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HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Fifteenth sitting)We just need to add the word “and” at the end of subsection (1)—a sensible suggestion—then we might be in a much better position.22 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Fifteenth sitting)The Minister is slightly unwisely saying that this is the most exciting part of the Bill. We know that the provisions are exactly bang in the middle of the Minister’s brief as…22 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Fifteenth sitting)I congratulate you, Dr Huq, on your reading of the previous new clauses. You made their moving and agreeing sound much more interesting than certain other people have done in this…22 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Fifteenth sitting)My hon. Friend makes an interesting point; were I to cede to it entirely it would lead to great distress on the part of the Minister. Nevertheless, she makes the valid point that…22 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Twelfth sitting)I appreciate that Sizewell B is already storing nuclear waste, and I understand that it is doing so quite effectively, although I have not actually been to see it. Obviously,…20 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Twelfth sitting)I hope that my comments about the fact that we do not yet have a community that has said it will support a geological waste facility does not necessarily mean that there is not…20 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Twelfth sitting)The hon. Member makes a good point. I would think that it is very difficult under the present circumstances. I was about to talk about that briefly. On both those sites the…20 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Twelfth sitting)So we do not have to denominate these things in euros, because a number of signatories to the CSC do not, and presumably their membership of the CSC is not in jeopardy as a…20 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Twelfth sitting)Sorry, Dr Huq, I was making a comment from a sedentary position.20 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Twelfth sitting)So the Minister can state that all signatory countries to the CSC denominate their compensation in euros, just the same as we do.20 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Twelfth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship again, Dr Huq. It is also a pleasure to hear the Minister rattle through the Government amendments at really high speed. As he…20 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Twelfth sitting)That is a very helpful intervention, because among other things it means that our business will have to be finished by 12 o’clock this morning to facilitate our collective visit…20 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Twelfth sitting)I beg to move amendment 162, in clause 260, page 230, line 23, at end insert— “(d) the provision of the additional police services in question is within the competence and in…20 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [Lords] (Thirteenth sitting)I wondered whether the Minister would stop me talking about Germany—20 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [Lords] (Thirteenth sitting)That is a very interesting question, or challenge, from the hon. Member, and I hope that I will not go into that issue as far as I went off on one concerning Germany. […20 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [Lords] (Thirteenth sitting)Thank you for that guidance, Dr Huq. The difficulty we have on the Opposition Benches is that, because all these clauses have been grouped together for debate, we all have—at…20 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [Lords] (Thirteenth sitting)It is interesting that the right hon. Member should mention coal in Germany. As I am sure he is aware, Germany was and has been a particularly heavy user of coal in electricity…20 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [Lords] (Thirteenth sitting)I may well wax, but not necessarily lyrically. It is necessary to wax to some extent, because we again have a slightly odd sequence in which we, the Opposition, are attempting to…20 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Twelfth sitting)If we go to room Q, we will find out more, but civil nuclear constables are special police. They are recruited and trained in a different way, their responsibilities are…20 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Twelfth sitting)I remain quite amused that we smuggled a euro or two into our flexibility structure a moment ago. I am sure that that will go down in history. Clauses 260 to 263 relate to the…20 Jun 2023