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Energy Bill

Debate on bills and Committee proceeding on Thursday, 25 July 2013, in the House of Lords.
Lords committee stage eighth day. Clauses 15 to 20, 43 to 46 agreed to, with clause 44 agreed to as amended.

About these Parliamentary proceedings

Reference

747 cc539-582GC 

Session

2013-14

Legislative stage

Committee stage

Procedure

New clauses

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords Grand Committee
Energy Bill 2012-13 to 2013-14. Brought from the Commons.
Wednesday, 5 June 2013
Bills
House of Lords
Deposited Paper DEP2013-1394
Tuesday, 30 July 2013
Deposited papers
House of Lords

Proceeding contributions

Lord Roper | 747 c539GC (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Roper

55AB: After Clause 14, insert the following new Clause—

“Re...

Lord Roper | 747 cc539-541GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, Amendment 55AB is also in the names of my noble friend Lord Jenkin, who unfortunately i...


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Lord Cameron of Dillington | 747 cc540-3GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I have put my name to this amendment. Our energy markets are dominated on both the gene...

Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke | 747 cc543-5GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am delighted to have this opportunity to follow the noble Lords, Lord Roper and Lord ...

Lord Deben | 747 cc545-6GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, we may have noticed that there is a good deal of support on both sides for what the Gov...

Viscount Hanworth | 747 cc546-9GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords I shall speak to Amendments 55AE, 55AFA and 55AFB, which are all in my name. Amendment 5...

Lord Teverson | 747 cc549-550GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, if there has one been theme since the Bill started its long route over the past couple ...

Baroness Worthington | 747 cc550-1GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Lords who tabled amendments and spoke so eloquently to ...

Lord Deben | 747 c551GC (Link to this contribution)

Did the noble Baroness also notice that the sector much outpaced every other part of the economy ...

Baroness Worthington | 747 cc551-3GC (Link to this contribution)

I thank the noble Lord for his timely intervention. I could not agree more. It is a shame that th...

Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke | 747 c553GC (Link to this contribution)

My noble friend is right to draw attention to the fact that there are a range of different instit...

Baroness Worthington | 747 c553GC (Link to this contribution)

I thank the noble Baroness for alerting us to that. As I was saying, there is clearly an issue an...

Baroness Worthington | 747 c554GC (Link to this contribution)

I do not think it will be too late. The reason I say that is independent generators, as we have j...

Baroness Verma | 747 cc554-7GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the issue of competition and, in particular, the route to market for independent renewa...

Lord Kerr of Kinlochard | 747 c556GC (Link to this contribution)

Before the noble Baroness sits down, will she explain again why she rejected Amendment 55AFB in t...

Baroness Verma | 747 cc556-8GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will respond to the noble Lord, Lord Kerr, on Amendment 55AFB in a moment but, first,...

Baroness Verma | 747 c558GC (Link to this contribution)

Did it not make sense? Perhaps I will get a little more inspiration while I finish reading my not...

Baroness Worthington | 747 cc558-9GC (Link to this contribution)

It is probably a question of our understanding more clearly how the price setting might be derive...

Baroness Verma | 747 c559GC (Link to this contribution)

I thank the noble Baroness for that. I recognise the concerns that noble Lords have rightly shown...

Lord Roper | 747 cc559-560GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am very grateful to all those who have taken part in what I believe has been a useful...

Lord Roper | 747 c560GC (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Roper

55ACA: Clause 15, page 11, line 7, at end insert—

“(d) conf...

Lord Roper | 747 c560GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, in the absence of my noble friend Lord Jenkin, I shall move the amendment on his behalf...

Lord Deben | 747 cc560-2GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I think it is valuable that my noble friends Lord Jenkin and Lord Roper have put this a...

Lord Whitty | 747 cc562-3GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the noble Lords, Lord Jenkin and Lord Roper, have raised an interesting point. I was go...

Earl of Caithness | 747 c563GC (Link to this contribution)

The more we look into this subject, the more complicated it gets. We should take seriously the po...

Baroness Maddock | 747 c563GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, my arrival here was opportune, I think. Every day I look at the headlines in newspapers...

Lord Cameron of Dillington | 747 c564GC (Link to this contribution)

I am sorry to add to the worries. I had not intended to intervene but it seems to me that, in spi...

Baroness Verma | 747 c564GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am extremely grateful to my noble friends Lord Jenkin and Lord Roper for tabling this...

Lord Deben | 747 c565GC (Link to this contribution)

I assure my noble friend that the industry realises how strong the powers are. That was the reaso...

Baroness Verma | 747 c565GC (Link to this contribution)

Of course, my noble friend is far more experienced in these matters than I and I am always open t...

Lord Roper | 747 cc565-6GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am grateful to all those who have taken part in this useful debate and to those

Baroness Worthington | 747 c566GC (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Worthington

55ACB : Clause 17, page 12, line 7, leave out subsectio...

Baroness Worthington | 747 cc566-7GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, today the Committee started with a discussion around transitional arrangements for rene...

Baroness Verma | 747 cc567-8GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness for her amendment. It seeks to remove Clause 17(4), which se...

Baroness Worthington | 747 cc568-9GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness for her response, which gives a degree of reassurance, certa...

Baroness Verma | 747 cc569-570GC (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Verma

55AF: Clause 44, page 27, line 40, leave out from “by” to end...

Baroness Verma | 747 cc570-1GC (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Verma

55AG: After Clause 44, insert the following new Clause—

Baroness Verma | 747 c571GC (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Verma

55AH: After Clause 44, insert the following new Clause—

Lord Whitty | 747 c572GC (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Whitty

55AJA: Clause 46, page 28, line 19, at end insert—

“( ) Re...

Lord Whitty | 747 cc572-3GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, we have jumped to the transitional arrangements for the move from ROCs to CFD. This is ...

Baroness Verma | 747 cc573-4GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am most grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Whitty, for his amendment but I hope that in...

Lord Whitty | 747 c574GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness for that reply. It gives me some comfort but there are a num...

Lord Stephen | 747 c575GC (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Stephen

55AK: Clause 46, page 28, line 23, at end insert “for the purpo...

Lord Stephen | 747 cc575-6GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, in moving Amendment 55AK, I wish to speak also to Amendment 55AL, both of which stand i...

Baroness Worthington | 747 cc576-7GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Stephen, for tabling the amendments, to which I h...

Lord Gardiner of Kimble | 747 cc577-8GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank my noble friend and the noble Baroness for tabling these amendments, and for an...

Lord Teverson | 747 c578GC (Link to this contribution)

My noble friend said rightly that, clearly, any Government need to be able to reduce intervention...

Lord Gardiner of Kimble | 747 c578GC (Link to this contribution)

I wanted to put the caveat of the Government seeking to respond having the ability, potentially, ...

Lord Stephen | 747 cc578-9GC (Link to this contribution)

I very much welcome the words of my noble friend at the end of his remarks. They were most encour...

Lord Whitty | 747 c579GC (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Whitty

55AKB: Clause 46, page 33, line 43, leave out “a” and insert “th...

Lord Whitty | 747 cc579-580GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this is probably the most straightforward amendment that I have ever produced; however,...

Baroness Verma | 747 cc580-1GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Whitty, for these amendments and I hope that I shall be ab...

Lord Whitty | 747 cc581-2GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the Minister for that explanation. I had sidelined Clause 7—I think I referred ...

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