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Energy Bill

I would like a moment to correct the record. The noble Lord, Lord De Mauley, can defend himself, but it is wrong of the Minister to claim from the Dispatch Box that we are reversing the order of the principal objectives and responsibilities of Ofgem. That was not the intention of the noble Lord, Lord Oxburgh, nor do I believe for one moment that it is the intention of the Conservative Front Bench. This is to do with co-equal principal objectives. There is no reason why there should not be more than one principal objective. I spent a great deal of time on the Bill relating to Ofcom, which has a number of principal objectives. The idea that somehow you have to swap one for another is quite wrong, and it did not do justice to the Conservative Front Bench.