Energy Bill [Lords]

To deliver on our manifesto commitment, the Government remain determined to bring forward the clo...

As my hon. Friend said before setting out that list of warnings, and as we discussed in Committee...

Yes, my hon. Friend is exactly right. This is a manifesto commitment. Peers should listen to the ...

On the response of the Northern Ireland Executive, we are going into Assembly elections in Northe...

I do not agree that we are rushing the Bill through; there has been an enormous amount of time fo...

What would this Lords amendment cost the average consumer, if the full 90 MW we are talking about...

The hon. Gentleman will be aware that the amendment is likely to reduce the predicted savings fro...

Does the Minister agree that this was one of the most popular policies in the pretty popular mani...

My right hon. Friend is exactly right: this is a key, popular manifesto commitment, and we are de...

The amendments we have received from the other place make a number of changes to the Bill. In mos...

I hope that the other place will not delay this Bill further, because many people and parties in ...

As is so often the case with learning about the workings of this place, sometimes I do not know w...

I am sure that everybody has hugely pressing engagements, but given the importance of the OGA, an...

Sometimes it is better to know the answer to a question before asking it. A number of my colleagu...

That is a very fair response, but it is also notable how few Scottish National party MPs were in ...

I started by saying that at one point in my youth I was guilty of taking my eyes off the ball. Wi...

The hon. Gentleman is generous in giving way. Let me make a point that I also raised in Committee...

Because there is no mechanism. We discussed that in Committee, and the hon. Gentleman voted again...

On a point of correction, I seem to recall that the hon. Gentleman wanted Scotland to have the po...

There were two different aspects, and we had a number of debates. The hon. Gentleman asked how we...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

I am coming to a close. Such dogmatic government is making communities withdraw their support, an...

It is a pleasure to listen to a message from the other place and to disagree with it wholehearted...

We are talking about a very small number of wind farms. I do not believe that those Liberal Democ...

I know the hon. Gentleman said that he had a bit of trouble with conventions, and so, obviously, ...

I wonder whether the hon. Gentleman had in his election leaflet details of the grace periods that...

That is the sort of thing that I probably would have had etched into a stone for people to laugh ...

It was a great pleasure to serve on the Bill Committee. I hope that the House will not mind if I ...

I simply want to make the point that we could finish proceedings today if the Government agreed t...

Absolutely. If the hon. Gentleman is willing personally to provide £10 million so that the taxpay...

I think we all hoped that the Energy Bill would by now have completed its progress through Parlia...

Will my hon. Friend give way?

I am just wrapping up, but I am pleased to give way.

My hon. Friend is making a powerful and well-informed speech. Does he agree that although we are ...

I accept my hon. Friend’s point to a degree. This is not the end of onshore wind in that onshore ...

It is a pleasure to take part in this debate, in which there have been interesting speeches by Me...

Does my hon. Friend agree that it is quite difficult to attribute cost to stand-by power for wind...

I agree that there are such issues. In his speech, my right hon. Friend did not reflect on the su...

With the leave of the House, I shall respond to the debate. The Energy Bill will enact our manife...