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Thursday 4th June
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Short debate - Grand Committee
Why UK electricity prices are among the highest in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
MP: Lord LilleySpeech in Grand Committee - Thu 04 Jun 2026 UK Electricity Prices
"To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of why UK electricity prices are among the highest in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development...." Lord Lilley - View Speech
"My Lords, it is a great privilege to open this debate, especially with the high calibre of people proposing to participate in it.
The basic science of global warming is rock solid, but we have been told fairy tales about its economics ever since the Climate Change Act 2008. We …..." Lord Lilley - View Speech
"My Lords, it is always a great and nostalgic pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Liddle, whose enthusiasm for rejoining the European Union reminds me of the remarks of Samuel Johnson about a friend of his who was contemplating a second marriage—that it was a triumph of hope over …..." Lord Lilley - View Speech
"My Lords, does the noble Baroness speak to the NFU, which does not want to rejoin Europe because it believes that the divergences from EU rules since Brexit have benefited it enormously? Doing away with those divergences would cost £600 million to £800 million a year just for PPPs, and …..." Lord Lilley - View Speech