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Energy Bill

Debate on bills on Monday, 4 November 2013, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Berkeley and Viscount Hanworth.
Lords report stage (second day). Clauses 44, 49-50, 53, 60, 71, 104-105 and Schedules 9-12, amendments agreed to. New Clauses agreed to. Schedule 4, amendments agreed to, one on division (237 to 193). Consideration on report adjourned.

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Reference

749 cc12-78 

Session

2013-14

Legislative stage

Report stage

Procedure

New clauses

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber
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Proceeding contributions

Lord Berkeley | 749 c12 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Berkeley

59A: Clause 43, page 27, line 18, leave out “may” and insert “...

Baroness Anelay of St Johns | 749 c12 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I invite colleagues to leave the Chamber quietly so that we may at least hear the mover...


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Lord Berkeley | 749 cc12-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the purpose of this amendment, in my name and that of my noble friend Lord Hanworth, is...

Viscount Hanworth | 749 cc13-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I wish to speak to Amendment 61A in my name and that of my esteemed colleague, my noble...

Lord O'Neill of Clackmannan | 749 cc14-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, when an amendment of this character came up in Committee, I pointed out that we were ta...

Baroness Worthington | 749 cc15-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend for tabling these amendments but, although we are symp...

Baroness Verma | 749 cc16-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank noble Lords for the debate on the amendments and I shall speak to them after I ...

Lord Berkeley | 749 c17 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken—some in support, some less so. We have...

Lord Roper | 749 c17 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Roper (LD)

60: Clause 44, page 28, line 6, at end insert “; and the Sec...

Lord Roper | 749 cc17-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, in moving this amendment in my name and that of my noble friend Lord Jenkin of Roding, ...

Lord Jenkin of Roding | 749 cc19-20 (Link to this contribution)

My noble friend Lord Roper has spelt out very clearly the purpose that lies behind this group of ...

Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke | 749 cc20-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, in supporting Amendments 62, 64 and 65, I draw attention to my entry in the register of...

Lord Deben | 749 cc21-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, perhaps I might help my noble friend on this issue. There is a win-win solution, which ...

Lord Cameron of Dillington | 749 cc22-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I support all the amendments in this group, as well as the amendments to which I have p...

Lord O'Neill of Clackmannan | 749 cc23-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, my previous remarks might have been interpreted as being antagonistic to small generato...

Earl of Caithness | 749 c24 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, there can be no doubt that there is a unanimous view within the Chamber that we want in...

Baroness Worthington | 749 cc24-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I support Amendment 60. I am grateful to all noble Lords for their contributions to thi...

Baroness Verma | 749 cc25-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank my noble friends Lord Roper and Lord Jenkin, and the noble Baroness, Lady Lidde...

Lord Roper | 749 c26 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful for the support my amendment has had from all parts of the House. I am also gratefu...

Baroness Verma | 749 c26 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I can clarify: absolutely, it was “design”.

Lord Roper | 749 c26 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, that is indeed a very reassuring statement. It suggests that the Government are moving ...

Baroness Verma | 749 c27 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Verma

61: Clause 44, page 28, line 14, at end insert “at a discount...

Baroness Verma | 749 c27 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Verma (Con)

63: Clause 44, page 28, line 24, at end insert “(includ...

Baroness Verma | 749 cc27-8 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Verma

66: Before Clause 49, insert the following new Clause—

...

Baroness Verma | 749 cc28-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, Amendment 66 provides the Government with the power to close the renewables obligation ...

Baroness Worthington | 749 cc29-30 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for explaining the amendments that she has tabled and spo...

Baroness Verma | 749 c30 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness and reassure her that we are of course mindful of all the co...

Baroness Worthington | 749 c30 (Link to this contribution)

I merely point out that these amendments remove the need for banding reviews, so I do not think i...

Baroness Verma | 749 cc30-1 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Verma

67: Clause 49, page 42, leave out lines 45 to 47

68: Cl...

Lord Teverson | 749 c31 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Teverson

71: Clause 50, page 49, line 1, leave out “Until (and includin...

Lord Teverson | 749 cc32-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, in moving Amendment 71, I will speak to my Amendments 73 and 74 as well. I understand t...

Lord Sewel | 749 c34 (Link to this contribution)

I have to inform your Lordships that if Amendment 71 is agreed I cannot call Amendment 72, by rea...

Lord Jenkin of Roding | 749 cc34-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, if no one else wants to stand up at this stage, perhaps I may just say a few words. I h...

Lord Stern of Brentford | 749 cc35-6 (Link to this contribution)

Coal is the dirtiest of fuels: it emits around twice as much carbon dioxide per kilowatt hour as ...

Earl of Caithness | 749 c37 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, when we discuss a group of amendments, the majority of which are government ones, one o...

Lord Lester of Herne Hill | 749 c37 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I was in China the week before last, in Xi’an and Beijing. I will say just this. Having...

Lord Oxburgh | 749 c38 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I, too, support these amendments. We have to recognise that the Bill has been a long ti...

Lord Deben | 749 cc38-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Jenkin has rightly pointed to the crucial problem, which is: how d...

Baroness Worthington | 749 cc39-42 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I was pleased to add my name to Amendment 74, and I support the other amendments in the...

Baroness Verma | 749 cc42-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will speak to the amendments in my name. I am grateful to my noble friend Lord Tevers...

Baroness Worthington | 749 c44 (Link to this contribution)

Is the Minister aware that the setting of the EPS on these refurbished plants would not cause the...

Baroness Verma | 749 cc44-5 (Link to this contribution)

If the noble Baroness will allow me to continue, I may be able to illustrate further and more cle...

