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HANSARDPublic/Private Partnerships: SharesWe will look at all avenues to improve any potential public/private partnership. There are obviously lessons from the past that we can draw on. I do not know the specific case…03 Nov 2025HANSARDPublic/Private Partnerships: SharesI was agreeing with some of that until it got to the very end. I thank the noble Baroness for her question. Obviously, we need to look at this closely. We want to open up…03 Nov 2025HANSARDPublic/Private Partnerships: SharesI agree with the noble Lord and accept his point of view. There have been a lot of benefits from public/private partnerships in the past—they have invested in many schools and…03 Nov 2025HANSARDPublic/Private Partnerships: SharesI thank my noble Lord for that question. I think I will leave off there; obviously, we have the Budget in three and a half weeks’ time and other announcements will be made then.…03 Nov 2025HANSARDPublic/Private Partnerships: SharesI thank my noble friend for his question and I will pass on his good wishes to my Treasury colleague, whose full attention is on organising for next year’s elections but also on…03 Nov 2025HANSARDPublic/Private Partnerships: SharesMy Lords, the 10-year infrastructure strategy set out our approach to private finance and infrastructure through a variety of available models and approaches. Public/private…03 Nov 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillIs the noble Lord going to push his amendment to a vote or withdraw it? We are at that stage now.29 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, the usual channels have agreed that we should pause now to allow for a short break before Oral Questions at 3 pm. Although unusual, I therefore beg to move that the…29 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillThe noble Lord said at the beginning that he would not be pressing the amendment to a vote, so that should be sufficient, without needing to rehearse the debate yet again.29 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I will first address the amendments tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Roborough, which relate to the regulation-making powers governing the nature restoration levy. It is…29 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillI will write to the noble Lord on those two issues, if that is possible.29 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillI thank noble Lords for the debate and the noble Baroness for moving this amendment. Obviously, trees and the natural environment are very important to all of us, especially the…29 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I will first address the amendments in this group tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Roborough, which seek to amplify the role of farmers in providing nature services in…29 Oct 2025HANSARDOffshore Oil and Gas: Venting and FlaringI thank my noble friend for that question. He is absolutely right. We need to remember the previous Government’s record on this. Because we are heading for net zero, we are seeing…28 Oct 2025HANSARDOffshore Oil and Gas: Venting and FlaringI thank the right reverend Prelate for his question. There are regular assessments of all this. As I said, the NSTA publishes data on its website highlighting flaring, venting and…28 Oct 2025HANSARDOffshore Oil and Gas: Venting and FlaringThe answer to that question is that we are expecting it very, very soon. Not very soon—very, very soon. We will see it in the coming days. On our record on methane, I will repeat…28 Oct 2025HANSARDOffshore Oil and Gas: Venting and FlaringAs we know, Great British Energy has been set up in recent months. We have a great approach on the strategy for creating jobs. We are going to see jobs in solar, wind farms and…28 Oct 2025HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Act 2023 (Mutual Recognition Agreement) (Switzerland) Regulations 2025That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 21 July be approved. Considered in Grand Committee on 21 October .28 Oct 2025HANSARDOffshore Oil and Gas: Venting and FlaringI thank the noble Baroness for that question. The COP meeting is in Brazil next month. We are advising the Brazilian Government on how to control zero routine flaring going…28 Oct 2025HANSARDOffshore Oil and Gas: Venting and FlaringIn 2020 the UK committed to the World Bank zero routine flaring by 2030 initiative to end routine flaring and venting by 2030. The UK’s oil and gas sector has one of the lowest…28 Oct 2025