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Energy Bill [HL]

Debate on bills on Monday, 17 April 2023, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Callanan and Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist. The answering members were Lord Lennie and Baroness Blake of Leeds.
Lords report stage second day. Amendments 63, 64, 73, 75 to 93, 95 and 96 agreed to. Amendment 97 agreed to on division (227 to 194). Amendments 99 to 103 and 105 to 123 agreed to. Amendment 131 agreed to on division (197 to 194). Amendment 133 agreed to on division (208 to 182). Amendment 134 agreed to on division (197 to 186). Amendments 135 and 139 to 143 agreed to. Bill, as amended, ordered to be printed (HL Bill 130).
Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
829 cc467-539 
Session
2022-23
Legislative stage
Report stage
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Energy Bill (HL). Constitution Committee fourth report.
Thursday, 1 September 2022
Parliamentary committees
House of Lords
Energy Bill (HL) 2022-23. As amended in Committee.
Monday, 16 January 2023
Bills
House of Lords
Energy Bill (HL) 2022-23. As amended on Report.
Monday, 17 April 2023
Bills
House of Lords
Deposited Paper DEP2023-0453
Wednesday, 24 May 2023
Deposited papers
House of Lords
Proceeding contributions
Lord Teverson | 829 c468 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Teverson

59: Clause 116, page 102, line 17, at end insert—

“(1A) ...

Lord Teverson | 829 c468 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, Amendment 59 is about the independent systems operator and planner, which we know as th...


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Lord Lennie | 829 c468 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, my understanding is that the Minister will confirm the Government’s support for an inde...

Lord Callanan | 829 cc468-470 (Link to this contribution)

Let me first thank all noble Lords for their amendments, and I thank the noble Lord, Lord Lennie,...

Lord Teverson | 829 c470 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am very encouraged by the Minister’s response on the control of the board and the ISO...

Lord Callanan | 829 c471 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Callanan

63: Schedule 9, page 278, line 28, leave out from “after” to e...

Lord Callanan | 829 c471 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Callanan

64: Schedule 13, page 297, line 16, at end insert—

“(7) ...

Lord Teverson | 829 c471 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Teverson

65: Clause 159, page 131, line 23, at end insert—

“(1A) ...

Lord Teverson | 829 cc471-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will be brief on this group, but I believe these are important issues which we did no...

Lord Whitty | 829 cc472-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I have a small amendment in this group—Amendment 68—which deals with electricity storag...

Lord Ravensdale | 829 c473 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I declare my interest as a project director and engineer working for Atkins in the nucl...

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle | 829 cc473-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will speak briefly to Amendment 68 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Whitty, to whi...

Baroness Blake of Leeds | 829 cc474-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will speak briefly to the amendments in this second group, starting with Amendment 65...

Lord Callanan | 829 cc475-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank all Members who have contributed to the debate.

I completely agree with t...

Lord Teverson | 829 c478 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his long and detailed response to my amendments. One always kn...

Lord Whitty | 829 c478 (Link to this contribution)

Tabled by

Lord Whitty

68: Clause 164, page 134, line 4, at end insert—

“(A1) Wi...

Lord Whitty | 829 c478 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I beg to move Amendment 68, and if my voice holds out I will also speak to Amendment 74...

Lord Russell of Liverpool | 829 c479 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I think the noble Lord may think that he is on the following group of amendments; this ...

Lord Whitty | 829 c479 (Link to this contribution)

Oh! My apologies to the House and to the Deputy Speaker. I will return to the subject.

Lord Whitty | 829 c479 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Whitty

69: After Clause 166, insert the following new Clause—

“In...

Lord Whitty | 829 cc479-480 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will now move this amendment properly. I will not repeat what I just said, but the fa...

Lord Teverson | 829 c480 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I was pleased to add my name to the amendment from the noble Lord, Lord Whitty. There i...

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle | 829 c481 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I have attached my name to a number of amendments in this group in the names of the nob...

Lord Lennie | 829 cc481-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this group of amendments from the noble Lord, Lord Teverson, my noble friend Lord Whitt...

Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist | 829 cc482-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this group covers amendments tabled regarding support and protections for the most vuln...

Lord Whitty | 829 cc484-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness for that considered reply and the recognition in her remarks...

Lord Callanan | 829 c485 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Callanan

73: Clause 167, page 139, line 34, leave out “negative” and in...

Lord Callanan | 829 cc485-6 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Callanan

75: Schedule 16, page 337, line 32, leave out “or Scotland”

Lord Callanan | 829 cc486-7 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Callanan

80: Clause 171, page 141, line 38, leave out subsection (1) an...

Lord Callanan | 829 cc487-8 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Callanan

89: Clause 173, page 143, line 35, leave out “negative” and in...

Lord Ravensdale | 829 c488 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Ravensdale

94: After Clause 187, insert the following new Clause—

Lord Ravensdale | 829 cc488-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I declare my interests set out earlier and add my interest as a director of Peers for t...

Baroness Boycott | 829 cc489-491 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 134 and 135, about community energy. In the midst of an ener...

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle | 829 c490 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the three amendments have been extremely ably introduced by the noble Lord, Lord Ravens...

Baroness Young of Old Scone | 829 cc490-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I support Amendments 134 and 135, so ably led by the noble Baroness, Lady Boycott. I ha...

Baroness Meacher | 829 c492 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will not take the time of the House to repeat comments that have already been made. T...

Lord Teverson | 829 c492 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, from these Benches I welcome particularly the amendments in the name of the noble Baron...

Baroness Blake of Leeds | 829 cc492-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I declare my interest as a vice-president of the Local Government Association. It will ...

