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Energy Bill

My Lords, I am grateful to both noble Lords. As I indicated, their assiduous work earlier in the Bill’s progress enabled us to arrive at a much improved and satisfactory situation. I am particularly grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Jenkin, for his appreciation of the work done by officials on this significant task. These are complex and challenging issues and an enormous amount of work has been done, some of it under considerable pressure. We all recognise that we have not had too much time to adjust to the results of debates on the Bill in this House. My officials are so vigilant that they have indicated that I made a slip, which I wish to correct. I said that the oil and gas decommissioning amendments were Amendments Nos. 51 and 52. In fact, they are Amendments Nos. 52 and 53. I apologise for the slip and take this opportunity to correct it. I am grateful to the officials, as ever, for pointing that out. On Question, amendment agreed to.