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Energy Bill [HL]

Proceeding contribution from Lord Lennie (Labour) in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 7 September 2022. It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL) and Debate on bills on Energy Bill [HL].

I thank the Minister for her response. First, on what my noble friend Lady Liddell had to say, it is what she did not say about what happened at the party that we want to know. If she gets the opportunity, perhaps she could enlighten us more.

In response to the noble Lord, Lord Teverson, I say that we certainly do not intend direct air capture to be a way of screening climate change sceptics; rather, it is an acceleration of addressing our climate needs. However, I understand that there will be sceptics who would hide behind it.

The Minister’s response to my amendment seemed to be that the Government would take things on a case-by-case basis as and when they arise and make a judgment on the inclusion or not of carbon usage. She said that DAC was under consideration for the future. Well, the point of the amendment is to try to future-proof this piece of legislation for the mid to long term and I would have thought that including it would be quite within the Bill’s remit. With those comments, I beg leave to withdraw my amendment.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
824 cc210-1 
Session
2022-23
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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