Energy Bill [Lords]

If my right hon. Friend will give me a moment, I will make a little progress first, and he can be...

I agree with the Secretary of State that we need more energy independence and more domestic energ...

My right hon. Friend makes an excellent comment, as ever, on interconnectors, but I would point o...

On clean energy, I am very enthusiastic to see the hydroelectric generator that we used to have o...

My right hon. Friend is absolutely right about the importance of hydroelectricity in the overall ...

I will give way in a few moments; let me just make a few lines of progress.

All of this is ...

We all celebrated the Government’s decision to move the Teesside carbon capture, usage and storag...

As the hon. Gentleman will know, Ministers must be quite careful when commenting on the quasi-jud...

The Secretary of State talks about powering up Britain, but perhaps he could take some lessons fr...

I am pleased to report that on what is, I think, a largely uncontroversial Bill, we are working v...

I commend the Secretary of State for the Bill, and I welcome its key objectives, as I think every...

I thank my right hon. Friend for his intervention. We will be looking very closely at the propose...

It is fair to say that the amendment about putting a statutory net zero duty on Ofgem does not ne...

We are talking about energy security, and about a tyrant costing all our constituents a fortune, ...

Will the Secretary of State give way?

I will make a little progress, and then I will give way again. I just want to say a big thank you...

Will the Secretary of State say a little about hydrogen? As he will know, there is real concern a...

It is certainly the case that hydrogen comes with complications when it comes to home heating, wh...

I will make a little progress before I give way again.

Turning to the contents of the Bill,...

CCUS is very important to me and to my constituency. EnQuest, the operator at the Sullom Voe term...

The reality is that the Government have committed to those targets, as has the whole House, becau...

My right hon. Friend will recognise that, to keep costs down, to get electricity to the places wh...

I met my right hon. Friend to discuss some of the ideas in the report and I am grateful for all o...

There is a lot in the Bill that is commendable for improving energy security and decarbonising en...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right that it is always easier not to expend the energy in the first...

I hope the Secretary of State will be able to stay on to have the benefit of my constituents’ exp...

I have been following the discussions in Whitby in the hon. Gentleman’s constituency and I want t...

I appreciate the Secretary of State giving way on this matter. Just on the point of hydrogen tria...

That is a misreading of what the Bill does. I absolutely agree with the hon. Gentleman: I refer t...

May I bring up the question of clean energy for aviation? In terms of sustainable aviation fuels,...

My hon. Friend may know that I helped to establish the Jet Zero Council, which has been working f...

I will come back to colleagues, but I will make a bit of progress first. We will also enable a co...

The Secretary of State is being incredibly generous with his time. On this point about vital fuel...

To answer my right hon. Friend directly, I do not have concerns about the provisions, but I hear ...

Again, I will make a little progress before I take the next set of interventions.

Offshore ...

I want to bring my right hon. Friend back to his comments about energy security. The Bill outline...

I very much share my right hon. Friend’s concerns. I was recently at the G7 in Japan, where we si...

I am grateful to the Secretary of State for giving way. This goes back—I was standing up a few mi...

Order. Just a little reminder that, if colleagues intervene on the Secretary of State, it is cust...

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. This does go back a little way, so it is worth reminding the Hou...

I compliment the Secretary of State on bringing forward this huge, much-needed and excellent Bill...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. Yes, I provide that commitment—the Bill attempts to do exactl...

Again, I will just make a bit of progress. I am concerned that others want to speak in the debate...

The Secretary of State mentioned jobs, and research by Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen has s...

The hon. Lady is absolutely right about skills, and the skills gap is very important. I recently ...

Will the Secretary of State give way?

I will just make a small bit of progress, and then I will give way again.

Secondly, we will...

I will give way in just a moment. Let me make a little bit more progress.

Thirdly, we will ...

My right hon. Friend knows my views on sustainable aviation fuel, and I will come back to that sh...

My right hon. Friend will know that the world’s very first civil nuclear reactor was Calder Hall ...

The Secretary of State rightly addresses the need to decarbonise and support industries that have...

Conservative Members believe in getting on and doing things, which is how we have ended up going ...

I want to finish my speech so that other Members can speak, which is only fair. As you will know,...

rose—

On that point, I will give way to the hon. Lady.

I thank the Secretary of State. The Bill is sending mixed messages across the world, issuing 100 ...

As I mentioned before, we are working constructively across the whole UK on energy security. I am...

Let me bring the Secretary of State back to the independent system operator and planner. We in th...

My hon. Friend is right to raise that concern, but he will be pleased to hear that that is exactl...

I will make a little more progress, as I am coming to a conclusion.

I started by describing...

Will the Secretary of State give way?

I will conclude, if the hon. Lady does not mind.

I hope Members across the House will recog...

