Energy Bill [HL]

My Lords, perhaps the Minister could tell the House why the provisions in these amendments, which...

My Lords, my noble friend makes a very important and relevant point. This illustrates a great fea...

My Lords, I fully understand why these amendments are necessary, because we are dealing with the ...

My Lords, it seems to be “Kick the Minister” time, but I do not particularly want to do that, sin...

My Lords, I echo the comments by the noble Lords, Lord O’Neill and Lord Foulkes, surrounding the ...

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for his introductory comments. As we start the first day ...

My Lords, I thank noble Lords for their contributions. I will try to deal with the issues that ha...

The last time this legal form was used to create an agency was when the Highways Agency was creat...

I hope the noble Baroness will accept that that is not the intention. She also asked if there wer...

So the Minister is happy to have a two-tier system for remuneration but not for pensions. It seem...

We are setting up a separate body. The analogy the noble Baroness is pursuing is not perfect. Obv...

I return to the point, which I believe the noble Baroness, Lady Worthington, responded to, of an ...

I thank the noble and learned Lord. It is my understanding that there is no inconsistency. We are...

Moved by

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

2: Clause 2, page 2, line 25, after “section” ins...

Moved by

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

3: After Clause 2, insert the following new Claus...

Moved by

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

7: The Schedule, page 41, line 4, at end insert—<...

My Lords, I now turn to Amendments 7 and 22, which relate to further functions to be transferred ...

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for introducing these amendments. The extent to which ope...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness for her comments on these amendments, which, like me, she ac...

Moved by

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

8: The Schedule, page 41, line 10, at end insert—...

Moved by

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

10: Clause 3, page 3, line 11, at end insert—

My Lords, I will now speak to the third group of amendments, which relates to the devolved Admini...

My Lords, I confess that I do not have an exact understanding of all the details in relation to t...

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for presenting these amendments. I have no real questions...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord and the noble Baroness for their comments. On the specific quest...

Perhaps I may expand slightly on what I said. Fracking is generally a very controversial issue in...

My Lords, it has now been confirmed that the Bill does not do anything in relation to fracking, b...

Moved by

Baroness Worthington

11: After Clause 3, insert the following new Clause—