Energy Bill [Lords]

With this it will be convenient to discuss the following:

Government new clause 63—Renewabl...

I am delighted to rise today to bring before the House our landmark Energy Bill for its considera...

Can the Minister confirm that at the weekend, agreements were made that have removed Northern Ire...

If the hon. Gentleman will have patience, I will come to the renewable liquid heating fuel amendm...

On that very point—security—what provision is being made for days when there is no wind, given th...

My right hon. Friend knows that I am a great champion of supporting our oil and gas industry, whi...

Will the Minister give way?

I would be delighted.

The Minister referred to base energy load, which is crucial in respect of nuclear energy, but is ...

I am delighted to confirm that that will play an important part. Indeed, we have ringfenced £10 m...

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It is always a delight to give way to the hon. Gentleman.

The Minister is incredibly well-mannered. The irony is that we generate an enormous amount of pow...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his constructive intervention. The Government recently launched a ...

On infrastructure of national scale, in order to keep people on side, is it not also vital that s...

Absolutely. It is incumbent on all involved, from the transmission operators to the developers, N...

Will the Minister give way?

Yes. I would be delighted to give way.

I am grateful to the very polite Minister, as was said by the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherla...

Order. There is so much pressure on time, so it is really important that interventions are short....

On the hon. Member’s first point, absolutely, we remain committed to delivering, developing and r...

Will the Minister give way?

I would be delighted.

May I take the opportunity to thank my hon. Friend for reflecting on what I said in Committee and...

I was very pleased to take that intervention. I thank my right hon. Friend for it. If he is patie...

It is very welcome that the levy will not be applied on households as a direct cost they will see...

I thank my hon. Friend for his contribution. As we have spoken about before, I understand his pos...

In my constituency we have a particular issue with commercial and domestic use, because residents...

The measures in the Bill will provide the Government with powers to implement heat network zoning...

I join the Minister in thanking my right hon. Friend the Member for Camborne and Redruth (George ...

I can confirm that we will move to a consultation in the next few months. Indeed, we will use the...

I welcome Government new clauses 52 and 63, which are of particular value to those living in cert...

Yes, I am very pleased to welcome developments in renewable liquid heating fuel. The consultation...

To back up the point made by the hon. Member for Banff and Buchan (David Duguid), standard consul...

I am determined to work very hard to ensure that this Government will not be gone in 12 months. H...

There is a vast rural housing network in Northern Ireland of so many households, and there is ove...

Once again, I thank the hon. Gentleman for his question. I was just about to answer his original ...

I thank my hon. Friend for his constructive approach on this issue. Could I seek one more assuran...

I can give my right hon. Friend that assurance and go further. That commitment, alongside our £16...

It is fantastic that the Government have announced the new fund to help community energy schemes ...

I can indeed. I am delighted to tell my hon. Friend that alongside our proposed fund, we are comm...

I thank the Minister for giving way, but I notice that I cannot see any mention in the amendments...

I thank the hon. Lady very much for her intervention and her question. I am engaging with Ofgem o...

The Minister may have heard on “The World at One” on Radio 4 last week the head of OVO Energy tal...

Yes, I can confirm that I will raise that issue with Ofgem at my next meeting, and at the next av...

In 2013, the then coalition Government cut all the energy efficiency programmes, plunging million...

This is the biggest piece of energy legislation ever passed by the British Parliament. We are dri...

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I am afraid I will not give way.

The Bill is a revolution in community energy: restarting o...

Order. As Members can see, there is great interest in this debate. I am therefore pondering exact...

The Minister is quite right: the Bill has been with us for rather a long time. I am personally de...

I agree that those three tests for decarbonisation make a lot of sense, but does the hon. Gentlem...

I do not think it would be appropriate for me to indicate exactly which amendments from various M...

Does the hon. Gentleman accept that, while the Government may have set out the high-level ambitio...

It is not for me to defend how the Government have managed their arrangements as far as the costs...

I am keen to see a process start now that leads to our securing the investment we need to ensure ...

I understand the right hon. Gentleman’s concerns about what the shortly-to-appear Labour Governme...

The hon. Gentleman mentions boilers, and a number of organisations, including Green Alliance, Act...

If the hon. Gentleman contains himself, he will see that we have tabled an amendment on low-carbo...

If this electrical revolution is to take off, many more people will need to buy electric cars and...

The Government and I have been in considerable discussion about precisely that point. We need to ...

My hon. Friend is making an important point about new clause 53, which stands in his name and tho...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. The campaign that he may be referring to was signed up to by ...

I was one of the architects of what the hon. Gentleman described as a ban. He will understand tha...

That is remarkably like saying I am encouraging you to use your second car because I shot the tyr...

On that point, will my hon. Friend give way?

I said I would not, but I will.

My hon. Friend is being very generous. Does he agree that the failure to roll out onshore wind is...

Lack of investment does indeed have a direct impact. If we go back and look at what could have be...

On that point, will the hon. Gentleman give way?

No. I have to make progress.

