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HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I point out, therefore, that there are inconsistent references to Ofgem, to the CMA and to the economic regulator. They are one and the same but referred to in different ways in…23 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)Thank you, Mr Gray. My hon. Friend makes an important point about the distinction between what we do now with carbon dioxide and what we might do with it in future. At present—I…23 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)The hon. Member is right that we should not seek to regulate everything out of existence. As she says, provided that the basic position is in place many industrial and commercial…23 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I have a question more than anything. Will the Minister state on the record this afternoon who the economic regulator actually is? The reason why I ask is that there does not seem…23 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)Yes, indeed. My hon. Friend has read my mind, as she often does. This clause is procedural, as I have illustrated, and essentially says: “There may be exemptions. We don’t know…23 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)The clauses deal with transfer of licences when, as mentioned in the previous clause, a termination event takes place. Subsequent to such an event, the licence will have to be put…23 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I do, but—23 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)Thank you, Mr Gray, and I appreciate that undertaking. My knees do not necessarily work in the way that I would ideally like them to in my advanced years, but I will attempt to do…23 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)rose—23 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)Yes, I do agree. Again, I appreciate that the wording of this Bill might be regarded as necessarily fairly vague, because of the fact that—in the words of Donald Rumsfeld—there…23 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I was tempted to refer the hon. Member to the Energy Prices Act 2022, which was recently passed—I think, to paraphrase the Minister, not on his watch. The Act allows the Secretary…23 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I do not have anything much to say about clause 7 standing part. I will have some things to say about some of the clauses that follow, but the power to grant licences is pretty…23 May 2023HANSARDGrid CapacityThe Minister says that some things are beginning to happen, but does he recognise in this context the figure of £30 billion, which is the investment the energy system operator…23 May 2023HANSARDGrid CapacityWill the Minister explain how, on his watch, things have got to such a wretched state with grid development? The grid apparently cannot now connect renewable energy plants to the…23 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I must say that these passages are so dry that I may be hearing the Minister’s voice in my sleep this afternoon, rather than tonight. Having said that, I assure you, Mr Gray, that…23 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)My knees get worse as the afternoon goes on. The clause is, as the Minister said, about the power to create a licence type. I appreciate that that is in the gift of the Secretary…23 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)It is a pleasure to serve once again under your chairmanship, Mr Gray. We have served in Committee together on a number of occasions, and I know that you will keep us closely to…23 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I beg to move amendment 77, in clause 9, page 10, line 6, after “the Secretary of State” insert “must ensure that licences are only granted to fit and proper persons, and”. The…23 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I beg to move amendment 75, in clause 1, page 3, line 11, at end insert— “or who seeks to be a party to arrangements for the use of sequestered and transported carbon dioxide”.…23 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)This is a bit unsatisfactory, to be honest. I appreciate that the Minister has very carefully said that this is a discretionary power for the future and the Department may, as the…23 May 2023