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HANSARDGreenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026My Lords, I thank the House for its consideration of this draft order, which was laid before the House on 13 January. The UK Emissions Trading Scheme was established under the…12 Mar 2026HANSARDGreenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026It is not an impossibility for the next 15 years. Getting an accurate picture of trade always involves a range of calculations—you cannot get it exactly right. However, so far the…12 Mar 2026HANSARDGreenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026I thank noble Lords for their valued, valuable and very wide-ranging contributions to this debate this afternoon. I am, I think, a fairly plain and straightforward person, but I…12 Mar 2026HANSARDElectricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) (Specified Period) Order 2026That the draft Order laid before the House on 26 January be approved. Considered in Grand Committee on 9 March.11 Mar 2026HANSARDEnergy MarketsThe noble Lord, who has great experience in these matters, makes important points about how we have to cope with substantial additional electricity demand, particularly as we…09 Mar 2026HANSARDEnergy MarketsMy noble friend is right that the North Sea is not just a mature field but a very mature one. Indeed, as we are seeing, one of the opportunities for the North Sea is not so much…09 Mar 2026HANSARDEnergy MarketsI thank the noble Lords for their contributions this evening and I will attempt to address the questions that they have put to me. I must say, however, to be absolutely frank,…09 Mar 2026HANSARDEnergy MarketsThe noble Lord talked about the CBAM and ammonia production in one and a half breaths. On the question of the CBAM, it is a very important part of the low-carbon economy in terms…09 Mar 2026HANSARDEnergy MarketsI very much welcome my noble friend Lord Foulkes back to his place, as it were. Although he was speaking from a place that is slightly remote, I nevertheless have a real feeling…09 Mar 2026HANSARDEnergy MarketsI thank my noble friend for that question, because he alluded to one of the key points about the future of gas storage—the Rough field—and what will happen with that in the…09 Mar 2026HANSARDEnergy MarketsI thank the noble Baroness for that interesting image of what we do not want to happen, as opposed to what we do want to happen. Of course, what we want to happen is real,…09 Mar 2026HANSARDElectricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) (Specified Period) Order 2026I thank noble Lords for their constructive contributions to this afternoon’s debate; I hope to respond to their points in a similarly crisp and succinct fashion. First, the noble…09 Mar 2026HANSARDElectricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) (Specified Period) Order 2026My Lords, this draft order was laid before Parliament on 26 January 2026. This Government remain fully committed to ensuring that households, particularly those on low incomes or…09 Mar 2026HANSARDElectricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) (Specified Period) Order 2026That the Grand Committee do consider the Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) (Specified Period) Order 2026.09 Mar 2026HANSARDEnergy MarketsI may have to write to the noble Viscount on aspects of that question that I am not fully sighted on. If he is referring to the Fingleton review, for example, then a great deal of…09 Mar 2026HANSARDEnergy MarketsI agree with the noble Lord that Putin may well be smiling a little at the prospect of sky-high energy prices benefiting his beleaguered economy, and that some of the sanctions…09 Mar 2026HANSARDEnergy MarketsMy noble friend is right that, quite uniquely within the UK, Northern Ireland has a preponderance of oil used for heating, as opposed to the relatively small percentage in…09 Mar 2026HANSARDCarbon Budget 6It is certainly not true that the pursuit of a low-carbon economy has led to deindustrialisation. The noble Lord need only look at the £60 billion of investment that is coming…03 Mar 2026HANSARDCarbon Budget 6Carbon budget 6, which was set out in 2021 and is current from 2033 to 2037, was subject to several legal challenges. It is now in the hands of the present Government. The…03 Mar 2026HANSARDCarbon Budget 6I think the noble Lord knows that, even if we were substantially to increase the footprint of gas production in the North Sea, that would not come on stream for many years.…03 Mar 2026