Information between 20th January 2025 - 31st March 2025
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28 Jan 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Lord Best voted Aye and in line with the House One of 49 Crossbench Aye votes vs 3 Crossbench No votes Tally: Ayes - 145 Noes - 126 |
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29 Jan 2025 - Royal Albert Hall Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Lord Best voted Aye and in line with the House One of 39 Crossbench Aye votes vs 2 Crossbench No votes Tally: Ayes - 206 Noes - 45 |
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5 Feb 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Lord Best voted Aye and in line with the House One of 49 Crossbench Aye votes vs 2 Crossbench No votes Tally: Ayes - 302 Noes - 132 |
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5 Feb 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Lord Best voted Aye and in line with the House One of 55 Crossbench Aye votes vs 6 Crossbench No votes Tally: Ayes - 318 Noes - 130 |
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17 Mar 2025 - Football Governance Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Lord Best voted Aye and against the House One of 15 Crossbench Aye votes vs 17 Crossbench No votes Tally: Ayes - 196 Noes - 229 |
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17 Mar 2025 - Football Governance Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Lord Best voted Aye and against the House One of 15 Crossbench Aye votes vs 17 Crossbench No votes Tally: Ayes - 74 Noes - 339 |
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11 Feb 2025 - Great British Energy Bill - View Vote Context Lord Best voted No and against the House One of 2 Crossbench No votes vs 11 Crossbench Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 177 Noes - 127 |
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11 Feb 2025 - Great British Energy Bill - View Vote Context Lord Best voted No and in line with the House One of 12 Crossbench No votes vs 1 Crossbench Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 148 Noes - 195 |
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11 Feb 2025 - Great British Energy Bill - View Vote Context Lord Best voted No and in line with the House One of 15 Crossbench No votes vs 5 Crossbench Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 65 Noes - 156 |
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21 Jan 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Lord Best voted Aye and against the House One of 22 Crossbench Aye votes vs 11 Crossbench No votes Tally: Ayes - 87 Noes - 157 |
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5 Mar 2025 - Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Lord Best voted No and in line with the House One of 35 Crossbench No votes vs 4 Crossbench Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 167 Noes - 228 |
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25 Feb 2025 - National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Best voted Aye and in line with the House One of 11 Crossbench Aye votes vs 4 Crossbench No votes Tally: Ayes - 199 Noes - 149 |
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Lord Best speeches from: Safe Housing and Hospital Discharge
Lord Best contributed 1 speech (68 words) Wednesday 19th March 2025 - Lords Chamber Department of Health and Social Care |
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Lord Best speeches from: Private Rented Sector: Affordable Rents
Lord Best contributed 1 speech (61 words) Thursday 27th February 2025 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government |
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Lord Best speeches from: Renters’ Rights Bill
Lord Best contributed 1 speech (882 words) Tuesday 4th February 2025 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government |
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Lord Best speeches from: Homelessness
Lord Best contributed 1 speech (108 words) Tuesday 21st January 2025 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government |
| Parliamentary Debates |
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Renters’ Rights Bill
82 speeches (42,595 words) Tuesday 4th February 2025 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Mentions: 1: Lord Inglewood (Non-affiliated - Excepted Hereditary) The noble Lord, Lord Desai, has been doing a bit of that, as did the noble Lord, Lord Best, earlier in - Link to Speech 2: Earl of Lytton (XB - Excepted Hereditary) If the noble Lord, Lord Best, is right—I am glad to see him in his place —the surplus would be hoovered - Link to Speech 3: Baroness Thornhill (LD - Life peer) The noble Lord, Lord Best, outlined this particularly well. - Link to Speech 4: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) They include the noble Lord, Lord Best, who was a bit more positive about this, as well as the noble - Link to Speech |
