Energy Prices Bill

My Lords, I shall speak briefly to some of the amendments in my name in this group. This is the o...

My Lords, I apologise for not speaking at Second Reading. I did listen to the Minister’s opening ...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 27, 31, 34 and 40. What I have to say is very much in line w...

My Lords, I begin by expressing my wholehearted support for the speech given by my noble friend L...

I thank all noble Lords who spoke on this group. I understand many of the points that they made.<...

I am so sorry to interrupt, but I would like the Minister to withdraw the word “conspiracy”. I ha...

It is not a fact. The noble Baroness is absolutely wrong. Anyway, I am happy to take her reassura...

Could the Minister give us an example of the circumstances under which the powers in this clause ...

I accept what the noble Lord says about it being astonishingly wide but, if he will have a little...

I plead innocent to any imputation of malign intent, but it is an astonishingly wide power. The M...

The noble Lord asked me for an example. I have provided him with an example of one means that we ...

Just for the record, Amendment 28 refers to subsection (5). Does the Minister think, and is it hi...

It is a power to give directions. Whether it qualifies as a Henry VIII power, I suppose depends o...

Oh!

I knew it was a mistake to ask the lawyers for an answer, but there we go. Whenever I do these Bi...

My Lords, that is an interesting explanation from the lawyers about whether it is a Henry VIII cl...

Moved by

Lord Teverson

5: Clause 9, page 8, line 19, at end insert—

“(4A) Regul...

My Lords, I shall speak also to Amendment 6 in this group. Amendment 5 relates to the extension o...

My Lords, our Amendments 37 and 38 seek to backdate the electricity and gas price reduction schem...

I thank the noble Lords, Lord Rooker, Lord Teverson, Lord Lennie and Lord McNicol of West Kilbrid...

My Lords, I very much welcome the Minister’s statement on the backdating to December, and that th...

The noble Lord makes a good point. As he correctly observes, it is difficult to implement in prac...

I thank the Minister for that. If you cannot do it directly through Ministers, then through local...

My Lords, before calling Amendment 8, I must advise the House that the noble Baroness, Lady Thoma...

Moved by

Lord Teverson

8: After Clause 15, insert the following new Clause—

“Re...

My Lords, we come back to a subject we always discuss in energy Bills, whether the dormant Energy...

My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Thomas of Winchester, is taking part remotely and I invite her...

My Lords, first, I apologise for being unable to be present at Second Reading. I am speaking to A...

My Lords, I am glad to say that the technical gremlins have now been slain, and the noble Barones...

My Lords, I am very grateful to my noble friend Lady Brinton for tabling the amendment, to which ...

May I beg the indulgence of your Lordships’ House: I was in the Grand Committee?

I am very sorry, but the Companion is quite clear: if you were not here at the start of the debat...

My Lords, I am sad that we cannot hear the words of the noble Baroness, and I very much support h...

My Lords, many of the amendments in this group are sensible and could easily be accepted by the G...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lords for their interventions. This group includes amendments relatin...

I asked the Minister whether he would meet me, the noble Baroness, Lady Thomas, and representativ...

I will certainly reply, although of course I cannot speak for Cabinet Office Ministers. I checked...

My Lords, I welcome the Minister’s response to my noble friend Lady Brinton on that important iss...

Moved by

Lord Teverson

13: After Clause 15, insert the following new Clause—

“E...

My Lords, without, I hope, taking away too much tension from the Committee, I am not going to pre...

My Lords, the whole question of the energy market is complicated and beset by a series of legisla...

I thank all noble Lords who have tabled amendments in this area, on the energy profits levy, incl...

I thank the Minister for his reply, and beg leave to withdraw the amendment.

Moved by

Lord Lennie

14: After Clause 15, insert the following new Clause—

“Rep...

My Lords, the welcome part of the Minister’s statement was the consideration of disaggregating ga...

Moved by

Lord Lennie

25: Clause 22, page 21, line 1, after “may” insert “by regulatio...

My Lords, I just want to remind the House of the warnings and the contribution from the noble Lor...