New clause 61—

“National Warmer Homes and Businesses Act...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

No, I will not give way again.

My hon. Friend the Member for Birkenhead (Mick Whitley) has ...

Order. As Members can see, there are many people who wish to take part in this debate. I know tha...

Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker.

I do support the overall aim of the Bill, but, in the interes...

Does my right hon. Friend accept, on the cost argument, that we also need to build a new gas turb...

We do need a diversified energy system, and I think the Minister set out all the work that is goi...

The right hon. Gentleman talks about bill payers, but for the previous wind that was built under ...

The hon. Gentleman will know that onshore wind has been back as part of the CfD process in the la...

My right hon. Friend talks about the importance of taking people with us. More wind power will ne...

I certainly agree with my right hon. Friend that we need more battery storage. That is being roll...

I start by paying tribute to my predecessor in this role, my hon. Friend the Member for Kilmarnoc...

The hon. Gentleman makes a point that must be recognised and understood for the future. Before Hi...

My hon. Friend is correct. Over and above the self-evident environmental consequences of nuclear,...

I welcome the hon. Member to his new role and pay tribute to his predecessor, the hon. Member for...

The hon. Gentleman is entirely correct: he did miss me highlighting what would replace that basel...

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Order. Before the hon. Gentleman makes his intervention, I inform the House that there will be a ...

The hon. Gentleman mentioned a small issue that makes a big difference. The energy bills support ...

I agree entirely, and I echo the calls from my Scottish National party Westminster leader, my hon...

I remind Members of the four-minute limit.

A core pillar of this Bill is the delivery of a safe, secure and resilient UK energy system, but ...

My hon. Friend is entirely right in her argument, but this is not just about the overall number o...

I thank my right hon. Friend, who as always makes very valid points. In my own constituency, one ...

These solar farms make absolutely no sense to people when we are in a food security crisis, but a...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right: farmers want to conserve and to grow the food of this nation....

Further to the intervention made by my hon. Friend the Member for Stroud (Siobhan Baillie), meanw...

I absolutely agree. That is why I still urge the Government to bring forward a strategy on roofto...

The hon. Member will have our full support if she does press the new clause. We should add anothe...

I could not agree more with the right hon. Gentleman. That is the exactly the point I would make....

I rise to speak in support of new clause 51, tabled in my name, concerning tidal range power. In ...

I support Government new clause 63 and welcome their bringing it forward. I had tabled amendment ...

I rise to speak in support of new clause 35. My amendment is about funding for decarbonising home...

I suppose that the volume of my amendments probably speaks for itself, but I have a great interes...

Does the hon. Member agree that that could be for something as simple as renting out premises wit...

My right hon. Friend has it exactly right. Hence I feel that when we in this place are creating c...

I thank my hon. Friend for highlighting this issue to all in the House. I hope that the Governmen...

My right hon. Friend has put his finger exactly on the pulse. This is a substantial Bill. I say t...

There are some elements of the Bill to commend, not least the net zero duty on Ofgem, but overall...

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

T...

I would like to speak briefly to new clause 36, tabled in my name. New clause 36 asks—no, implore...

In the interests of time, I will limit my remarks to carbon capture and storage, and the impact o...

The UK has a responsibility to deliver an effective net zero strategy. This Energy Bill provided ...

In the short time I have, may I introduce a slight note of caution? I was impressed by the almost...

Is it not the case that, after car batteries expire, most of them end up in landfill? This is ano...

It is. I have read many articles, not least by Mr Bean who, as we know, is a car expert. He wrote...

I declare an interest, as my husband is the company secretary of Sheffield Renewables, a communit...

This is a great Bill and I congratulate the Government as it takes us a huge step forward. Back i...

I completely agree with the point the right hon. Lady is making. Does she agree that Governments ...

I have a lot of sympathy with what the hon. Gentleman says, but he will know that over their life...

We all want to cut emissions and tackle climate change, but people continue to suffer from the co...

The wish to carry through a great electrical revolution will require a lot of good will from the ...

My right hon. Friend is making an excellent point about the extra energy provision that we need t...

I am greatly in favour of doing proper, whole-life carbon accounting, taking into account all the...

We are going to a three-minute limit immediately. The wind-ups will start at 5.50 pm and then the...

Thank you for calling me in this debate, Mr Deputy Speaker. It has not been all jolly hockey stic...

In my point of order earlier I said that this was a 328-page Bill. That was what it was when it c...

The issue of flaring and venting emissions highlighted in new clause 12 is an extremely important...

I have pushed my new clause 34 to a point where the Government have responded in a sensible way a...

It has been a pleasure to speak on the Bill on Second Reading and in Committee, but I agree with ...

The beautiful food-producing farmland in my constituency is a particular target for industrial-sc...

The Bill has an important role to play in ensuring that we meet our 2050 net zero targets, enhanc...

I rise to support the principle of the Government lifting the ban on new onshore wind farms. I ha...

Order. This will have to be the final two minutes from the Back Benches. I call Jerome Mayhew.