Energy Bill

I would not perhaps go quite so far as my noble friend on these matters but it is important that ...

I am looking forward to the Minister’s reply. I am sure that he will have that sort of balance in...

My Lords, I would like to add a few words to what my noble friend Lord Howell has said. I congrat...

I am grateful to my noble friend Lord Hanworth for probing the case for Clause 113 and the supple...

The noble Lord, Lord Grantchester, was in full flow, and perhaps he would now like to resume.

The Government are not providing any further information other than that further work is under wa...

My Lords, to date the clauses that are included within this Bill to enable the sale of the Govern...

The Minister referred to a number of regulatory bodies on health, safety, the environment and so ...

My Lords, I hope to come back with a suitable answer quickly. In fact, I will write to the noble ...

Moved by

Lord Judd

41: Clause 119, page 89, line 38, at end insert—

“( ) Before...

My Lords, most of us are agreed that the UK simply has to make a significant contribution to addr...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Judd, for tabling these amendments, which are important an...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Judd and the noble Lord, Lord Greaves, for tabling these a...

My Lords, from the outset I acknowledge the long-standing interest that the noble Lord, Lord Judd...

The noble Lord, Lord Judd, other noble Lords and I will read the Minister’s speech very carefully...

First, I thank the Minister for his very courteous reply. It is very characteristic of him. Secon...

Before the noble Lord withdraws the amendment, will the Minister comment briefly on the two suppl...

My Lords, if the guidance is repealed, an environmental duty in the electricity Acts and the SPS ...

My Lords, as I say, I take very seriously indeed what the Minister has said and will consider it ...

Moved by

Baroness Worthington

41A: After Clause 119, insert the following new Clause—...

My Lords, this amendment speaks to the setting of the strategy and policy statement required by t...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness for providing the opportunity for us to consider th...

Can the Minister just say whether or not we have met the deadline of 29 June?

My instructions are that I will need to write to the noble Baroness. I am sorry about that but I ...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his answers and for his offer to write on the specific details...

Moved by

Baroness Worthington

49A: Before Clause 125, insert the following new Clause...

I have spoken on this theme before so what I say will come as no surprise. I consider this Bill t...

My Lords, I want to say something about policy here. At Second Reading, I had three points. One w...

Returning to the amendment, the message here for the Government is that with this Bill they are t...

My Lords, like the noble Lord, Lord Oxburgh, and indeed the noble Baroness, Lady Worthington, in ...

My Lords, I am extremely grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Worthington, and to all noble Lords...

I thank the noble Baroness for her response. I am encouraged that that there are reporting requir...

Moved by

Lord Whitty

50A: Clause 127, page 97, line 24, at end insert—

“(f) pro...

My Lords, I will also speak to the other amendments in this group. We now come to what is probabl...

I have to inform your Lordships that in Amendment 50H, which is part of this group, there is a mi...

My Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Whitty, for tabling these amendments and hav...

My Lords, I think that my noble friend Lord Whitty and I have spoken about fuel poverty on all th...

My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend on taking us through this tortuous issue with great clar...

My Lords, I should have declared that interest as well.

Given the large sums involved and our positions as members of that body, we must do that. There a...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Whitty, for his amendments relating to this very important...

My Lords, my noble friend has given a comprehensive reply, for which we are all grateful. This is...

I am extremely grateful to my noble friend for that intervention. I agree that we have to make th...

My Lords, I am grateful to noble Lords who have taken part in this debate, and particularly for t...

Moved by

Baroness Maddock

50C: Clause 127, page 97, line 32, at end insert “in a clea...

My Lords, my amendment uses nice, simple words. As I said earlier, I am not a lawyer and not very...

My Lords, if I may make a brief contribution here, I get electricity to my home, which is also in...

Is the right reverend Prelate asking that this should be a separate figure in pounds and pence on...

I am all in favour of both. You should be able to put the percentage and say what that percentage...

On the point about percentages, we need to be careful. Surveys have been done, and the noble Lord...

When I first went to the Treasury in 1970, one of the things they said was, “You’ve got to realis...

Do we know which 50%? That is the question.

My noble friend Lady Maddock is being too modes...

My Lords, I would like to start—

My Lords, I have two issues. First, I support the clarity referred to by the noble Lord, Lord Tev...

Can I just come back on this point? What I wanted was for the government obligations to be listed...

My Lords, noble Lords must forgive me for trying to step in before the noble Lord, Lord Whitty. I...

May I probe the Minister’s position in this way? Can she give the Committee any reason why there ...

As I have said to the right reverend Prelate and to the Committee, suppliers are not obliged. Sti...

Before the Minister sits down, when she says that the companies are “not obliged”, I find it diff...

My Lords, as I said earlier, I am taking the amendment away and shall reflect on what the right r...

I am grateful to the Minister for her explanation. I have to say that the proposal is fairly simp...

Moved by

Lord Roper

50G: Clause 127, page 99, line 34, at end insert—

“( ) An o...

My Lords, Amendment 50G is tabled in my name and that of my noble friend Lord Teverson. This amen...

My Lords, Amendment 50G would require the Secretary of State to present proposals to Parliament b...

My Lords, I am extremely grateful to my noble friend Lord Roper for raising the issue in Amendmen...

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for that reply. We await with interest the full response ...