---

Energy Bill

I never got a specific mark for that question, but I struggled through the paper. I did not have any more of an answer to it than the rest of the British or international community at that time, but I have an answer to this issue. I pray in aid the Schleswig-Holstein experience, as I do the Danish experience. We are concerned that the renewable provision could be intermittent. Therefore, we need to guarantee the necessary back-up from more secure resources. I respect greatly the enthusiasm with which the noble Lords, Lord Redesdale and Lord Teverson, have pursued the renewables agenda in Committee. I emphasise that we have to guarantee certainty of supply. We will address those issues later in Committee. It will be recognised that it is not something over which the Government dare take risks.