Energy: Winter Supplies

Debate between Baroness Verma and Lord Pearson of Rannoch

Monday 20th October 2014 Lords Chamber

[Lord Pearson of Rannoch (UKIP)]

Does Her Majesty’s Government agree that the crippling cost of the EU’s mad climate change policy, to which we are subservient, falls largely on people who cannot afford it? Does the widow’s mite come to mind?

[Baroness Verma]

No, my Lords. We have a sensible policy in this country, and people across the world look at what we are doing to encourage green energy as well as traditional fuels. If we are to leave a cleaner planet for future generations, we have a part to play.

Climate Change

Debate between Baroness Verma and Lord Pearson of Rannoch

Thursday 25th April 2013 Lords Chamber

[Lord Pearson of Rannoch]

In that case, my Lords, when will the Government listen to the large and growing number of scientists who say that manmade climate change is so small as to be irrelevant? When will they be guided by measurement of what has happened instead of misguided modelling?

[Baroness Verma]

My Lords, we know that there is science out there that tells us climate change is taking place and we really need to take that science very seriously.

Energy: Prices

Debate between Baroness Verma and Lord Pearson of Rannoch

Monday 25th February 2013 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Verma]

My noble friend raises a very important point. Though the Green Deal and through collective purchasing we are trying to help those areas where it would be far more beneficial to be able to buy collectively. Economies of scale and greater purchasing power will give them a better choice of where they can buy and what they can buy.

[Lord Pearson of Rannoch]

My Lords, did the Minister read Mr Christopher Booker’s article in yesterday’s Sunday Telegraph, which revealed that last Monday all our 4,300 wind turbines put together produced a paltry 31 megawatts compared with the 2,200 megawatts that we get from a single conventional plant? What are the Government going to do about future back-up for this situation, and when are they going to abandon this mad wind turbine policy, which will put millions into fuel poverty?

[Baroness Verma]

My Lords, I did not read the article. I am afraid that I was curled up in bed with the flu. However, I will take the noble Lord’s word for it that it was an interesting article. As I have said persistently and consistently at the Dispatch Box, we need a good energy mix, and wind will be part of that mix.

Insurance: Gender Discrimination

Debate between Baroness Verma and Lord Pearson of Rannoch

Tuesday 8th March 2011 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Verma]

My noble friend raises a good point, but I am afraid that I have to go by the ruling, as we all do as members of the EU.

[Lord Pearson of Rannoch]

My Lords—