| Select Committee Documents |
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Tuesday 18th March 2025
Oral Evidence - Ofgem, and Ofgem The energy grid and grid connections - Industry and Regulators Committee Found: 18 March 2025 10.40 am Watch the meeting Members present: Baroness Taylor of Bolton (The Chair); Lord Best |
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Tuesday 11th March 2025
Oral Evidence - National Energy System Operator (NESO), National Energy System Operator (NESO), and National Energy System Operator (NESO) The energy grid and grid connections - Industry and Regulators Committee Found: 11 March 2025 10.30 am Watch the meeting Members present: Baroness Taylor of Bolton (The Chair); Lord Best |
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Tuesday 4th March 2025
Oral Evidence - National Infrastructure Commission The energy grid and grid connections - Industry and Regulators Committee Found: 4 March 2025 10.30 am Watch the meeting Members present: Baroness Taylor of Bolton (The Chair); Lord Best |
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Tuesday 25th February 2025
Oral Evidence - UK Steel, techUK, and Citizens Advice The energy grid and grid connections - Industry and Regulators Committee Found: February 2025 11.30 am Watch the meeting Members present: Baroness Taylor of Bolton (The Chair); Lord Best |
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Tuesday 25th February 2025
Oral Evidence - Royal Town Planning Institute, and Planning Inspectorate The energy grid and grid connections - Industry and Regulators Committee Found: February 2025 10.30 am Watch the meeting Members present: Baroness Taylor of Bolton (The Chair); Lord Best |
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Wednesday 5th February 2025
Declarations of interest - All members - General Industry and Regulators Committee declaration of interests Industry and Regulators Committee Found: as of 30 January 2025 Baroness T aylor of Bolton (Chair) Independent Director, Thales SA Lord Best |
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Wednesday 5th February 2025
Declarations of interest - All members- The energy grid and grid connections inquiry declaration of interests Industry and Regulators Committee Found: Baroness Taylor of Bolton (Chair) Interests as set out in the Register of Lords’ Interests Lord Best |
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Tuesday 4th February 2025
Oral Evidence - Northern Powergrid, and UK Power Networks The energy grid and grid connections - Industry and Regulators Committee Found: February 2025 10.35 am Watch the meeting Members present: Baroness Taylor of Bolton (The Chair); Lord Best |
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Tuesday 28th January 2025
Oral Evidence - National Grid Electricity Transmission, and SSEN Transmission The energy grid and grid connections - Industry and Regulators Committee Found: meeting Members present: Lord Agnew of Oulton; Lord Altrincham; Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top; Lord Best |
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Tuesday 21st January 2025
Oral Evidence - Centrica, and EDF Energy The energy grid and grid connections - Industry and Regulators Committee Found: Members present: Baroness Taylor of Bolton (The Chair); Lord Agnew of Oulton; Lord Altrincham; Lord Best |
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Tuesday 21st January 2025
Oral Evidence - Octopus Energy, and Solar Energy UK The energy grid and grid connections - Industry and Regulators Committee Found: Members present: Baroness Taylor of Bolton (The Chair); Lord Agnew of Oulton; Lord Altrincham; Lord Best |
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Tuesday 14th January 2025
Oral Evidence - Energy UK The energy grid and grid connections - Industry and Regulators Committee Found: Taylor of Bolton (The Chair); Lord Agnew of Oulton; Lord Altrincham; Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top; Lord Best |
| Written Answers |
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FirstPort
