Proceeding contribution from Baroness Carnegy of Lour (Conservative) in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 1 July 2008. It occurred during Debate on bill and Committee proceeding on Energy Bill.
Energy Bill
I tried to follow that argument as carefully as I could. The noble Lord said that the Secretary of State could intervene on public interest grounds. Suppose that the two companies that decide to merge are, because of previous takeovers, abroad and are not in Europe, but are somewhere else. What can he intervene on? Can he prevent the merger just because they happen to have contracts in this country to supply energy? Or is he saying that they can be told that they cannot continue to supply energy, in which case what happens? Perhaps that is a stupid question, but it struck me that it might happen.
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- 2007-08
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- House of Lords Grand Committee
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- Disclosure of information Data protection Disadvantaged Costs Conservation Buildings Billing Housing Licensing Health hazards EU law Energy Electricity Fuel poverty Electric cables Natural gas Mergers Meters Standards Technology Takeovers Carbon emissions Social tariffs
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- Energy Bill 2007-08
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