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HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Seventeenth sitting)If I drew a moustache like mine on the right hon. Member in question, it would not look too bad. The reason why I have a big picture of the then Energy Minister in March 2022 is…27 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Seventeenth sitting)Yes.27 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Seventeenth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. New clause 58 is an attempt to get some clarity on the position relating to fracking, in the same way that we tried to get…27 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Seventeenth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. The new clause essentially states that we should not provide new exploration licences to bore for and explore for new…27 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Fourteenth sitting)On a point of order, Mr Gray. May I ask for clarification of the voting process on clause 271 and Government new clause 52? As I am sure all Committee members are aware, new…22 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Fourteenth sitting)It was a question.22 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Fourteenth sitting)We come to a part of the Bill that we should have discussed a couple of weeks ago: clauses 132 to 139. When we discussed the rest of the business relating to the ISOP, these…22 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Fourteenth sitting)Good. As I was saying, this is potentially important, because the clauses in this part of the Bill relate to the Secretary of State’s ability to provide the ISOP with finance.…22 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Fourteenth sitting)This is something I specifically want the Minister to say something about. It is important that we get it right. Assuming that compensation is given for the loss of the ESO and…22 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Fourteenth sitting)I think the Minister just said that he expects compensation to be included in network charges, which means that in the end it will go on standing charges for customers. There will…22 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Fourteenth sitting)I appreciate that the Minister cannot tell me—presumably because of an ongoing discussion relating to commercial companies—what the compensation for National Grid is likely to be.…22 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Fourteenth sitting)Good, I can go on forever then. I was trying to make my remarks as brief as possible in order to accommodate the Minister’s previous comments, so I will just round them off. We do…22 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Fourteenth sitting)These measures are essentially consequential on those we have already discussed. I have no particular comment to make on them other than to say hooray; I am happy to let them go…22 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Fourteenth sitting)This group consists primarily of new clauses that the Government introduced. A substantial number of new clauses relate to the very sensible business of securing samples and…22 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Fifteenth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship once again, Dr Huq. The Government tabled the new clauses at a reasonably late stage. We knew they were coming, because the…22 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Fifteenth sitting)I am listening carefully to the Minister, but I am still not clear about the role of the levy. Are the Government suggesting—I think the Minister is—that the levy arrangement…22 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Fifteenth sitting)Forgiveness of the existing levy.22 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Fifteenth sitting)I do not have anything to add to what the Minister said. We have discussed similar issues earlier in our debates and I do not think that anything I would say would add to that.…22 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Fifteenth sitting)Taken together, the new clauses provide a fairly comprehensive series of arrangements relating to hydrogen transportation. In particular, as the Minister has outlined, they…22 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Fifteenth sitting)I appreciate what the Minister says about subsection (2) of new clause 71. Indeed, I paid attention to it in my remarks. But I hoped that he would agree—hon. Members might like to…22 Jun 2023