Energy Bill [Lords]

New clause 2 is straightforward. It would re-devolve the power to issue a closure order in respec...

Very disorderly conduct. The hon. Gentleman is pressing a serious case. If I may, at the risk of ...

I do not think I quite caught that, Mr Speaker.

Fortunately for the hon. Gentleman, he does not need to do so. He is innocent. He has been transg...

Speed is the operative word, I think. We have called for the re-devolution of the power and for t...

Will the hon. Gentleman remind the House why he wishes to burden his constituents and others with...

Onshore wind has clearly been demonstrated to be one of the cheapest forms of renewable energy. I...

Order. The hon. Gentleman is not giving way—he has concluded his remarks.

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Does Mr Redwood wish to speak?

indicated dissent.

No. We will take Mr Chris Heaton-Harris and then come to the hon. Member for Southampton, Test (D...

Thank you for calling me early in the debate, Mr Speaker.

I sat on the Energy Bill Committe...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

I am surprised that the hon. Gentleman wants me to give way.

The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right that we had that debate, but does he accept that we will b...

If we are talking about paying for things, I wonder how the SNP would have paid for its proposals...

My hon. Friend has a great deal of knowledge and expertise on these issues. The other place set a...

I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. I actually think there has been some sensible debat...

Does my hon. Friend agree that the issue that he rightly raises is compounded by the complementar...

Those are two very valid points. I have seen flicker for myself. Although I stood in the flicker ...

Does the hon. Gentleman share my concern about the fact that in Wales, policy is concentrated in ...

That is a very wise point, and one that I will come to later, if I may. I will just tease the hon...

Does the hon. Gentleman agree that the decision on whether projects go ahead should sit with the ...

I have long contended—I have said it in pretty much every speech I have given on wind in the Hous...

Is my hon. Friend aware of the work of Professor Peter Styles of Keele University, who published ...

I am very much aware of that study and obviously agree with what Professor Styles found. The inte...

Can my hon. Friend tell us what the fix is for this? Is there a realistic way of suppressing the ...

The best way to suppress the noise is to turn the turbine off for the period of time when the noi...

Will my hon. Friend give way?

I will give way to my hon. Friend, who has a vast amount of experience in this area.

Not me personally, but certainly the residents in my constituency have. Everything my hon. Friend...

I thank my hon. Friend for her contribution and I agree with her. I have been to Cotton Farm to s...

My hon. Friend is making an interesting speech about amplitude modulation. Is it predictable—is i...

It is as predictable as the wind. We know which direction the wind will come from and how fast it...

I rise to speak to our amendments 24 to 33 and 40 to 46, which, although standing individually, f...

Is it not the case that from the moment people knew who had won the general election, they knew w...

The right hon. Gentleman might have jumped the gun in respect of the point he wanted to make abou...

I hear what the hon. Gentleman is saying, but is there not an issue of fairness and social equity...

I shall come on in a few moments to the question of whether the Conservative party has an elector...

Is the hon. Gentleman inventing a new doctrine: that Governments should never try and change the ...

Again, the right hon. Gentleman misses the point I am making. This is not about the Opposition at...

In formulating his amendments, has the hon. Gentleman had time to consider the recent excellent r...

The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right to draw attention to that report and, indeed, to the issue...

A few moments ago, the shadow Secretary of State appeared unhappy that the capacity auction annou...

The question of whether the capacity auction should have been brought forward is secondary to the...

I rise to support the Government and to urge the rejection of amendments that would delay getting...

Germany uses coal all the time and the wind power is the intermittent stuff. Germany’s carbon emi...

Yes, but, as my hon. Friend will agree, when the wind does not blow, Germany has to use more coal...

Has the right hon. Gentleman had an opportunity to reflect on the complete U-turn by Energy UK, w...

No, I have not had the chance to reflect on that, but it does not seem to be a very interesting o...

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Let me just deal with the hon. Gentleman, and then I will happily deal with the shadow Minister. ...

Has the right hon. Gentleman had the opportunity to go to the national balancing services centre,...

Of course, as Member of Parliament for Wokingham, I have visited the centre on several occasions,...

The right hon. Gentleman talks about security. Does he share the concerns that I have and that ha...

As I have been trying to explain, the reason we end up with dear gas is all the other subsidised ...

Onshore wind is one of the most inexpensive forms of renewable energy, and it is therefore critic...

Before dealing with other proposals, I would like to speak to Government amendment 50. As I made ...

