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Renewable Energy (S&T Report)

My Lords, I intend absolutely no discourtesy to the noble Lord,   Lord Oxburgh. Unfortunately, because earlier speakers took longer than the allocated time, we are   now two minutes over time. I apologise most sincerely to the noble Lord and hope that in future all noble Lords in a timed debate will be as helpful as possible. My noble friend the Minister lost two minutes of his reply time because of other noble Lords speaking at length.