Asked by: Helen Grant (Conservative - Maidstone and Malling) Monday 24th March 2025 Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the adequacy of the service provided by First Port property management. Answered by Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government) The government is committed to ensuring that consumers are protected from abuse and poor service at the hands of unscrupulous property agents. Legislation is currently enforced by local authorities and by the National Trading Standards’ Lettings and Estate Agency Team, who have the power to issue warnings and banning orders to rogue estate and letting agents. The previous government committed to regulate the property agent sector in 2018 and asked a working group chaired by Lord Best to advise them on how best to do it. However, they failed to respond to the recommendations set out in the working group’s 2019 Regulation of Property Agents: working group report which can be found on gov.uk here. Managing agents play a key role in the maintenance of multi-occupancy buildings and freehold estates, and their importance will only increase as we transition toward a commonhold future. As a result, we are looking again at the 2019 report. As set out in the Written Ministerial Statement made on 21 November 2024 (HCWS244), the government have made clear it intends to strengthen regulation of managing agents to drive up the standard of their service. As a minimum, this should include mandatory professional qualifications which set a new basic standard that managing agents will be required to meet. We will consult on this matter this year. We will set out our full position on regulation of estate, letting and managing agents in due course. |
| Bill Documents |
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Mar. 28 2025
HL Bill 60 Running list of amendments – 28 March 2025 Renters' Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Clause 8 LORD BEST LORD YOUNG OF COOKHAM BARONESS THORNHILL _ Clause 8, page 11, line 22, after “ |
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Mar. 27 2025
HL Bill 60 Running list of amendments – 27 March 2025 Renters' Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Clause 8 LORD BEST LORD YOUNG OF COOKHAM BARONESS THORNHILL _ Clause 8, page 11, line 22, after “ |
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Mar. 21 2025
HL Bill 60 Running list of amendments – 21 March 2025 Renters' Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Clause 8 LORD BEST LORD YOUNG OF COOKHAM BARONESS THORNHILL _ Clause 8, page 11, line 22, after “ |
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Mar. 17 2025
HL Bill 60 Running list of amendments - 17 March 2025 Renters' Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Clause 8 LORD BEST LORD YOUNG OF COOKHAM BARONESS THORNHILL _ Clause 8, page 11, line 22, after “ |
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Mar. 14 2025
HL Bill 60 Running list of amendments - 14 March 2025 Renters' Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Clause 8 LORD BEST LORD YOUNG OF COOKHAM BARONESS THORNHILL _ Clause 8, page 11, line 22, after “ |
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Mar. 12 2025
HL Bill 60 Running list of amendments – 12 March 2025 Renters' Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: LORD BEST LORD YOUNG OF COOKHAM BARONESS GRENDER BARONESS THORNHILL _ Clause 7, page 10, line 4, |
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Mar. 05 2025
HL Bill 60 Running list of amendments – 5 March 2025 Renters' Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: LORD BEST LORD YOUNG OF COOKHAM BARONESS GRENDER BARONESS THORNHILL _ Clause 7, page 10, line 4, |
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Mar. 04 2025
HL Bill 60 Running list of amendments – 4 March 2025 Renters' Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: LORD BEST LORD YOUNG OF COOKHAM BARONESS GRENDER BARONESS THORNHILL _ Clause 7, page 10, line 4, |
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Feb. 28 2025
HL Bill 60 Running list of amendments – 28 February 2025 Renters' Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: LORD BEST LORD YOUNG OF COOKHAM BARONESS GRENDER BARONESS THORNHILL _ Clause 7, page 10, line 4, |
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Feb. 27 2025
HL Bill 60 Running list of amendments – 27 February 2025 Renters' Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: LORD BEST LORD YOUNG OF COOKHAM BARONESS GRENDER BARONESS THORNHILL _ Clause 7, page 10, line 4, |
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Feb. 26 2025
HL Bill 60 Running list of amendments – 26 February 2025 Renters' Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: LORD BEST LORD YOUNG OF COOKHAM BARONESS GRENDER BARONESS THORNHILL _ Clause 7, page 10, line 4, |
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Feb. 25 2025
HL Bill 60 Running list of amendments – 25 February 2025 Renters' Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: LORD BEST LORD YOUNG OF COOKHAM BARONESS GRENDER BARONESS THORNHILL _ Clause 7, page 10, line 4, |
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Feb. 24 2025
