Energy Bill

My Lords, I have tabled Amendment 41 in this group to give the Minister an opportunity, to which ...

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for introducing this group of amendments. This goes to sh...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Roper for Amendment 41, which would remove paragraph (b). ...

Moved by

Baroness Worthington

7: Clause 6, page 6, line 5, at end insert—

“(2A)...

My Lords, briefly, we had a good and thorough discussion about the need for greater competition i...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Worthington, for this amendment. It offers us another ...

I thank the Minister for her response. I am not fully reassured by her comments, but I am gratefu...

Moved by

Baroness Verma

8: Clause 6, page 6, line 24, leave out subsection (8) and in...

Moved by

Baroness Verma

10: Clause 8, page 7, line 25, leave out “or the national sys...

Moved by

Baroness Verma

11: Clause 9, page 8, line 31, leave out from beginning to en...

Moved by

Baroness Verma

13: Clause 10, page 8, line 44, leave out “or the national sy...

Moved by

Baroness Verma

16: After Clause 10, insert the following new Clause—

“...

Moved by

Baroness Worthington

22: Clause 11, page 9, line 26, leave out “may” and ins...

In moving Amendment 22, I will speak to Amendments 23 and 24 in the same group. I will not detain...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness for her amendments and for prompting the debate on the matte...

I am grateful for the reply. It does obviously reassure me that if something is paid back to supp...

My Lords, as I said earlier, I think there needs to be some flexibility. Where money is returned ...

I am grateful to the noble Baroness for bearing with me in answering my subsequent question and f...

Moved by

Lord Jenkin of Roding

25: Clause 15, page 11, line 20, at end insert—

...

I beg to move the amendment standing in my name and that of my noble friend Lord Roper. My noble ...

My Lords, as my noble friend Lord Jenkin has said, I moved a similar amendment in Grand Committee...

My Lords, I hesitate to speak to the amendment because I am not against it and I sympathise with ...

I support the amendment in principle, but I am concerned. The noble Lord, Lord Cameron, has made ...

My Lords, I wish to speak briefly in support of the amendment. I think I am right in saying that ...

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

My Lords, I am very grateful to all the noble Lords who have taken part in this short debate. Cle...

Moved by

Baroness Verma

26: Clause 15, page 11, line 23, at end insert—

“( ) th...

Moved by

Baroness Verma

27: Clause 17, page 12, line 6, leave out “The Secretary of S...

Moved by

Baroness Verma

37: Clause 18, page 12, line 32, leave out “or an order under...

Moved by

Baroness Verma

40: Clause 28, page 18, line 21, at end insert—

“(4A) P...

Moved by

Baroness Verma

44: Clause 34, page 20, line 34, leave out subsections (5) an...

Moved by

Baroness Verma

46: Clause 35, page 21, line 26, at end insert—

“( ) Su...

Moved by

Baroness Verma

47: Clause 37, page 22, line 6, at end insert—

“and suc...

My Lords, In Committee, a desire was shown for more detail on the pilot: when it will happen, how...

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Jenkin, and I have Amendment 48 in this group. The group also incl...

My Lords, I rise to speak to Amendment 50 in this group. In our Committee proceedings, we looked ...

My Lords, biblical studies teach me that when you have two amendments that look as much alike as ...

My Lords, I will speak briefly on Amendments 50 and 51. My heart is with them completely, and I c...

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Teverson, has some very good points there. If, as I do quite often...

My Lords, I welcome the continuing interest shown in electricity-demand reduction. My noble frien...

Moved by

Lord Oxburgh

49: After Clause 37, insert the following new Clause—

“Ca...

My Lords, this, too, is intended to be a helpful and supportive amendment. During the various cla...

My Lords, I support Amendment 49 of the noble Lord, Lord Oxburgh. Throughout the evening and the ...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Oxburgh, for his amendment, which returns to the ...

My Lords, I have to confess that I did not find the Minister’s reply at all reassuring. The fact ...

Moved by

Baroness Verma

52: Schedule 2, page 117, line 2, leave out from “generator””...

Moved by

Baroness Parminter

59: After Clause 42, insert the following new Clause—

My Lords, this is the same amendment I moved in Committee, where I spoke of the benefits of great...

My Lords, I want to reinforce the comments of my noble friend Lady Parminter. One of the great ch...

My Lords, while I support in principle what my noble friend Lady Parminter is trying to do, I am ...

My Lords, I support the amendment. I, too, served on Sub-Committee D and this was a major part of...

My Lords, I register our support on these Benches for the amendment, although the Minister will a...

My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend Lady Parminter for raising the matter of electricity i...

I thank my noble friend the Minister for that very fulsome reply, for the way in which she has ou...