Lord Teverson | 749 cc45-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the Minister for going through that so comprehensively. She is right that this ...

Baroness Verma | 749 c46 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Verma (Con)

73A: Clause 50, page 49, line 11, after “to” insert—

Baroness Worthington | 749 c47 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Worthington

74: Schedule 4, page 130, line 3, at end insert—

...

Baroness Worthington | 749 c47 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I wish to seek the opinion of the House.

Baroness Verma | 749 c47 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Verma

74A: Schedule 4, page 130, line 16, at end insert “, or the e...

Baroness Verma | 749 c47 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Verma

74D: Clause 53, page 52, line 5, after second “plant” insert ...

Lord Judd | 749 c51 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Judd (Lab)

76: After Clause 58, insert the following new Clause—

...

Lord Judd | 749 cc51-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, Amendment 76 would insert a brief new clause after Clause 58. I declare an interest in ...

Earl of Erroll | 749 cc52-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am flailing around slightly but I want to make a different point. The noble Lord’s po...

Lord Grantchester | 749 cc53-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this is the amendment that we discussed in Committee in July. On this side of the House...

Lord Teverson | 749 c54 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I shall speak slightly out of order here, for which I apologise. I tabled a similar ame...

Baroness Verma | 749 cc54-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Judd, for prompting further debate on the setting...

Lord Judd | 749 cc55-6 (Link to this contribution)

I thank those who have participated in this short debate. I particularly thank my noble friend on...

Lord Whitty | 749 c56 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Whitty

76A: Clause 60, page 57, line 14, after “persons” insert “and th...

Lord Whitty | 749 cc56-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, in moving Amendment 76A, I shall speak also to Amendment 76B which is grouped with it.<...

Lord Jenkin of Roding | 749 cc59-60 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the House is very much indebted to the noble Lord, Lord Whitty, for the amount of time ...

Lord Wigley | 749 cc60-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I apologise that I was unable to play much of a role in Committee on this important Bil...

Lord Judd | 749 c62 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, after the slight wobble with my Front Bench a moment ago, I am very glad to find myself...

Earl of Caithness | 749 cc62-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am slightly wary of the amendment including the environment in the duties of the ONR....

Lord Mackay of Clashfern | 749 c63 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, as I read subsection (1) of Amendment 78B, it seems to distinguish between design and c...

Duke of Montrose | 749 cc63-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I should like to express my opinion and interest in Amendment 76A. It is clear from wha...

Baroness Verma | 749 cc64-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the noble Lords, Lord Whitty and Lord Grantchester, and the noble Baroness, Lad...

Lord Wigley | 749 c65 (Link to this contribution)

I am very grateful to the Minister. I have no doubt that there will be a funding process that ens...

Baroness Verma | 749 cc65-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I take the noble Lord’s concerns very seriously. It may be helpful if he would allow me...

Lord Judd | 749 c66 (Link to this contribution)

Frankly, I am a little confused, and I wonder whether the Minister could put me right. She said e...

Baroness Verma | 749 c66 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I recognise that the noble Lord, Lord Judd, talks about the resources and the capabilit...

Lord Judd | 749 c66 (Link to this contribution)

I really am grateful to the Minister because she is trying very hard to reassure me and I always ...

Baroness Verma | 749 c67 (Link to this contribution)

I shall try to seduce the noble Lord better next time, but in the mean time I hope that the noble...

Lord Whitty | 749 cc67-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the Minister and everybody who has taken part in this debate, and I will answer...

Baroness Verma | 749 c68 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Verma

77: Clause 60, page 57, line 16, at end insert “their”

Baroness Verma | 749 cc68-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the amendments in this group respond to a number of issues, the majority of which were ...

Lord Whitty | 749 cc69-70 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I very much welcome these amendments. Obviously, I particularly welcome the ones that r...

Baroness Verma | 749 c70 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Verma

78: Clause 60, page 57, line 37, after “site” insert “(its “a...

Lord Whitty | 749 c70 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Whitty

78A: Schedule 7, page 137, line 17, leave out sub-paragraph (3) ...

Lord Whitty | 749 cc70-1 (Link to this contribution)

Amendment 78A deals with the governance of the ONR. There is relatively little in all these pages...

Lord Jenkin of Roding | 749 cc71-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the noble Lord’s amendments go too far. We are talking about only five non-executive me...

Lord Judd | 749 cc72-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, with great respect, I do not follow the arguments of the noble Lord, Lord Jenkin. We ar...

Lord Stoddart of Swindon | 749 c73 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I support the amendment, especially subsection (3)(b) dealing with,

“representati...

Baroness Verma | 749 cc73-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Whitty, for this amendment to Part 3 of the Bill, and my n...

Lord Whitty | 749 cc74-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, on this occasion I cannot say that I am happy with the Minister’s response. The nature ...

Baroness Verma | 749 c75 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Verma

79: Clause 71, page 64, line 20, leave out “with the consent ...

Baroness Verma | 749 cc76-7 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Verma

82: After Clause 71, insert the following new Clause—

“...

Baroness Verma | 749 c77 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Verma

83: Schedule 9, page 157, line 9, leave out “or an” and inser...

Baroness Verma | 749 c77 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Verma

84: Schedule 10, page 164, line 27, leave out “or under”

Baroness Verma | 749 c77 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Verma

85: Clause 104, page 83, line 39, after “containing” insert “...

Baroness Verma | 749 c77 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Verma

88: Clause 105, page 84, line 30, after “as” insert “—

...

Baroness Verma | 749 c78 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Verma

91: Schedule 11, page 172, line 9, after “A” insert “property...

Baroness Verma | 749 c78 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Verma

92: Schedule 12, page 177, line 47, at end insert—

“(1)...

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