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Debate on bill on Wednesday, 22 October 2008, in the House of Lords.

Energy Bill

Energy Bill. Lords report stage first day. Part 2 of 3 records.

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Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
704 c1155-88 
Session
2007-08
Legislative stage
Report stage
Procedure
New clauses
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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Proceeding contributions
Baroness Wilcox | 704 c1157 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I do not think for one moment that the Government will be able to allow this amendment, bu...
Lord Walton of Detchant | 704 c1157-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this is not an area in which I have any particular knowledge or expertise, but recently I ...
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Lord Oxburgh | 704 c1157 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I welcome the intent of the amendment. Whether it is precisely right, I do not know, but w...
Lord Palmer | 704 c1158 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I strongly support this amendment and echo everything that has been said. I agree with the...
Lord Campbell-Savours | 704 c1159 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, will my noble friend explain what defence there is for an organisation that bores a hole i...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 704 c1158-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this has been a short but fascinating debate. I am sure that we are eager for the answer t...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 704 c1159-60 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my noble friend is quite right to raise that matter. I have already said that I understand...
Lord Oxburgh | 704 c1160 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I apologise for interrupting the Minister, but it is important to draw attention to a poin...
Lord Teverson | 704 c1155-7 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 4: 4: After Clause 37, insert the following new Clause— ““Heat from deep geoth...
Lord Hunt of Chesterton | 704 c1174-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it may be of interest to noble Lords to hear that just this afternoon we had a visiting de...
Lord Teverson | 704 c1174 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I agree with the noble Lord completely. The other matter, which we discussed earlier, is t...
Lord Jenkin of Roding | 704 c1176 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful for that. It is a very important matter which the noble Lord should discuss ...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 704 c1175-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it has been an interesting debate. I assure noble Lords that careful note is being taken o...
Lord Reay | 704 c1173 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this is my first intervention on this Bill, although I have been involved in the Planning ...
Lord Redesdale | 704 c1172-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Jenkin, makes an interesting and useful point, but it is irrelevant h...
Lord O'Neill of Clackmannan | 704 c1174 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, a number of the problems that people find in paying their bills is in operating the existi...
Lord Teverson | 704 c1173-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have put my name to this amendment and I thank the noble Baroness for having pursued thi...
Lord Jenkin of Roding | 704 c1172 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I apologise for interrupting the noble Lord when we were hearing interesting facts about h...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 704 c1176 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have no hesitation in saying that we will do that. The interesting issue of non-renewab...
Baroness Gardner of Parkes | 704 c1171 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it must be nearly 10 years since the noble Lord, Lord Whitty, answered many questions that...
Lord Oxburgh | 704 c1170-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I declare an interest as a non-executive director of Blue-NG and Falck Renewables. Perhaps...
Lord Jenkin of Roding | 704 c1168-70 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I want to follow one or two of the points that have been made and say at once to my noble ...
Lord O'Neill of Clackmannan | 704 c1167-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the tariff is, in many respects, welcome, but I want to strike a note of caution. It will ...
Lord Freeman | 704 c1167 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, perhaps I may make a brief contribution directly following the noble Lord, Lord Whitty, an...
Lord Whitty | 704 c1165-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my name is also attached to this amendment and I strongly support what the noble Baroness ...
Baroness Wilcox | 704 c1162-5 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 5: 5: After Clause 41, insert the following new Clause— ““Renewable energy tar...
Lord Teverson | 704 c1160-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have thanked the Government many times for their interest in this area. The point about ...
Baroness Young of Old Scone | 704 c1171 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, perhaps I may support the amendment from a particular perspective, community microgenerati...
Lord Redesdale | 704 c1171-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am glad that I waited for the noble Baroness, Lady Young of Old Scone, because she has p...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 704 c1186-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Jenkin, presented his amendment in his usual persuasive way, but I sh...
Baroness Wilcox | 704 c1186 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I very much hope that the Minister will respond constructively to my noble friend’s sensib...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 704 c1188 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I beg to move that further consideration on Report be now adjourned. In moving the Motion,...
Lord Jenkin of Roding | 704 c1188 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I feel as if I have had a very large book thrown at me. The noble Lord produced a battery ...
Lord Jenkin of Roding | 704 c1184-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord has not answered my question, which may well be for the Minister. Have the ...
Lord Whitty | 704 c1184 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the amendment met with slightly more opposition than I expected. Clearly, the stakes are h...
Lord Jenkin of Roding | 704 c1185-6 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 7: 7: Clause 45, page 41, line 12, at end insert— ““( ) Modifications of a fun...
Lord Whitty | 704 c1185 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I cannot directly answer the noble Lord’s question on whether there has been formal consul...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 704 c1183-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this has been a very interesting debate. However, I detected a lack of consensus on this m...
Lord Teverson | 704 c1183 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we on these Benches look forward very much to hearing the Minister’s reply. Although we ag...
Lord Jenkin of Roding | 704 c1182 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I read the amendment with astonishment. I have been debating the Planning Bill for some ti...
Lord Reay | 704 c1182 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, if I understand it correctly, the amendment of the noble Lord, Lord Whitty, seeks to place...
Lord Whitty | 704 c1180-2 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 6: 6: After Clause 41, insert the following new Clause— ““Permitted developmen...
Baroness Wilcox | 704 c1180 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Minster has had a master class for the past hour in all the departments of the Bill. I...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 704 c1180 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, that is not the impression that I have been given by the usual channels. I shall for the m...
Lord Jenkin of Roding | 704 c1179-80 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I understand that the Bill’s Third Reading is currently scheduled for Wednesday, 5 Novembe...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 704 c1179 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I understand that. On the other hand, we are here because the Government came to a view on...
Lord Redesdale | 704 c1179 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the whole purpose of examining the issue before the Summer Recess was to ensure that we ha...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 704 c1179 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am most grateful to the noble Lord for that pertinent intervention.
Lord Jenkin of Roding | 704 c1178-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, following the point raised by my noble friend the Duke of Montrose, will the Minister take...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 704 c1179 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend. This has proven to be quite an education. These are all ...
Lord Whitty | 704 c1179 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, before the Minister leaves the equity point raised by my noble friend Lord O’Neill, and pu...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 704 c1177-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I cannot disagree with my noble friend on that point either. However, it suggests the chal...
Lord Whitty | 704 c1177 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, does my noble friend accept that investor confidence applies both ways? The kind of user t...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 704 c1178 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the point being raised here is that the feed-in tariff will provide both certainty and lik...
Duke of Montrose | 704 c1178 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord was talking about the value of the feed-in tariff. Is there no hope that th...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 704 c1177 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I readily agree that the statutory instrument is always an attractive option for Ministers...
Lord O'Neill of Clackmannan | 704 c1176-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, what role in this process does my noble friend envisage for Ofgem? One of the means by whi...
Lord Campbell-Savours | 704 c1158 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am married to an Icelander, so the House will recognise that I have enjoyed the heating ...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 704 c1160 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful for the intervention because the noble Lord has explained eloquently and exp...
Subjects
Decommissioning Costs Combined heat and power Carbon dioxide Fees and charges Licensing Energy Electricity generation Oil Planning permission Nuclear power Nuclear power stations Noise Meters Microgeneration Storage Safety Renewable energy Technology Wind power Geothermal power Renewables obligation Nuclear Liabilities Financing Assurance Board
Legislation
Energy Bill 2007-08
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