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Debate on Tuesday, 23 February 2010, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath. The answering member was Baroness Wilcox.

Energy: National Policy Statements

Lords debate on motion to consider the Draft Overarching National Policy Statement for Energy (EN-1). Agreed to on question.

Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
717 c247-92GC 
Session
2009-10
Department
Department of Energy and Climate Change
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords Grand Committee
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Proceeding contributions
Lord Reay | 717 c268GC (Link to this contribution) An increasing number of scientists share the views that I am now putting forward. If the noble Lord ...
Lord Jenkin of Roding | 717 c251-5GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am sure that all noble Lords are grateful for the careful and measured way in which the ...
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Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 717 c272GC (Link to this contribution) Obviously in Birmingham it is different. The cold weather that we have had means, alas, that the spr...
Lord Dixon-Smith | 717 c272GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have been here long enough—not here in this House, but in this life—to remember the wint...
Lord Woolmer of Leeds | 717 c276-7GC (Link to this contribution) The document as a whole is extremely useful and one that should have our support. I do not agree ent...
Lord Colwyn | 717 c277GC (Link to this contribution) I apologise for interrupting an interesting speech. The Companion in paragraph 4.34 says that speech...
Baroness Wilcox | 717 c281-2GC (Link to this contribution) Yes, there were two speakers in the gap, but the noble Lord, Lord Broers, spoke as well. I did not i...
Lord Chorley | 717 c257-8GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Jenkin of Roding, is a difficult act to follow. When the then Plannin...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 717 c247-51GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am pleased to open this debate on the draft overarching national policy statement for en...
Lord Faulkner of Worcester | 717 c277GC (Link to this contribution) I apologise to my noble friend but he is speaking in the gap and is limited to four minutes.
Lord Dixon-Smith | 717 c270-1GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, like everybody else, I thank the Minister for his introduction to the debate and what he h...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 717 c272GC (Link to this contribution) It was the noble Lord himself who started to comment on these issues. I was just pointing out that t...
Baroness Young of Old Scone | 717 c273-6GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I declare an interest as a member of the Climate Change Adaptation Advisory Committee, pre...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 717 c285-9GC (Link to this contribution) That is for the Infrastructure Planning Commission to decide. It has to accept the application, and ...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 717 c282-5GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this has been a most interesting and lively debate. I am very grateful to all noble Lords ...
Lord Faulkner of Worcester | 717 c281GC (Link to this contribution) Not in the gap. In the gap we had the noble Lords, Lord Woolmer and Lord Willoughby.
Baroness Wilcox | 717 c280-1GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for introducing the debate on this policy statement. He said that thi...
Lord Woolmer of Leeds | 717 c278GC (Link to this contribution) I apologise. I shall take it up with the Minister directly.
Lord Jenkin of Roding | 717 c255-7GC (Link to this contribution) The Minister is no doubt absolutely right, but one would have to search very hard in the speeches ma...
Bishop of Liverpool | 717 c259-60GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, thank the Minister for the opportunity to debate the energy national policy statem...
Lord Woolmer of Leeds | 717 c277GC (Link to this contribution) I do apologise. In that case, I will be even briefer. Can I ask the Minister about carbon capture an...
Lord Broers | 717 c268-70GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I intend, after some preamble, simply to ask the Minister two questions. I apologise that ...
Lord Dixon-Smith | 717 c272GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Minister is falling into the same trap that so many people fall into in making the mis...
Lord Jenkin of Roding | 717 c285GC (Link to this contribution) I hope the Minister can answer one particular question. Supposing there has been—as I know there has...
Lord Teverson | 717 c278-80GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this has been a long debate. Having heard the Planning Bill mentioned, I am pleased that I...
Lord Willoughby de Broke | 717 c278GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for allowing me to speak in the gap. Very briefly, I wanted to move to...
Lord Judd | 717 c289GC (Link to this contribution) I do not question that it may be consistent, but some of us are looking for an opportunity in this p...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 717 c289-92GC (Link to this contribution) My noble friend tempts me. I am not going to go down that path but may come on to this matter in a m...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 717 c255GC (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord is making an extremely interesting speech and I look forward to responding to him. On...
Lord Judd | 717 c261-4GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, at the outset, I declare an interest on three grounds. First, I am vice-president of the C...
Lord Reay | 717 c264-8GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, at the outset I ask for guidance from the Minister on a matter of procedure. The Secretary...
Lord Teverson | 717 c268GC (Link to this contribution) Does the noble Lord value the opinion of the other several thousand scientists on climate change? He...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 717 c247GC (Link to this contribution) That the Grand Committee do report to the House that is has considered the Draft Overarching Nationa...
Subjects
Biofuels House of Lords Environment protection Energy Electricity generation Infrastructure Planning permission Planning Power stations Public consultation Parliamentary scrutiny Renewable energy Carbon emissions Infrastructure Planning Commission National policy statements
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