Lord Callanan | 829 cc494-6 (Link to this contribution)

I thank all Members who have contributed, particularly the noble Baronesses, Lady Boycott and Lad...

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle | 829 c496 (Link to this contribution)

Before the Minister sits down, I would like to apologise to the House; I should perhaps have decl...

Lord Callanan | 829 c496 (Link to this contribution)

If organisations take advantage of community-minded individuals prepared to contribute work to th...

Baroness Boycott | 829 c496 (Link to this contribution)

Before the Minister sits down, I think that that is slightly unfair on local communities. A lot o...

Lord Callanan | 829 c497 (Link to this contribution)

I agree with the noble Baroness, and we are supporting a number of community energy partnerships ...

Lord Ravensdale | 829 c497 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the Minister for providing that detail on the department’s approach to local ar...

Lord Callanan | 829 c497 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Callanan

95: Clause 191, page 159, line 17, at end insert “in respect o...

Lord Callanan | 829 c497 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Callanan

96: Clause 194, page 161, line 15, at end insert—

“(5A) ...

Baroness Hayman | 829 c497 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Hayman

97: Before Clause 200, insert the following new Clause—

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Baroness Hayman | 829 cc497-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, in moving Amendment 97 I remind the House of my interests as set out in the register. T...

Lord Foster of Bath | 829 cc500-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am absolutely delighted to support this amendment from the noble Baroness, Lady Hayma...

Lord Deben | 829 cc501-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, having been introduced by the noble Lord, I want to try to help the Government. We all ...

Lord Whitty | 829 cc502-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am glad to follow the noble Lord, Lord Deben; in the way he has spelled it out, it is...

Baroness Altmann | 829 c503 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I support these amendments and the concept of improving energy efficiency. I probably c...

Lord Lennie | 829 c503 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, these welcome amendments in the names of the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman, and the noble...

Lord Callanan | 829 cc503-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this group covers the two amendments concerning the energy performance of existing prem...

Baroness Hayman | 829 c504 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am grateful to everyone who has spoken on this important issue. The Minister said, in...

Lord Callanan | 829 c509 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Callanan

99: Clause 212, page 177, line 13, at end insert—

“(A1) ...

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | 829 cc509-510 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

104: After Clause 244, insert the following n...

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | 829 c510 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it gives me great pleasure to speak to Amendment 104. I look forward to hearing from ot...

Baroness Sheehan | 829 cc511-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 124 in my name, but, before I do so, I will take some time to...

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle | 829 c512 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Sheehan, and to offer the strongest...

Lord Teverson | 829 cc512-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I commend the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh of Pickering, for emphasising the mitigatio...

Lord Deben | 829 cc514-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, first, I have to say to the last speaker that I did not like that word “even”; this Gov...

Baroness Blake of Leeds | 829 cc516-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords for their very important contributions on the amendments in thi...

Lord Callanan | 829 cc517-9 (Link to this contribution)

I thank all noble Lords for their amendments and contributions.

I will just make an observa...

Baroness Sheehan | 829 c519 (Link to this contribution)

Flaring and venting is something that I am keen on eliminating, and I will use every opportunity ...

Lord Callanan | 829 c520 (Link to this contribution)

I did organise a recent meeting with officials to discuss the issue, at the request of the noble ...

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | 829 c520 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am grateful for the discussion that we have had on the various amendments in this gro...

Lord Callanan | 829 c520 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Callanan

105: Clause 246, page 208, line 16, at end insert—

“(8A)...

Lord Callanan | 829 cc520-1 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Callanan

106: Clause 247, page 210, line 7, at end insert—

“(8A) ...

Lord Callanan | 829 cc521-2 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Callanan

108: Clause 248, page 210, line 22, leave out “Charging scheme...

Lord Teverson | 829 c522 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Teverson

131: After Clause 264, insert the following new Clause—

...

Lord Teverson | 829 c523 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will just say to the noble Lord, Lord Deben—whose speech I very much appreciated—that...

Baroness Hayman | 829 c526 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Hayman

133: After Clause 264, insert the following new Clause—

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Baroness Hayman | 829 c526 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, we debated this amendment before Easter. At that time, I put forward the case that it w...

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle | 829 cc526-530 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

134: After Clause 264, insert the following...

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle | 829 c530 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Boycott, being unable to be here and following on from our deb...

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle | 829 cc530-4 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

135: After Clause 264, insert the following...

Lord Berkeley | 829 c534 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Berkeley

138A: After Clause 264, insert the following new Clause—

Lord Berkeley | 829 cc534-6 (Link to this contribution)

Noble Lords will be pleased to know that Amendment 138A in my name is a probing amendment, and I ...

Baroness Young of Old Scone | 829 c536 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will not detain the House. I declare an interest as living in an off-gas-grid propert...

Lord Ravensdale | 829 cc536-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I want to offer a few words of support for the amendment from the noble Lord, Lord Berk...

Lord Teverson | 829 c537 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I certainly echo the question that the noble Baroness asked about the timing of the boi...

Lord Lennie | 829 c537 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will briefly thank my noble friend Lord Berkeley for this amendment, which is asking ...

Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist | 829 cc537-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I too thank the noble Lord, Lord Berkeley, for his amendment, and the noble Baroness, L...

Lord Berkeley | 829 c538 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful to the Minister for her reply; I will read it with great interest. I think what she...

Lord Callanan | 829 cc538-9 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Callanan

139: Clause 266, page 230, line 18, at end insert—

“(4A)...

Lord Callanan | 829 c539 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Callanan

142: Clause 267, page 230, line 27, at end insert “and “the ma...

Lord Callanan | 829 c539 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Callanan

143: Clause 269, page 231, line 38, at end insert—

“(ca)...

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