HL Bill 60 Running list of amendments – 24 February 2025 Renters' Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: LORD BEST LORD YOUNG OF COOKHAM BARONESS GRENDER BARONESS THORNHILL _ Clause 7, page 10, line 4, |
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Feb. 21 2025
HL Bill 60 Running list of amendments – 21 February 2025 Renters' Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: LORD BEST LORD YOUNG OF COOKHAM BARONESS GRENDER BARONESS THORNHILL _ Clause 7, page 10, line 4, |
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Feb. 20 2025
HL Bill 60 Running list of amendments – 20 February 2025 Renters' Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: LORD BEST LORD YOUNG OF COOKHAM BARONESS GRENDER BARONESS THORNHILL _ Clause 7, page 10, line 4, |
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Feb. 19 2025
HL Bill 60 Running list of amendments – 19 February 2025 Renters' Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: LORD BEST LORD YOUNG OF COOKHAM BARONESS GRENDER BARONESS THORNHILL _ Clause 7, page 10, line 4, |
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Feb. 17 2025
HL Bill 60 Running list of amendments – 17 February 2025 Renters' Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: LORD BEST LORD YOUNG OF COOKHAM BARONESS GRENDER BARONESS THORNHILL _ Clause 7, page 10, line 4, |
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Feb. 13 2025
HL Bill 60 Running list of amendments – 13 February 2025 Renters' Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Clause 7 LORD BEST LORD YOUNG OF COOKHAM BARONESS GRENDER BARONESS THORNHILL _ Clause 7, page 10 |
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Feb. 12 2025
HL Bill 60 Running list of amendments – 12 February 2025 Renters' Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Clause 8 LORD BEST LORD YOUNG OF COOKHAM BARONESS THORNHILL _ Clause 8, page 11, line 22, after “ |
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Feb. 10 2025
HL Bill 60 Running list of amendments – 10 February 2025 Renters' Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Clause 8 LORD BEST LORD YOUNG OF COOKHAM _ Clause 8, page 11, line 22, after “appropriate tribunal |
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Feb. 07 2025
HL Bill 60 Running list of amendments – 7 February 2025 Renters' Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Clause 8 LORD BEST LORD YOUNG OF COOKHAM _ Clause 8, page 11, line 22, after “appropriate tribunal |
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Feb. 06 2025
HL Bill 60 Running list of amendments – 6 February 2025 Renters' Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Renters' Rights Bill 2 Clause 7 LORD BEST ★_ Clause 7, page 10, line 4, at end insert— “(4F) It shall |
| Calendar |
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Tuesday 28th January 2025 10:30 a.m. Industry and Regulators Committee - Oral evidence Subject: The energy grid and grid connections At 10:30am: Oral evidence Rob Salter-Church - Director of Regulation at National Grid Electricity Transmission Jessica Hardwick - Head of Public Affairs and Policy at SSEN Transmission View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 28th January 2025 10:30 a.m. Industry and Regulators Committee - Oral evidence Subject: The energy grid and grid connections View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 4th February 2025 10:30 a.m. Industry and Regulators Committee - Oral evidence Subject: The energy grid and grid connections View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 4th February 2025 10:30 a.m. Industry and Regulators Committee - Oral evidence Subject: The energy grid and grid connections At 10:30am: Oral evidence Jim Cardwell - Head of Energy Systems Policy at Northern Powergrid Mark Adolphus - Director of Connections at UK Power Networks View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 11th February 2025 10:30 a.m. Industry and Regulators Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 25th February 2025 10:30 a.m. Industry and Regulators Committee - Oral evidence Subject: The energy grid and grid connections View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 25th February 2025 10:30 a.m. Industry and Regulators Committee - Oral evidence Subject: The energy grid and grid connections At 10:30am: Oral evidence Pauleen Lane - Professional Lead, Infrastructure at Planning Inspectorate Dr Ada Lee - Policy Specialist, Infrastructure and Climate Change at Royal Town Planning Institute At 11:30am: Oral evidence Frank Aaskov - Director, Energy and Climate Change Policy at UK Steel Teodora Kaneva - Head of Smart Infrastructure and Systems at techUK Andy Manning - Head of Energy Systems Transformation at Citizens Advice View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 25th February 2025 