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Energy Bill

I say again that the proposal is unnecessary because the Digest of UK Energy Statistics is updated and published annually. Among other things, it includes information on total energy consumption in exactly the fashion that the noble Baroness has just asked for—in the domestic sector and consumption by business. Those facts are already there. I have just been advised that those facts are also on the website. That information is in the public arena. Frankly, there is a danger that overduplication and confusion can arise from too much publication in this field. Let us get the publication right and let us get it through. I that hope the noble Lord, Lord Jenkin, will be with me on this. We think that publishing figures is not enough to change people's attitudes and minds. I fear that that is slightly too optimistic.