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Moved by
Lord Berkeley
59A: Clause 43, page 27, line 18, leave out “may” and insert “...
My Lords, I invite colleagues to leave the Chamber quietly so that we may at least hear the mover...
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My Lords, the purpose of this amendment, in my name and that of my noble friend Lord Hanworth, is...
My Lords, I wish to speak to Amendment 61A in my name and that of my esteemed colleague, my noble...
My Lords, when an amendment of this character came up in Committee, I pointed out that we were ta...
My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend for tabling these amendments but, although we are symp...
My Lords, I thank noble Lords for the debate on the amendments and I shall speak to them after I ...
My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken—some in support, some less so. We have...
Moved by
Lord Roper (LD)
60: Clause 44, page 28, line 6, at end insert “; and the Sec...
My Lords, in moving this amendment in my name and that of my noble friend Lord Jenkin of Roding, ...
My noble friend Lord Roper has spelt out very clearly the purpose that lies behind this group of ...
My Lords, in supporting Amendments 62, 64 and 65, I draw attention to my entry in the register of...
My Lords, perhaps I might help my noble friend on this issue. There is a win-win solution, which ...
My Lords, I support all the amendments in this group, as well as the amendments to which I have p...
My Lords, my previous remarks might have been interpreted as being antagonistic to small generato...
My Lords, there can be no doubt that there is a unanimous view within the Chamber that we want in...
My Lords, I support Amendment 60. I am grateful to all noble Lords for their contributions to thi...
My Lords, I thank my noble friends Lord Roper and Lord Jenkin, and the noble Baroness, Lady Lidde...
I am grateful for the support my amendment has had from all parts of the House. I am also gratefu...
My Lords, I can clarify: absolutely, it was “design”.
My Lords, that is indeed a very reassuring statement. It suggests that the Government are moving ...
Moved by
Baroness Verma
61: Clause 44, page 28, line 14, at end insert “at a discount...
My Lords, I beg to move.
Moved by
Baroness Verma (Con)
63: Clause 44, page 28, line 24, at end insert “(includ...
Moved by
Baroness Verma
66: Before Clause 49, insert the following new Clause—
...
My Lords, Amendment 66 provides the Government with the power to close the renewables obligation ...
My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for explaining the amendments that she has tabled and spo...
My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness and reassure her that we are of course mindful of all the co...
I merely point out that these amendments remove the need for banding reviews, so I do not think i...
Moved by
Baroness Verma
67: Clause 49, page 42, leave out lines 45 to 47
68: Cl...
Moved by
Lord Teverson
71: Clause 50, page 49, line 1, leave out “Until (and includin...
My Lords, in moving Amendment 71, I will speak to my Amendments 73 and 74 as well. I understand t...
I have to inform your Lordships that if Amendment 71 is agreed I cannot call Amendment 72, by rea...
My Lords, if no one else wants to stand up at this stage, perhaps I may just say a few words. I h...
Coal is the dirtiest of fuels: it emits around twice as much carbon dioxide per kilowatt hour as ...
My Lords, when we discuss a group of amendments, the majority of which are government ones, one o...
My Lords, I was in China the week before last, in Xi’an and Beijing. I will say just this. Having...
My Lords, I, too, support these amendments. We have to recognise that the Bill has been a long ti...
My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Jenkin has rightly pointed to the crucial problem, which is: how d...
My Lords, I was pleased to add my name to Amendment 74, and I support the other amendments in the...
My Lords, I will speak to the amendments in my name. I am grateful to my noble friend Lord Tevers...
Is the Minister aware that the setting of the EPS on these refurbished plants would not cause the...
If the noble Baroness will allow me to continue, I may be able to illustrate further and more cle...
My Lords, I thank the Minister for going through that so comprehensively. She is right that this ...
Moved by
Baroness Verma (Con)
73A: Clause 50, page 49, line 11, after “to” insert—
Moved by
Baroness Worthington
74: Schedule 4, page 130, line 3, at end insert—
...
My Lords, I wish to seek the opinion of the House.
