Lord Geddes
Main Page: Lord Geddes (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary) Baroness Verma
        
    
    
    
    
    
        
        
        
            Baroness Verma 
        
    
        
    
        My Lords, this country needs a mix of different energy sources. Wind happens to be one of them and is carbon free. However, we recognise that we need to look at all sources and the subsidies we are providing to them, and we have taken it upon ourselves to reduce wind subsidies by 10 per cent.
 Lord Geddes
        
    
    
    
    
    
        
        
        
            Lord Geddes 
        
    
        
    
        My Lords, as regards the excellent house insulation scheme, can my noble friend persuade the department concerned to inform those who are installing the insulation that they are allowed to go up portable ladders and not to claim health and safety regulations to refuse?
 Baroness Verma
        
    
    
    
    
    
        
        
        
            Baroness Verma 
        
    
        
    
        My noble friend raises a very important point. I need to direct it to the department to which his question belongs.