Order. The Secretary of State was generous with his time in taking interventions, not least from ...

Thank you Madam Deputy Speaker. I will begin by welcoming the arrival of the Bill to the House. I...

The right hon. Gentleman was engaging in palaeontological analysis. If I can bring him to the sli...

Actually, I was talking about onshore wind farms that had not just planning permission and consen...

Given the importance of nuclear and what the right hon. Member has just said, why did the last La...

The right hon. Member wants to re-litigate the last Labour Government. Let us talk about the futu...

Will the shadow Secretary of State give way?

No, I will not.

Let us talk about how we can get an energy system that is fit for purpose. ...

I thank the right hon. Gentleman for giving way in an unexpectedly amusing speech from the Opposi...

I have great respect for the hon. Gentleman. Let me try to explain the position. Nobody is talkin...

About 28 people want to speak in the debate, which is quite a lot. I will start with a time limit...

It is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Southfork—excuse me, the right hon. Member f...

For once, I find myself in the unusual position of debating legislation that I do not intend to r...

My hon. Friend mentioned energy efficiency. Is he as concerned as I am that there was no mention ...

I certainly share my hon. Friend’s concerns. It looks as if that is another Brexit dividend in re...

I call Chris Skidmore to speak for six minutes.

7.17 pm

I draw the House’s attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests.

I...

It is a great pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Kingswood (Chris Skidmore). I agree wi...

I support what the right hon. Gentleman is saying. The Government should also consider hydrotreat...

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman, because I think we will need all the current technologies an...

It is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Leeds Central (Hilary Benn). I agree with a ...

I welcome the Bill, but I must say that I am extremely disappointed by the Government’s paltry ef...

This is a large and technical Bill that sets in place important frameworks, particularly when it ...

My right hon. Friend touches on a point that I was going to raise later. My concern about the ban...

My right hon. Friend makes an important point. As the right hon. Member for Leeds Central said, w...

It is a pleasure to speak on Second Reading and to follow the right hon. Member for Camborne and ...

In the short time I have, I will focus my comments on vehicle propulsion, but first I draw on the...

It is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Elmet and Rothwell (Alec Shelbrooke). Like m...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Weaver Vale (Mike Amesbury), but I have a differen...

My right hon. Friend is making a powerful speech focusing on exactly the right issue. As a former...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his comments. He is an experienced former aviation Minister a...

I appreciate that hon. Members want to demonstrate cross-party support for net zero. Yes, by and ...

I am listening to the hon. Lady’s speech with great interest, and want to pick up on one part of ...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention, but I totally disagree. The option before us is ...

Will the hon. Lady give way?

No, I will not, I am sorry. Some climate limits mean that we need to change behaviour as well as ...

It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Madam Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the Bill. I was...

Does my right hon. Friend agree that a lot more research needs to be done on where these storage ...

My right hon. Friend is right that there are hundreds of applications coming forward in around 35...

I would like to talk a little bit about the hydrogen village trials and the experience of the pro...

In the short time available, I want to focus on an aspect of the Bill that has not yet been discu...

I am interested in what my hon. Friend is saying about heat networks and wonder whether he might ...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right, and it relates to a point that a number of colleagues have ma...

Our biggest task worldwide is to get to net zero. We must transform our entire energy system. The...

I call David Duguid.

8.45 pm

It is excellent to see you in the Chair tonight, Madam Deputy Speaker. Let me say from the outset...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Banff and Buchan (David Duguid), who was effective...

Does the hon. Member share my concerns, which I think are widespread, about the plight of people ...

I thank my hon. Friend for making that important point. I think we all agree that customers on pr...

As chair of the all-party parliamentary group on hydrogen, most of my comments will focus on the ...

Let me begin by drawing attention to my roles as chair of both the chemical industry all-party pa...

I welcome many of measures contained in the Bill, not least the clear step forward in embracing n...

I welcome you to your place, Madam Deputy Speaker.

This Bill is welcome, and it can play a ...

The Bill is a crucial piece of legislation for delivering a cheaper, cleaner energy system and in...

I wanted to speak in this debate for three reasons. First, like every Member of this House, I am ...

When Russia invaded Ukraine and the energy crisis started, nobody would have thought that a small...

I call the shadow Minister.

9.36 pm

We have had a good, calm and well-informed Second Reading debate. Indeed, we have heard contribut...

Does the hon. Gentleman think that it is important that we do something about methane flaring and...

Yes, I am happy to acknowledge that that is an important issue in the transition to net zero for ...

I begin by thanking Members for their considered contributions to the debate. It has been encoura...

May I have an assurance that the five sustainable aviation fuel plants that our right hon. Friend...

I will write to my hon. Friend on that specific issue immediately following the debate, once I ha...

I will not give way, due to time. Members expressed concerns about coal. I reassure Members that ...