Debate on bill on Wednesday, 21 May 2008, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Jones of Birmingham. The answering member was Baroness Wilcox.

Energy Bill

Energy Bill. Lords Second reading debate. Agreed to on question and committed to a Grand Committee.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 701 c1472-531
Session: 2007-08
Department: Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
Legislative stage: Second reading
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Related items: Energy Bill. Brought from the Commons. Explanatory Notes HL BIll 52-EN also published.
Thursday, 1 May 2008
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House of Lords
Proceeding contributions: Lord Jones of Birmingham | 701 c1472-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I beg to move that this Bill be now read a second time. Of the many challenges we face, fe...; Lord Redesdale | 701 c1478-81 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, following on from the doom and gloom of the noble Baroness’s concluding remarks, perhaps I...; Baroness Wilcox | 701 c1476-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for introducing the Bill. We have long awaited the great Energy Bill,...; Lord Truscott | 701 c1484 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in taking part in this debate, I declare my relevant energy interests as stated in the Reg...; Lord Birt | 701 c1481-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is a pleasure for me to encounter the Minister in his new guise for the first time, but...; Lord Jones of Birmingham | 701 c1530-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord for raising the issue of taxation. That is a matter for th...; Lord O'Neill of Clackmannan | 701 c1514-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am very pleased to follow the noble Lord, Lord Taylor, who made a most thoughtful speech...; Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 701 c1513-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friends on the Front Bench for encouraging me to join them in co...; Lord Whitty | 701 c1510-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, much can be welcomed in the Bill but, as I think Ministers and Whips have realised by now,...; Lord Palmer | 701 c1508-10 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I too welcome this Bill but it seems only yesterday that we had before us another Energy B...; Lord Jones of Birmingham | 701 c1525-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we have had an interesting and wide-ranging debate. I hope that noble Lords will forgive m...; Lord Redesdale | 701 c1528 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I was talking about power companies factoring in legislation about CO2 and their investmen...; Lord Teverson | 701 c1518-21 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord O’Neill, on his speech, particularly his words about f...; Lord De Mauley | 701 c1521-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for introducing the Bill and the many noble Lords who have contribute...; Lord Forsyth of Drumlean | 701 c1530 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, on the subject of having a nerve and the impact of fuel costs on fuel poverty, is not one ...; Lord Truscott | 701 c1485-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am sorry. Did I get that wrong? I am proud to have been involved in drawing up the 2007 ...; Lord Jenkin of Roding | 701 c1487-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, most speakers hitherto have ranged a little wider than the provisions of the Bill—quite pr...; Lord O'Neill of Clackmannan | 701 c1489 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have been following the noble Lord’s novel argument with some interest. My only concern ...; Lord Hunt of Chesterton | 701 c1503-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Carnegy of Lour, most of whose points ...; Baroness Carnegy of Lour | 701 c1501-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord has just referred to a post-oil economy. When, in anticipation of a strike,...; Duke of Montrose | 701 c1506-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Chesterton, as I have had to...; Bishop of Chester | 701 c1490-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, energy policy is a sensitive subject and a difficult one, too, because it is not easy to f...; Lord Jenkin of Roding | 701 c1489-90 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord makes a very sound point, but as I think we will see when we get the White ...; Lord Puttnam | 701 c1498-501 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I should like to make the most of the time available to me by simply supporting everything...; Lord Oxburgh | 701 c1494-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I declare an interest as president of the Carbon Capture and Storage Association. I am als...; Lord Jones of Birmingham | 701 c1528-30 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as it is presumably a question of just power generation companies and not companies in gen...
Subjects: Decommissioning Climate change Competition Carbon dioxide Carbon capture and storage Environment protection Energy Electricity generation Ofgem Energy supply Infrastructure Imports Oil Natural gas Nuclear power Nuclear power stations Procurement Prices Microgeneration Offshore industry Storage Waste management Renewable energy Wind power Carbon emissions North Sea Social tariffs
Legislation: Energy Bill 2007-08
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Parliamentary proceeding on www.publications.parliament.uk

Energy Bill

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