Energy Bill [HL]
Thursday, 1 September 2022
Parliamentary committees
House of Lords
Moved by
Lord Ravensdale
1: Before Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“...
My Lords, the Bill has had a protracted journey through this House. I make it around eight months...
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My Lords, I declare my interest as co-chair of Peers for the Planet. I will speak to my Amendment...
My Lords, I declare my interest as a member of Peers for the Planet. I am speaking specifically t...
My Lords, I am aware of the desire to get to votes, so I shall be brief. It is a great pleasure t...
My Lords, perhaps for the purpose of the whole of Report, I should declare my interest at chair o...
My Lords, my thanks to noble Lords who have spoken in the debate: the noble Lords, Lord Ravensdal...
First, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Worthington, and the noble Lord, Lord Ravensdale, for bri...
Before the noble Lord sits down, I would be very grateful if he can tell me why he thinks so many...
I think it is very easy for other people who are not directly engaged in the business of regulati...
Before my noble friend sits down, is there any chance that the Government might reconsider this? ...
Because the other bodies do not have the responsibility for regulating the energy system. I do no...
My Lords, to sum up my Amendments 1 and 136, the important part of the whole Bill for me is to br...
Moved by
Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke
2: Clause 1, page 2, line 7, at end insert—
...Ironically, I am also going to talk about some of the responsibilities for Ofgem in among other i...
My Lords, I will speak to my Amendment 33, which is around the decommissioning costs of carbon ca...
My Lords, I declare my interest in the register as a director of Peers for the Planet.
I sh...
My Lords, in speaking to the amendments in this group, I particularly thank my noble friend Lady ...
I thank everyone who contributed to the debate. If the House will have a little patience, I will ...
Before the Minister sits down, I will ask him to clarify a couple of things. First, I welcome his...
It would depend on what the noble Baroness means by “decommissioning funds”. What would the decom...
I beg leave to withdraw my amendment.
Moved by
Lord Callanan
4: Clause 9, page 9, line 31, after “(2)” insert “or (6)”
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Lord Callanan
5: Clause 19, page 21, line 9, leave out from “transfer,” to e...
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Lord Callanan
7: Clause 28, page 27, line 27, at end insert “under this Part...
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Lord Callanan
8: Clause 29, page 28, line 12, at end insert—
“(5) Exce...
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Lord Callanan
9: Clause 31, page 30, line 20, leave out from second “order””...
Moved by
Lord Callanan
10: Clause 46, page 42, line 29, after “licence” insert “(“the...
Moved by
Lord Callanan
13: Schedule 5, page 262, line 2, leave out “Nuclear Energy (F...
My Lords, in moving Amendment 13, I will also speak to Amendments 58, 63, 75, 78, 79, 95 and 143 ...
My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 58, to which I have added my name. First, I thank the Minist...
I shall speak briefly to Amendment 58, which the noble Lord, Lord Ravensdale, has so eloquently s...
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Worthington, and to partly agree an...
My Lords, I also have great concern about this amendment. It seems to me that, on renewable trans...
My Lords, this amendment would allow two other low-carbon fuels to be supported under the existin...
I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in this debate. Before I engage in the detail of the ...
I have to correct the noble Lord and point out that there are Green Ministers in government in th...
I accept the noble Baroness’s point—yes, that was an error on my behalf. Of course, Patrick Harvi...
Perhaps the Minister might wish to correct himself. He just referred to nuclear energy as zero ca...
I think I said fuels produced from nuclear energy, but never mind.
The RTFO already include...
Moved by
Lord Callanan
14: Schedule 5, page 262, line 31, at end insert—
“Enter...
Moved by
Lord Callanan
15: Clause 55, page 49, line 27, after ““licence”” insert “, e...
Moved by
Lord Callanan
16: Clause 57, page 52, line 2, after “66,” insert “(Payments ...
My Lords, in moving Amendment 16 I will speak also to Amendments 20, 21 and 30 standing in my nam...
My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 17. I will not take up much of the House’s time, because this...
My Lords, I added my name to Amendment 18 in respect of who should be paying a hydrogen levy. I d...
I make reference to the Minister’s amendments, particularly the issue he highlighted of including...
My Lords, I will start by addressing Amendments 18 and 19, which the noble Lord, Lord Lennie, and...
Moved by
Baroness Blake of Leeds
18: Clause 66, page 57, line 25, leave out “relevant...
My Lords, on behalf of consumers I express my disappointment in the Minister’s response, and I wo...
Moved by
Lord Callanan
20: After Clause 66, insert the following new Clause—
“P...
Moved by
Lord Callanan
21: Clause 67, page 59, line 23, after “(9)” insert “or (Payme...
Moved by
Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist
22: Clause 67, page 59, line 29, at e...
My Lords, I rise to speak to the amendments standing in the name of my noble friend, which addres...
My Lords, on behalf of the committee, I thank the Government for responding favourably to the rep...
My Lords, as we have heard, these amendments relate to ensuring that regulations which make provi...
Moved by
Lord Callanan
23: Clause 68, page 60, line 7, at end insert—
“(1A) The...
Moved by
Lord Callanan
25: After Clause 74, insert the following new Clause—
“L...
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Lord Callanan
26: Clause 77, page 66, line 34, at end insert—
“(ca) fo...
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Lord Callanan
27: Clause 78, page 67, line 41, at end insert—
“(3) Rev...
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Lord Callanan
28: Clause 82, page 71, line 8, at end insert—
“(ba) a p...
Moved by
Lord Callanan
30: Clause 83, page 72, line 26, at end insert—
“(6A) Pr...
Moved by
Lord Callanan
31: After Clause 83, insert the following new Clause—
“E...
Moved by
Lord Callanan
32: Clause 84, page 73, line 7, at end insert “or
(b) se...
Tabled by
Lord Teverson
33: Clause 85, page 75, line 30, at end insert—
“(7A) A...
I am very happy with the Minister’s reply, and I will not move Amendment 33.
Moved by
Lord Callanan
34: Clause 86, page 76, line 27, at end insert—
“(3A) Wh...
Moved by
Lord Callanan
35: Clause 87, page 77, line 25, leave out subsection (1) and ...
Moved by
Lord Callanan
37: Clause 92, page 83, line 24, after “out” insert “CCUS-rela...
Moved by
Baroness Worthington
40: After Clause 98, insert the following new Clause—
My Lords, Amendment 40 relates to the carbon take-back obligation. We had an excellent debate tow...
My Lords, I have added my name to Amendment 40 tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Worthington—I h...
I will speak to Amendment 40 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Worthington. I acknowledge t...
I also pay tribute to all the work that the noble Baroness, Lady Worthington, has done. It is ind...
My Lords, I am grateful to noble Lords who have spoken in this debate, to the noble Baroness, Lad...
Moved by
Lord Callanan
41: Clause 99, page 90, line 10, leave out from “use” to end o...
Moved by
Lord Callanan
48: Clause 108, page 97, line 16, at end insert—
“(A1) S...