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HANSARDClean Power 2030 Action Plan: Rural CommunitiesI am happy to write to the noble Baroness to clear up that exact point, but what I quoted from, as I am sure she will know, is the actual land use framework and not the precursors…22 Apr 2026HANSARDLow-carbon Heat NetworksThe warm homes plan sets a new, ambitious target for heat network growth to meet 7% of heat demand by 2035 and an even greater amount by 2050. This ensures that households and…22 Apr 2026HANSARDClean Power 2030 Action Plan: Rural CommunitiesMy Lords, I am very grateful to all those who have contributed to this important debate and particularly to the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh, for securing it in the first…22 Apr 2026HANSARDLow-carbon Heat NetworksMy noble friend is absolutely right about the importance, cheapness and flexibility of heat networks for the future. Indeed, the Government are taking that flexibility—that…22 Apr 2026HANSARDLow-carbon Heat NetworksThe noble Earl is quite right to emphasise how important it is to accelerate the rollout of heat networks, particularly in view of the present gas volatility crisis. As has…22 Apr 2026HANSARDLow-carbon Heat NetworksThe regulations came in on 27 January, and this move to properly regulate the heat network field was due to the fact that the system had very little overall regulation before and…22 Apr 2026HANSARDElectricity: Domestic PricingThe effect of the windfall tax is, essentially, to start returning some of those excessive bill contributions back to bill payers so that their overall bills are less than they…21 Apr 2026HANSARDElectricity: Domestic PricingImposing an extra windfall tax, on those elements of the system that are within the renewables orbit but outside the CfD arrangements, takes away the excess profits that those…21 Apr 2026HANSARDElectricity: Domestic PricingThe noble Earl treads a fine distinction between the possible daylight robbery of standing charges and the fact that some charges need to be levied collectively because of the…21 Apr 2026HANSARDElectricity: Domestic PricingOf course, the Government have addressed those costs, particularly in the recent move to take elements of the levies away from levy arrangements and into the general Exchequer.…21 Apr 2026HANSARDElectricity: Domestic PricingI thank the noble Lord for that question. I cannot stand here and guarantee that that move will be brought forward by one year, as he suggests. It is a very sound idea. The future…21 Apr 2026HANSARDElectricity: Domestic PricingMy noble friend is absolutely right. Although gas accounts for only 30% or so of the market, at the moment it sets the price over 60% of the time with marginal cost pricing…21 Apr 2026HANSARDElectricity: Domestic PricingI thank my noble friend for that question, because he has, remarkably, just anticipated the development of the strategic spatial energy plan and a reformed national pricing…21 Apr 2026HANSARDElectricity: Domestic PricingDelivering lower bills and a secure energy supply for working families and businesses is at the heart of the Government’s sprint toward homegrown clean energy. Marginal cost…21 Apr 2026HANSARDElectricity: Domestic PricingThe reference that the noble Baroness makes to Denmark is an interesting one, inasmuch as the Danish system is wholly integrated between renewables, heat and power of different…21 Apr 2026HANSARDElectricity: Domestic PricingThe Government are looking actively at many different ways of going further and faster as far as the green energy revolution is concerned. Indeed, they are actively looking at the…21 Apr 2026HANSARDEnergy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 23 February be approved. Relevant document: 54th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee . C onsidered in…16 Apr 2026HANSARDData Centres: Energy DemandMy Lords, the Government recognise that Great British electricity demand is expected to grow significantly, driven in part by advances in AI. We are clear that this growth must…16 Apr 2026HANSARDData Centres: Energy DemandI agree with the noble Lord that pumped hydro schemes are one method of ensuring that electricity is used as efficiently as it can be in terms of taking it in at some stages of…16 Apr 2026HANSARDData Centres: Energy DemandI welcome that question from the noble Lord. This is an issue that is quite close to my heart, and I recently visited the Liverpool tidal barrage scheme to see how it is doing. I…16 Apr 2026