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Energy Bill

I thank the noble Lords, Lord Teverson and Lord Woolmer, for their contributions and the important questions that they raised in this context. I also thank my noble friend Lord Jenkin for highlighting a rather important point about onshore storage. I particularly thank the noble Lord, Lord Oxburgh, for his extremely interesting intervention. I could hardly have hoped that we would have got into such interesting and important areas with such a seemingly innocuous amendment. I thank the Minister for his response, which I shall consider closely. I could hardly expect him to have conceded a second opposition amendment so soon after the previous one. He has, however, used the same argument as his honourable friend in the other place. I was not entirely convinced by his explanation about why, for example, granting the Secretary of State explicit power to review a licence is not sufficiently obvious also not to need inclusion. I am sure that we will want to return to this point on Report. In the mean time, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Clause 20 agreed to. Clauses 21 to 26 agreed to. Clause 27 [Inspectors]: [Amendment No. 10 not moved.] Clause 27 agreed to. Clause 28 agreed to. Clause 29 [Requirement for public register]: