Energy Bill [HL]

My Lords, I welcome the Bill’s return to Committee; I am very pleased that that is the case. I ha...

My Lords, I am also delighted to be debating the Energy Bill again. I am delighted that the noble...

I thank the noble Lord, Lord Teverson, and the noble Lord, Lord Lennie, for their comments, but I...

Moved by

Lord Callanan

91: Clause 84, page 75, line 31, leave out “82(5)” and insert ...

Moved by

Lord Callanan

92: Clause 85, page 75, line 36, leave out “carbon storage” an...

My Lords, I must inform the Committee that if Amendment 98 is agreed to, I will be unable to call...

Moved by

Lord Callanan

98: Clause 85, page 76, line 33, leave out from beginning to e...

Moved by

Lord Callanan

101: Clause 85, page 77, line 9, leave out “carbon storage” an...

Moved by

Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist

105: Clause 86, page 78, line 12, at ...

My Lords, Amendments 105 to 109 amend Clause 86 on the availability of change of use relief for p...

My Lords, I really have just one question for the Minister, and it is on decommissioning funds. I...

They are all government amendments.

Forgive me. I am looking at a slightly out-of-date document. Anyway, that is the area that I woul...

I too welcome the return of the Bill. It is quite interesting to reflect back to the first and se...

I thank the noble Lord, Lord Teverson, and the noble Baroness, Lady Blake, for their remarks. I w...

I thank the Minister for that very useful answer. Let me get that correct: the funds are being he...

It could be a commercial company. It depends who gets the contract for the funds. Then they will ...

Are the funds held in escrow so that they cannot be used for anything else, or can they be used a...

I do not think we have a detailed enough answer, so perhaps we should follow up in writing.

I have a concern about this area and I think it is important that this is clarified.

We will clarify that point in writing before the next stage.

Moved by

Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist

106: Clause 86, page 78, line 13, lea...

Moved by

Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist

110: Clause 87, page 80, line 3, leav...

Moved by

Lord Lennie

113: Clause 90, page 83, line 25, at end insert—

“(aa) the...

My Lords, these amendments refer to Clauses 90 and 91. They concern consultation over the CCUS st...

My Lords, I was getting ahead of myself on the last group, and I apologise to the Grand Committee...

I thank the noble Lords, Lord Lennie and Lord Teverson, for their concern about whoever might be ...

May I come back to the Minister on Amendment 114? It seems very restrictive to consult as the Sec...

I do not think that is the case. As a Minister, I have issued many consultations. In my experienc...

My Lords, the amendment that seeks to include the Opposition as part of the formal consultation w...

Moved by

Baroness Worthington

117: Clause 98, page 90, line 32, leave out “may by reg...

My Lords, I too am glad to be back debating energy. As has been noted, we find ourselves in a com...

My Lords, 95% of UK homes are centrally heated and most CO₂ emissions come from burnin...

On Amendment 121, the Minister knows as well as I do that extensive work is being done on a 20% h...

I rise in support of Amendments 117, 118 and 122. If we are to move towards cleaning up heat, we ...

My Lords, I will start with my Amendments 123 and 124. Amendment 123 seeks to provide additional ...

My Lords, I wanted to give the Minister the opportunity to introduce his amendments, but I will s...

The noble Lord makes a good point. Before he corrected himself, I was about to contradict him and...

I thank the Minister for his response. I am somewhat reassured by the timetable that these regula...

Moved by

Lord Callanan

123: Clause 100, page 92, line 26, at end insert—

“(2A) ...

Moved by

Baroness Randerson

124A: After Clause 107, insert the following new Clause—<...

I decided to table this amendment, because I felt that it was important to draw attention to what...

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 124A, as presented by the noble Baroness, Lady Randerson. I ...

My Lords, I support the thrust of these amendments but I also have huge qualms about hydrogen and...

My Lords, much has been said already. I agree with the main thrust of the amendment tabled by the...

My Lords, I am sorry to speak a second time—I am not sure whether I am allowed—but may I speak to...

My Lords, as a member of the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee, I took part in the ...

My Lords, I support the noble Baroness, Lady Worthington, in her two Amendments 130A and 130B and...

This has become a very rich debate. I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Randerson, for putting her a...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who participated in the debate, particularly those who tabled a...

Could I just point out that it is easier not to send loads of CO₂ out into the atmosph...

My Lords, I thank all those who have taken part in this short debate. I knew that I would provoke...

I do not know what the noble Baroness is doing; she is supposed to be deciding whether she will w...

My Lords, in Grand Committee it is normal to allow people the courtesy to respond to well-made po...

We have discussed the issue of hydrogen, so I will delight your Lordships by saving my voice. I d...

My Lords, I added my name to the Clause 108 and Clause 109 stand part notices and to Amendment 12...

My Lords, I particularly support the proposal to take out Clauses 108 and 109. I did not put my n...

My Lords, these amendments relate to Clauses 108 and 109—Chapter 2 in Part 3—on hydrogen grid con...

I will start with Amendments 125 to 127; I thank the noble Lords, Lord Teverson and Lord Lennie, ...

No.

That is not true.

Let me finish, then the noble Baroness, Lady Worthington, will be able to come back.

I will...

The Minister said that no one would be forced to take part in the trial. I appreciate that but, f...

The answer to both of those questions is yes. No one will be forced to take part in the trial. If...

Can the Minister clarify what areas are being looked at? I have seen Redcar, Whitby and Fife bein...

There is already a small-scale trial in Fife in Scotland. There are two shortlisted villages, Red...

My Lords, I respond on behalf of the noble Baroness, Lady Jones, on the stand part notice that we...

Let me just respond to the noble Baroness’s point and reiterate once again that nobody will be fo...

Would the Minister point to where in the Bill it states that there is a right to refusal and cons...

I am giving the noble Baroness that assurance now, and it will be in the regulations. I am happy ...

The Minister mentioned having meetings. Has he actually met scientists, who know more about this ...

I have met a lot of people to discuss these schemes.

Scientists?

I know that the noble Baroness, Lady Jones, has her very passionate views, but there are lots of ...

With a Bill of this magnitude, if we are saying that it is a principle that there is a right to r...

Can I briefly support that? The place to put it is under protection of consumers in the Bill. The...

I completely agree with the noble Lord, Lord Lennie, and the noble Baroness, Lady Worthington, on...

Let me reiterate once again. Noble Lords are getting involved in the detail of what these trials ...

In defence of my noble friend, I think it is reasonable to ask the Minister to come