The Minister has outlined the criteria for closing the scheme. Does she share my concern that in ...

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for making that point, but I think that our grace periods are...

Further to my previous intervention, is the Minister in a position to inform the House and my con...

As I have said to the hon. Gentleman, I think our intentions are clear from words spoken in this ...

I beg to ask leave to withdraw the clause.

Clause, by leave, withdrawn.

I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.

With this it will be convenient to discuss the following:

New clause 6—Emissions trading: U...

Having moved new clause 3, I shall speak to new clauses 1 and 4—I am rather confused by the order...

I agree with the hon. Gentleman. Does he agree with me that the fact that this information was ex...

I very much agree. I remember sitting on this very Bench, looking through the Budget statement an...

Further to that point, on the very morning of that Budget, I intervened on another Member and ask...

I agree with my hon. Friend. The fact that different parties have the same essential view not onl...

The hon. Gentleman is spot on about Teesport work at Hartlepool and the decommissioning of rigs. ...

A large number of things need to be done before we commence wholesale decommissioning, and this i...

On the point about that opportunity, does my hon. Friend agree that decommissioning goes hand in ...

I agree with my hon. Friend, and that is something the Oil and Gas Authority is set to look at. I...

I rise perhaps early in this debate but, in the absence of alternatives on this side of the Chamb...

In reference to new clause 10, it quite obvious that the market in the European ETS is set, yet w...

The hon. Gentleman makes two points, the first of which is about the carbon price floor. As it ha...

It was about the differential. The distribution of costs is much more on the consumer in EU membe...

That is true of Germany in particular. Apparently—I am not an expert in this area, but I hear Min...

I recognise that the hon. Gentleman is talking about individual states’ emissions and Europe-wide...

I agree that Chinese dumping is an issue. I also agree that business rates are an issue. However,...

What the hon. Gentleman is saying contradicts comments from Eurofer and UK Steel. The two primary...

The hon. Gentleman’s position strikes me as rather odd. I agree with him that the EMS status is i...

I want to speak about new clauses that relate to a number of aspects of the Bill, and to the posi...

I absolutely agree with the hon. Gentleman. How likely does he think it will be that any private ...

The right hon. Gentleman makes an important point. Indeed, a carbon capture strategy that sets ou...

I rise to speak to new clause 11, which was tabled in my name, that of my hon. Friend the Member ...

I have enormous respect for the right hon. Gentleman. I applaud his positive steps and everything...

I agree with the end of the hon. Lady’s point. My proposal is deliberately pragmatic. It would pu...

New clauses 5 and 6 stand in my name, but they are covered by other new clauses, so I do not inte...

I made the point about a large part of the tax liability for decommissioning falling on the Treas...

There absolutely has to be that support. We have seen the tax intake from the North sea fall off ...

I wish to speak mainly to new clause 12, which stands in my name and deals with the need for a st...

Does the hon. Lady think the German strategy, energiewende, offers a way forward for the UK? It i...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention and I agree with what he says, as that strategy d...

I rise specifically in support of new clause 7 relating to carbon capture and storage both as cha...

CCS is vital, because it gives a means by which steel—and other existing energy intensive industr...

My hon. Friend and near neighbour makes the point clear.

Being a leader is critical to our ...

I appreciate my hon. Friend’s generosity. He is right. At a time when Teesside has seen so many j...

Indeed. I know that local trade unions have been campaigning on this. There are examples on Teess...

I shall speak briefly in support of new clause 11, to which I am delighted to have added my name,...

Government amendments 48 and 49 add the relevant provisions of the Oil Taxation Act 1975 and the ...

I am pleased to acknowledge the work the Minister has done, but the important thing is that we co...

The new clauses seek to place a duty on the Secretary of State to produce and implement a CCS str...

I thank the Minister for her commitment to carbon capture and storage. However, in terms of our c...

What I can say is that the Government have invested more than £220 million in CCS since 2011. Thi...

Before the Minister moves on, will she hazard a comment on the proposed project on Teesside, whic...

As I have said to the hon. Gentleman, I continue to engage with him and others, and Lord Oxburgh’...

Will the hon. Lady elaborate a little more on her point about technology neutrality? All I am tal...

As the hon. Lady well knows, one transitional approach to decarbonisation is to move away from co...

Is not the proposal that the Minister herself is putting forward for the future inclusion of smal...

As I have explained to the hon. Gentleman, his new clause would not actually have that effect.