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Energy Bill [HL]

Debate on bills on Wednesday, 22 July 2015, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth. The answering member was Baroness Worthington.
Lords second reading. Agreed to on question. Bill committed to a Committee of the Whole House.

About these Parliamentary proceedings

Reference

764 cc1117-1166 

Session

2015-16

Legislative stage

Second reading

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber
Energy Bill [HL] (HL Bill 56 of 2015–16)
Friday, 17 July 2015
Research briefings

Proceeding contributions

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth | 764 cc1118-1121 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, your Lordships’ House has had several opportunities to debate energy issues this year, ...

Lord Grantchester | 764 cc1119-1124 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, energy policy and its development are necessarily long term, with objectives that endur...


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Baroness Maddock | 764 cc1124-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, before I begin, I declare one or two interests. I am a vice-president of the Local Gove...

Lord Howell of Guildford | 764 cc1127-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I declare an interest as honorary president of the Energy Industries Council, chair of ...

Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke | 764 cc1129-1131 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I refer to my entry in the Register of Lords’ Interests in that I am a non-executive di...

Lord Oxburgh | 764 cc1130-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I see this Bill as something of a curate’s egg: it is good in parts but less good in ot...

Viscount Ridley | 764 cc1133-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I declare my energy interests, as listed in the register, mainly in unsubsidised coal, ...

Lord Whitty | 764 cc1135-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I declare my interest as chair of a fuel poverty charity and as a vice-president of the...

Lord Teverson | 764 cc1138-1140 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I admit to having been almost quite reassured when the Conservative manifesto was publi...

Lord O'Neill of Clackmannan | 764 cc1140-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, first, I draw attention to interests which I have declared. I am an officer of a fuel p...

Baroness Byford | 764 cc1143-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I welcome the Bill, which will support the United Kingdom’s oil and gas industry by est...

Viscount Hanworth | 764 cc1144-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the Energy Bill that we have before us today contains two unrelated sets of measures. O...

Lord Cameron of Dillington | 764 cc1145-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I want to talk only about Part 4 of the Bill. First, I must declare an interest as a fa...

Lord Judd | 764 cc1148-1150 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the Minister in introducing the Bill spoke forcefully about the obligations to keep the...

Lord Foulkes of Cumnock | 764 cc1150-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a great privilege to follow my good friend and mentor, my noble friend Lord Judd....

Lord Purvis of Tweed | 764 cc1152-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is always a genuine pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Foulkes, in this Chamber...

Baroness Worthington | 764 cc1156-1160 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a genuine pleasure to respond to a debate that has had a veritable all-star list ...

Viscount Ridley | 764 c1158 (Link to this contribution)

I am very grateful to the noble Baroness for allowing me to intervene briefly, since she mentione...

Baroness Worthington | 764 cc1158-1161 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the noble Viscount for that intervention.

On the levy control framework, there is a...

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth | 764 cc1161-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, first, I thank your Lordships very much indeed for what has been a debate of extremely ...

Lord Purvis of Tweed | 764 c1164 (Link to this contribution)

I hope that the Minister will forgive me for bringing him back to the issue of planning. Just aft...

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth | 764 cc1164-5 (Link to this contribution)

Noble Lords will understand that I am approaching this constructively. I am not going for the par...

Lord Foulkes of Cumnock | 764 c1165 (Link to this contribution)

Could the Minister deal with the question of whether insurance will be available?

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth | 764 cc1165-6 (Link to this contribution)

I am coming to that; I had not forgotten. I think the noble Lord has also tabled a Question for W...

Baroness Worthington | 764 c1166 (Link to this contribution)

In anticipation that the Minister is about to finish, I want to touch briefly on two points. I ho...

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth | 764 c1166 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the noble Baroness for those two points. On the European targets, we are certainly on tra...

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