 be approved. Relevant document: 47th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee. Considered in Grand…03 Feb 2026HANSARDGreenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026That the Grand Committee do consider the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026. Relevant document: 4 7th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny…28 Jan 2026HANSARDGreenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026My Lords, this order was laid before Parliament on 16 December 2025. The UK Emissions Trading Scheme, or UK ETS, was established—perhaps I should say “re-established”—under the…28 Jan 2026HANSARDGreenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026I thank noble Lords for their contributions to this debate, which were absolutely up to the rather technical nature of this SI—although I would say that the noble Lord, Lord…28 Jan 2026HANSARDGreenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026The Government are of course very well aware of the whole question of how energy prices should be kept within reasonable bounds. By the way, the noble Lord went on a bit about gas…28 Jan 2026HANSARDGreenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026I thank the noble Lord for that correction as far as his status in previous Governments is concerned. I was making a point not about his own distinguished period as an Energy…28 Jan 2026HANSARDGreenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026The issue is fairly complex because of the benefits and disbenefits that apply from having a really ambitious carbon pricing target. On the one hand, it drives the decarbonisation…28 Jan 2026HANSARDGreenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026The Government recently introduced an average reduction of £150 off electricity bills, through placing legacy bills into Exchequer arrangements rather than putting them back to…28 Jan 2026