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Ministerial statement on Wednesday, 23 May 2007, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Truscott.


Energy White Paper

Lords statement on the energy White Paper (Cm 7124) and the consultation on the future of nuclear power.


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Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
692 c655-69 
Session
2006-07
Department
Department of Trade and Industry
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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Proceeding contributions
Lord Lea of Crondall | 692 c669 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, building on that last interchange, will my noble friend take the opportunity to knock on t...
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Lord Truscott | 692 c669 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I agree with my noble friend that we are aiming for a level playing field.
Lord Glentoran | 692 c669 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Government have had 10 years in which to make a decision on how they are going to prev...
Bishop of Chester | 692 c667-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I want to ask about two related areas in the White Paper. The graph on page 109 is alarmin...
Lord Truscott | 692 c668 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the right reverend Prelate. On the question of the dash for gas, I agree ...
Lord Roberts of Conwy | 692 c668 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have been studying the consultative document on the future of nuclear power issued along...
Lord Truscott | 692 c669 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Government have carried out extensive modelling on this issue and some of the costs we...
Lord Truscott | 692 c667 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend for his intervention. It is clear that we have a stretchi...
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 692 c667 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, does the Minister agree that there are many ways to harness the power of the river Severn ...
Lord Truscott | 692 c667 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Baroness is right that we can look at other options in the context of the river ...
Lord Truscott | 692 c666 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord says that the situation has not changed since 1978. Although I have not bee...
Lord Howie of Troon | 692 c666-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my noble friend will have seen an interesting article by the Prime Minister in today’s Tim...
Lord Howie of Troon | 692 c665 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, surely someone on these Benches must be allowed to speak at some time.
Lord Tanlaw | 692 c665-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we have waited a long time to get a White Paper on this subject. I instigated a debate on ...
Earl of Onslow | 692 c665 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I asked whether the Government would consider making the building regulations such that ne...
Lord Truscott | 692 c665 (Link to this contribution) Yes, my Lords, we are looking at the building regulations. The Government have outlined the decent h...
Earl of Onslow | 692 c664 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, perhaps the Minister can help me. Surely hydrogen cars—I believe that some cities in the U...
Lord Truscott | 692 c664-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, on hydrogen cars, we are looking at fuel cells and developing the technology on that level...
Lord Redesdale | 692 c661-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this White Paper is about the nuclear issue, as the noble Baroness, Lady Wilcox, has point...
Lord Truscott | 692 c662-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I do not recognise the confusion which the noble Baroness, Lady Wilcox, describes in the W...
Lord Truscott | 692 c655-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, with the leave of the House, I shall now repeat a Statement made in another place by my ri...
Baroness Wilcox | 692 c659-61 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for giving me advance sight of the Statement. The White Paper and the...
Subjects
Conservation Combined heat and power Climate change Carbon capture and storage Energy Electricity generation Energy supply Nuclear power Pollution control Renewable energy Carbon emissions Consultation papers Greenhouse gas emissions
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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