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HANSARDCOP Climate Negotiations: CitiesI am sure the noble Baroness will be aware of what the UK Government have done to support cities in the COP negotiations. There are, as we might say, good COPs and bad COPs. COP…14 Jan 2026HANSARDCOP Climate Negotiations: CitiesI think that is one-all now. The noble Lord will be well aware that we have founded, among other things, Great British Energy, which has a substantial brief within it to promote…14 Jan 2026HANSARDNet Zero: Civil Society and Faith-based OrganisationsOur recently published Energising Britain plan sets out how we will work with communities so that everyone can benefit from our clean energy superpower mission. It highlights how…08 Jan 2026HANSARDNet Zero: Civil Society and Faith-based OrganisationsThe noble Lord will be pleased to know that I do not agree with anything that he has said this morning in this Chamber. It is absolutely clear that the science says that we have a…08 Jan 2026HANSARDNet Zero: Civil Society and Faith-based OrganisationsThe Energising Britain plan, among many other things, sets out ways in which local communities and faith groups can play a central role not just in the clean energy superpower…08 Jan 2026HANSARDNet Zero: Civil Society and Faith-based OrganisationsI completely agree with the noble Lord that getting to net zero is an ethical and—shall we say?—spiritual concept that involves justice in the process. Justice involves getting…08 Jan 2026HANSARDNet Zero: Civil Society and Faith-based OrganisationsThe question of how local communities, particularly those which have previously been involved in the high-carbon economy, can ensure that they are not left behind in the…08 Jan 2026HANSARDNet Zero: Civil Society and Faith-based OrganisationsAs I think my noble friend will be aware, we are in the process of developing a first modular nuclear reactor with Rolls-Royce. Considerable progress has been made in that…08 Jan 2026HANSARDNet Zero: Civil Society and Faith-based OrganisationsThe noble Baroness will be well aware of the tremendous amount of work that needs to be done on the infrastructure changes to bring about net-zero energy for the future. Of…08 Jan 2026HANSARDNet Zero: Civil Society and Faith-based OrganisationsThe noble Earl will be aware of the many actions that the Government are undertaking to ensure that young people are committed, involved and energised as far as climate change and…08 Jan 2026HANSARDHeat Networks (Market Framework) (Great Britain) (Amendment) Regulations 2025That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 30 October and 24 November be approved. Considered in Grand Committee on 15 December .16 Dec 2025HANSARDHeat Networks (Market Framework) (Great Britain) (Amendment) Regulations 2025My Lords, these draft regulations were laid before the House on 30 October. Heat networks have a crucial role to play in our decarbonisation ambitions and energy security mission.…15 Dec 2025HANSARDHeat Networks (Market Framework) (Great Britain) (Amendment) Regulations 2025I thank noble Lords for their valuable contributions to this debate. A number of them go to the heart of why we are doing what we are doing today: the question of the state of…15 Dec 2025HANSARDHeat Networks (Market Framework) (Great Britain) (Amendment) Regulations 2025That the Grand Committee do consider the Heat Networks (Market Framework) (Great Britain) (Amendment) Regulations.15 Dec 2025HANSARDHeat Networks (Market Framework) (Great Britain) (Amendment) Regulations 2025The noble Baroness makes a good point in relation to what are, as I have said, a huge number of systems of very different quality and status. Making regulations in respect of…15 Dec 2025HANSARDOil and Gas Authority (Carbon Storage and Offshore Petroleum) (Specified Periods for Disclosure of Protected Material) Regulations 2026I thank noble Lords for their valuable contributions to this debate. I will briefly try to address some of the important points made. First, perhaps I ought to knock on the head…15 Dec 2025HANSARDOil and Gas Authority (Carbon Storage and Offshore Petroleum) (Specified Periods for Disclosure of Protected Material) Regulations 2026My Lords, these technical regulations were laid before the As set out in the Energy Act 2023, carbon storage licensees are responsible for complying with various obligations,…15 Dec 2025HANSARDOil and Gas Authority (Carbon Storage and Offshore Petroleum) (Specified Periods for Disclosure of Protected Material) Regulations 2026That the Grand Committee do consider the Oil and Gas Authority (Carbon Storage and Offshore Petroleum) (Specified Periods for Disclosure of Protected Material) Regulations 2026.15 Dec 2025HANSARDDraxI have read the report to which the noble Baroness refers with interest, and there are questions both for Drax and for the authors of the report. Compliance with biomass…10 Dec 2025HANSARDDraxThere are two points to make in response to the noble Baroness. The report to which she refers talks only circumstantially about old-growth forests and not old-growth forests that…10 Dec 2025