Subsidy Control Bill

My Lords, I have added my name to the amendment of the noble Lord, Lord Wigley, and I agree with ...

My Lords, I have added my name to Amendment 1 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Wigley, and sup...

My Lords, I too support this group of amendments.

I recognise that some aspects of the Bill...

My Lords, these amendments, which I fully support, allow the Senedd Cymru and the Scottish Parlia...

My Lords, I will speak specifically to Amendment 20, in the name of the noble Lord, Lord McNicol,...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baronesses, Lady Humphreys and Lady Randerson, for putting their name...

I thank the noble Lords, Lord Wigley and Lord McNicol of West Kilbride, for tabling Amendments 1,...

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for her response, which I will come back to in a moment. ...

Moved by

Lord Wigley

2: Clause 2, page 2, line 21, at end insert—

“(1A) No paym...

My Lords, I apologise for appearing to hog the Committee at this early stage. I will have a self-...

My Lords, I support Amendments 2 and 3 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Wigley. With the agree...

My Lords, I want to speak to these amendments because we have reached the point in the Bill when ...

My Lords, I will speak even more briefly than did the noble Viscount, Lord Chandos, in expressing...

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendments 2 and 3 and then Amendment 2A, as they seem to associate wi...

My Lords, I have very little to add to what other noble Lords have said. I am grateful to the nob...

My Lords, again, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Wigley, for tabling his amendments, and to...

I do not think their lateness was perceived—it was real—but that is not why I rise. I go back to ...

Not at all.

Thank you. If the Minister wishes to write to us, that is fine. I am sure we will come back to th...

I think I said that an equity investment is still considered a direct transfer of funds from one ...

My Lords, I am grateful to everybody who has participated in this short debate. I am not sure whe...

Yes.

It was a long time ago but clearly the noble Lord learned many lessons, not least the one he repe...

Moved by

Baroness Blake of Leeds

4: After Clause 9, insert the following new Clause—<...

My Lords, I rise to move Amendment 4 in the name of my noble friend Lord McNicol. As the explanat...

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendments 4A and 5A in my name and first apologise to noble Lords for...

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 6. I am extremely grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Rande...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 4 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord McNicol of West Kilbrid...

My Lords, I support these amendments, which are very welcome because they make up for what the Bi...

My Lords, I had not intended to intervene in this debate; I hope that the Minister will forgive m...

My Lords, I will speak specifically to Amendment 6, to which I have added my name. The noble and ...

My Lords, I had not intended to intervene in this debate, and I am going to do so not from a part...

My Lords, I wish to intervene briefly because this has been a really interesting debate. The inte...

My Lords, as we have heard, this set of amendments seeks to create some foundation for a future s...

Apologies; I thought that the noble Lord, Lord McNicol, was going to speak there. I thank the nob...

As I understand it, the guidance states that every authority now needs to define for itself what ...

It is for the CMA to provide guidance on those matters but for the authorities themselves to dete...

My Lords, I express my gratitude for all the contributions to this increasingly important debate....

Moved by

Lord McNicol of West Kilbride

7: Schedule 1, page 52, line 6, at end insert—...

My Lords, the future of our planet should be of concern to us all. I am sure the noble Baroness, ...

I am going to ask the Minister four questions. I would like an answer today. If I do not get the ...

It is always a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb —we are often on ...

My Lords, I declare my interests as set out in the register, particularly as co-chair of Peers fo...

My Lords, if I speak briefly now, I need not intervene on the Minister. Relating to electricity a...

My Lords, we have had a detailed debate. Before making a few comments—I emphasise “a few”—I retur...

I am grateful to all noble Lords who took part in this debate. The noble Baronesses, Lady Sheehan...

The Minister and the Government have been consistent in saying that moves are unnecessary, specif...

I think we discussed this earlier. I am really not sure of the point the noble Lord is trying to ...

I have a question for the Minister. We have a real problem with fuel poverty and the energy cost ...

That is not a subject for today’s debate. I have no idea whether the figures produced by the nobl...

I really must challenge the Minister on this. He knows that this is not a question of switching o...

Indeed—[Interruption.] I will let the noble Baroness, Lady Jones, come in as well.

We may have had this debate many times but the fact is that the Government do not listen. For exa...

We will continue to have these debates: I just point the noble Baroness to the fact that we are s...

Will the Minister address the points about how the regulated asset base will be considered—I unde...

The noble Lord makes some valid points on the RAB mechanism, which will be debated in full on the...

My Lords—

I have not satisfied them all yet.

There may be something to add to the letter. My noble friend Lord Purvis made a valid point about...

I think if the objective is set then it is an overarching benefit, but I will be happy to confirm...

I thank the Minister for his response, and I thank the noble Baronesses, Lady Jones, Lady Sheehan...