Oral Answers to Questions
Debate between Lord Whitehead and John Bercow
Mr Speaker
The grouping is actually with questions 9, 15 and 17. I fear that the Secretary of State has not been as well served as he might have been. People must try to keep up.
Dr Whitehead
In the light of that deal, I am sure that the Secretary of State will now be anxious to make the UK’s contribution by laying down the order for the decarbonisation of the UK’s energy supply to 2030. Will he tell me when he intends to lay down that order and, when he has done so, what he has in mind for the decarbonisation range that will be in it?
Energy Tariffs
Debate between Lord Whitehead and John Bercow(13 years, 1 month ago)
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Mr Speaker
Order. I am hoping to move on to the next business at 11 o’clock.
Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test) (Lab)
These proposals did not feature anywhere in the draft Energy Bill, the White Paper, the technical updates or the impact assessments, so I assume that DECC staff have been working hard on the new idea this morning. Can the Minister guarantee that when he has worked out how to do this, it will not impede the progress of the Energy Bill and its delivery to the House?
Electricity Market Reform
Debate between Lord Whitehead and John Bercow
Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test) (Lab)
Does the Secretary of State agree that a targeted capacity mechanism almost inevitably becomes untargeted as it chases lagging investment? That inevitably also leads to overcapacity, at a high price. Does he accept that a representation market, coupled with interconnection, storage and demand reduction arrangements, goes with the grain of a low-carbon energy economy and the electricity market reform measures that he is proposing? If he does, why is he holding a further consultation on capacity mechanisms outside the time scale of his main proposals? Does he have no idea what a capacity mechanism might look like, and is someone twisting his arm in the whole process?
Mr Speaker
I was not very good at maths at school, but I counted five questions there. I know that the Secretary of State will provide a pithy reply.