10:30 a.m. Industry and Regulators Committee - Oral evidence Subject: The energy grid and grid connections At 10:30am: Oral evidence Dr Ada Lee - Policy Specialist, Infrastructure and Climate Change at Royal Town Planning Institute Dr Pauleen Lane - Professional Lead, Infrastructure at Planning Inspectorate At 11:30am: Oral evidence Frank Aaskov - Director, Energy and Climate Change Policy at UK Steel Teodora Kaneva - Head of Smart Infrastructure and Systems at techUK Andy Manning - Head of Energy Systems Transformation at Citizens Advice View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 4th March 2025 10:30 a.m. Industry and Regulators Committee - Oral evidence Subject: The energy grid and grid connections View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 1st April 2025 10:30 a.m. Industry and Regulators Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 25th March 2025 10:30 a.m. Industry and Regulators Committee - Oral evidence Subject: The energy grid and grid connections At 10:30am: Oral evidence Michael Shanks MP - Minister at Department of Energy Security and Net Zero View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 25th March 2025 10:30 a.m. Industry and Regulators Committee - Oral evidence Subject: The energy grid and grid connections At 10:30am: Oral evidence Michael Shanks MP - Minister at Department of Energy Security and Net Zero Emily Bourne View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 6th May 2025 10:30 a.m. Industry and Regulators Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 25th March 2025 10:30 a.m. Industry and Regulators Committee - Oral evidence Subject: The energy grid and grid connections At 10:30am: Oral evidence Michael Shanks MP - Minister at Department of Energy Security and Net Zero Emily Bourne - Director, Energy Systems & Networks × at Department for Energy Security and Net Zero View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 25th March 2025 10:30 a.m. Industry and Regulators Committee - Oral evidence Subject: The energy grid and grid connections At 10:30am: Oral evidence Michael Shanks MP - Minister at Department of Energy Security and Net Zero Emily Bourne - Director, Energy Systems & Networks at Department for Energy Security and Net Zero View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 11th March 2025 midnight Industry and Regulators Committee - Oral evidence Subject: The energy grid and grid connections View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 11th March 2025 midnight Industry and Regulators Committee - Oral evidence Subject: The energy grid and grid connections At 10:30am: Oral evidence Kayte O'Neill - Chief Operating Officer at National Energy System Operator (NESO) Matt Vickers - Director of Connections at National Energy System Operator (NESO) James Norman - Head of Connections Strategy at National Energy System Operator (NESO) View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 18th March 2025 10:30 a.m. Industry and Regulators Committee - Oral evidence Subject: The energy grid and grid connections At 10:30am: Oral evidence Eleanor Warburton - Director, Energy System Design at Ofgem Akshay Kaul - Director General, Infrastructure Group at Ofgem View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 11th March 2025 10:30 a.m. Industry and Regulators Committee - Oral evidence Subject: The energy grid and grid connections At 10:30am: Oral evidence Kayte O'Neill - Chief Operating Officer at National Energy System Operator (NESO) Matt Vickers - Director of Connections at National Energy System Operator (NESO) James Norman - Head of Connections Strategy at National Energy System Operator (NESO) View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 4th March 2025 10:30 a.m. Industry and Regulators Committee - Oral evidence Subject: The energy grid and grid connections At 10:30am: Oral evidence Nick Winser CBE - Electricity Networks Commissioner at National Infrastructure Commission View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 29th April 2025 10:30 a.m. Industry and Regulators Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
| Welsh Government Publications |
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Tuesday 16th March 2021
Source Page: Research into the sale and use of leaseholds in Wales Document: Research into the sale and use of leaseholds in Wales (PDF) Found: The Regulation of Property Agents Working Group Report (Lord Best, 2019) 3.31 In its response to the |
| Welsh Senedd Debates |
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2. Inquiry into fire safety in high rise blocks in Wales (Welsh Government white paper - Safer Buildings in Wales: A Consultation): evidence session 1
None speech (None words) Thursday 25th February 2021 - None |