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Energy Bill (HL). Committee stage fourteenth sitting (morning).

Committee stage. Clause 270, discussed with clauses 271 to 273, new Government clauses and schedules. Clauses 270 to 273 negatived on division (5 to 8, 4 to 8, 5 to 8 and 5 to 8). Clause 132, schedule 7 agreed to, with schedule 7 amended. Clauses 133 to 138, schedules 8 to 9 agreed to. Clause 139 agreed to as amended. Government new clauses considered: 9 (Retention of information and samples), 10 (Preparation and agreement of information and samples plans), 11 (Information and samples plans: supplementary), 12 (Information and samples coordinators), 13 (Power of OGA to require information and samples), 14 (Prohibition on disclosure of information or samples by OGA), 15 (Power of Secretary of State to require information and samples), 16 (Power of OGA to give sanction notices), 17 (Enforcement notices), 18 (Financial penalty notices), 19 (Revocation notices), 20 (Operator removal notices), 21 (Duty of OGA to give sanction warning notices), 22 (Publication of details of sanctions), 23 (Subsequent sanction notices), 24 (Withdrawal of sanction notices), 25 (Sanctions: information powers), 26 (Appeals in connection with Chapter), 27 (Procedure for enforcement decisions), 28 (Interpretation of Chapter), 29 (Designation of hydrogen transport counterparty), 31 (Designation of hydrogen storage counterparty), 32 (Direction to offer to contract with eligible hydrogen storage provider) and 52 (Principle objectives of Secretary of State and GEMA). New clauses 9 to 32 and 52 agreed to.