Energy Bill

I am pleased to follow my noble friend. In addressing his amendments he covered, in part, some of...

My Lords, I apologise for seeming to arrive into this very important Bill and debate at a late st...

My Lords, I do not disagree at all with everything that my noble friend Lord Howell has just said...

My Lords, I think that, when we are making these decisions, we ought to be particularly careful a...

I do not want to upset the usual eloquence of my noble friend but he did refer to me. Given that ...

I can see the Whip looking at me with some care so I will be very quick. First, we have a moral d...

My Lords, I shall be extremely brief because I sense the House would like to come to a conclusion...

My Lords, I start by thanking all noble Lords for a very full and informed debate. I thank my nob...

Before the noble Baroness leaves this point, I accept the procedural point she makes, that it is ...

My Lords, that is very harsh of the noble Lord. I am trying to lay out clearly the direction that...

I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in this debate. It proved to be rather more wide-rang...

My Lords, I make it very clear to the noble Lord that the amendments that we have tabled give a c...

My Lords, I accept the Government’s good faith—and certainly the Minister’s—in this respect. Cert...

Moved by

Lord Judd

93: Clause 123, page 92, line 39, at end insert—

“( ) The Au...

My Lords, I shall also take the opportunity to speak to Amendments 94, 95 and 96. I declare an in...

My Lords, I declare my interests in various forms of energy as listed in the register. Before I t...

My Lords, I would like to record my support for this group. I declare an interest as president of...

My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend Lord Judd for tabling this group of amendments and for...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Judd, for his amendments. The Government recognise that en...

Perhaps I may ask the Minister a question, because her answer would be immensely helpful for me i...

My Lords, of course I am absolutely happy to ensure that I write to the noble Lord on the points ...

My Lords, first, I thank those who have spoken in support of my amendments. I particularly welcom...

Moved by

Lord Roper

97: Clause 130, page 100, line 16, at end insert—

“(ba) req...

My Lords, on behalf of my noble friend Lady Maddock, who is away from the House with her Select C...

My Lords, I would briefly like to add our support to these amendments. It is very good that the i...

My Lords, I will comment briefly on this clause because in my life hitherto I have spent a great ...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords for their support for this amendment and the noble Lord, Lord R...

My Lords, in the circumstances, there is nothing I need to say.

Moved by

Lord Roper

98: Clause 130, page 100, line 18, leave out from “information” t...

Moved by

Baroness Verma

101: Clause 130, page 102, line 9, at end insert—

“(13)...

My Lords, Amendments 101, 103 and 104 make the order-making power relating to domestic tariffs in...

My Lords, I welcome the response that the Government have made to the report of the Delegated Pow...

My Lords, the House is rightly wary of allowing wide discretionary powers without being able to s...

Moved by

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean

102: After Clause 130, insert the following new Cla...

My Lords, my noble friend Lord Marlesford is doing his duty with the European Union Sub-Committee...

My Lords, unlike the noble Lord, Lord Forsyth, I am a strong supporter of the green agenda. This ...

Normally when we have bills, either from supermarkets or other places, we do not actually have a ...

Before the noble Lord sits down can he just explain—I am very puzzled—why he would not vote for a...

That is because I feel there are some proposals that are even more important. If the noble Lord w...

My Lords, I support the amendment of the noble Lord, Lord Forsyth. There is no doubt that the pol...

My Lords, I would like to follow up on that point and also agree with the noble Lord, Lord Forsyt...

Some years ago I moved amendments to an energy Bill to the effect that the bills should actually ...

My Lords, it is probably quite unnecessary to add to the avalanche of support for the amendment o...

My Lords, I hate to see my noble friend Lady Verma surrounded, as though she is having to defend ...

My Lords, I, too, support my noble friend Lord Forsyth. I do not think that anyone can disagree w...

My Lords, very briefly, I, too, support this amendment. My only regret is that perhaps it does no...

My Lords, this has been an interesting debate. Nobody who spoke was against transparency of costs...

How can the noble Lord say that the list is incomplete when the last item on it is,

“any ot...

Because it draws attention to the first four, which relate to other matters. It does not allow fo...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Forsyth for moving the amendment on behalf of my noble fri...

My Lords, I am most grateful to my noble friend and to colleagues around the House who have spoke...

Moved by

Baroness Verma

103: Clause 131, page 102, line 13, leave out paragraph (a)