Moved by
Baroness Verma
74A: Schedule 4, page 130, line 16, at end insert “, or the e...
Moved by
Baroness Verma
74D: Clause 53, page 52, line 5, after second “plant” insert ...
Moved by
Lord Judd (Lab)
76: After Clause 58, insert the following new Clause—
...
My Lords, Amendment 76 would insert a brief new clause after Clause 58. I declare an interest in ...
My Lords, I am flailing around slightly but I want to make a different point. The noble Lord’s po...
My Lords, this is the amendment that we discussed in Committee in July. On this side of the House...
My Lords, I shall speak slightly out of order here, for which I apologise. I tabled a similar ame...
My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Judd, for prompting further debate on the setting...
I thank those who have participated in this short debate. I particularly thank my noble friend on...
Moved by
Lord Whitty
76A: Clause 60, page 57, line 14, after “persons” insert “and th...
My Lords, in moving Amendment 76A, I shall speak also to Amendment 76B which is grouped with it.<...
My Lords, the House is very much indebted to the noble Lord, Lord Whitty, for the amount of time ...
My Lords, I apologise that I was unable to play much of a role in Committee on this important Bil...
My Lords, after the slight wobble with my Front Bench a moment ago, I am very glad to find myself...
My Lords, I am slightly wary of the amendment including the environment in the duties of the ONR....
My Lords, as I read subsection (1) of Amendment 78B, it seems to distinguish between design and c...
My Lords, I should like to express my opinion and interest in Amendment 76A. It is clear from wha...
My Lords, I thank the noble Lords, Lord Whitty and Lord Grantchester, and the noble Baroness, Lad...
I am very grateful to the Minister. I have no doubt that there will be a funding process that ens...
My Lords, I take the noble Lord’s concerns very seriously. It may be helpful if he would allow me...
Frankly, I am a little confused, and I wonder whether the Minister could put me right. She said e...
My Lords, I recognise that the noble Lord, Lord Judd, talks about the resources and the capabilit...
I really am grateful to the Minister because she is trying very hard to reassure me and I always ...
I shall try to seduce the noble Lord better next time, but in the mean time I hope that the noble...
My Lords, I thank the Minister and everybody who has taken part in this debate, and I will answer...
Moved by
Baroness Verma
77: Clause 60, page 57, line 16, at end insert “their”
My Lords, the amendments in this group respond to a number of issues, the majority of which were ...
My Lords, I very much welcome these amendments. Obviously, I particularly welcome the ones that r...
Moved by
Baroness Verma
78: Clause 60, page 57, line 37, after “site” insert “(its “a...
Moved by
Lord Whitty
78A: Schedule 7, page 137, line 17, leave out sub-paragraph (3) ...
Amendment 78A deals with the governance of the ONR. There is relatively little in all these pages...
My Lords, the noble Lord’s amendments go too far. We are talking about only five non-executive me...
My Lords, with great respect, I do not follow the arguments of the noble Lord, Lord Jenkin. We ar...
My Lords, I support the amendment, especially subsection (3)(b) dealing with,
“representati...
My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Whitty, for this amendment to Part 3 of the Bill, and my n...
My Lords, on this occasion I cannot say that I am happy with the Minister’s response. The nature ...
Moved by
Baroness Verma
79: Clause 71, page 64, line 20, leave out “with the consent ...
Moved by
Baroness Verma
82: After Clause 71, insert the following new Clause—
“...
Moved by
Baroness Verma
83: Schedule 9, page 157, line 9, leave out “or an” and inser...
Moved by
Baroness Verma
84: Schedule 10, page 164, line 27, leave out “or under”
Moved by
Baroness Verma
85: Clause 104, page 83, line 39, after “containing” insert “...
Moved by
Baroness Verma
88: Clause 105, page 84, line 30, after “as” insert “—
...
Moved by
Baroness Verma
91: Schedule 11, page 172, line 9, after “A” insert “property...
Moved by
Baroness Verma
92: Schedule 12, page 177, line 47, at end insert—
“(1)...