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Wednesday 10th June 2026
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero
Lord Whitehead (Labour - Life peer)

Orders and regulations - Grand Committee
Subject: Energy Prices Act 2022 (Amendment) (NI) Regulations 2026
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Wednesday 10th June 2026
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero
Lord Whitehead (Labour - Life peer)

Orders and regulations - Grand Committee
Subject: Contracts for Difference (Allocation) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
Contracts for Difference (Allocation) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 View calendar - Add to calendar


Speeches
Lord Whitehead speeches from: Offshore Oil and Gas: Venting and Flaring
Lord Whitehead contributed 8 speeches (687 words)
Thursday 21st May 2026 - Lords Chamber
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero
Lord Whitehead speeches from: Climate Change: Government Action
Lord Whitehead contributed 8 speeches (850 words)
Tuesday 19th May 2026 - Lords Chamber
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero
Lord Whitehead speeches from: King’s Speech
Lord Whitehead contributed 1 speech (2,433 words)
Tuesday 19th May 2026 - Lords Chamber
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero



Lord Whitehead mentioned

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19 May 2026, 5:14 p.m. - House of Lords
"debate and Lord Whitehead acknowledgements of its importance and Baroness Rebuck. I'd like to say so. Wonderful celebration. It "
Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
19 May 2026, 4:16 p.m. - House of Lords
" Speech Lord Whitehead. "
Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
19 May 2026, 8:54 p.m. - House of Lords
"Minister and Lord Whitehead, not only for sitting through 90% of "
Lord Whitty (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
19 May 2026, 10:24 p.m. - House of Lords
"noble Lord, Lord Lenny, have I have identified. And my noble friend Lord Whitehead tells me that you "
Lord Markham (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
19 May 2026, 8:24 p.m. - House of Lords
"My Lords, I will focus on energy, and I warmly welcome the speeches of my noble friends Lord Whitehead "
Baroness Garden of Frognal (Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript
2 Jun 2026, 12:24 p.m. - House of Commons
"independent review by my noble friend Lord Whitehead, and we will respond to that review in due course. We are ambitious about the role that Gers can play. "
Edward Morello MP (West Dorset, Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript


Parliamentary Debates
King’s Speech
149 speeches (53,868 words)
Tuesday 19th May 2026 - Lords Chamber
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero
Mentions:
1: Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury (LD - Life peer) Lords, I welcome culture being part of today’s debate and the acknowledgment by the noble Lord, Lord Whitehead - Link to Speech
2: Baroness Griffin of Princethorpe (Lab - Life peer) I will focus on energy, and I warmly welcome the speeches of my noble friends Lord Whitehead and Lady - Link to Speech
3: Lord Whitty (Lab - Life peer) speaking, relate to climate change.In that context, I congratulate the Minister, my noble friend Lord Whitehead - Link to Speech
4: Baroness Smith of Malvern (Lab - Life peer) My noble friend Lord Whitehead tells me that my noble friend Lord Lennie gets five “yeses” for the questions - Link to Speech

Energy Infrastructure Planning Projects
1 speech (212 words)
Thursday 14th May 2026 - Written Statements
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero
Mentions:
1: Martin McCluskey (Lab - Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West) My noble Friend Lord Whitehead, Minister for Energy Security and Net Zero, has today made the following - Link to Speech



Select Committee Documents
Thursday 21st May 2026
Written Evidence - enfinium
DCU0072 - Risks and opportunities to the sustainability of data centres in the UK

Risks and opportunities to the sustainability of data centres in the UK - Environmental Audit Committee

Found: example through the Emissions Trading Scheme or a Net Zero Aviation Mandate (as recommended in the Lord Whitehead

Wednesday 20th May 2026
Correspondence - Correspondence from the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero relating to rural proofing policies, dated 26 January 2026

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee

Found: Lord Whitehead Minister of State for Energy Security and Net Zero Department for Energy Security



Non-Departmental Publications - News and Communications
May. 14 2026
Planning Inspectorate
Source Page: Dogger Bank South Offshore Wind Farms development consent decision announced
Document: Dogger Bank South Offshore Wind Farms development consent decision announced (webpage)
News and Communications

Found: This decision was made by Lord Whitehead on behalf of the Energy Secretary’s legal authority.

May. 14 2026
Planning Inspectorate
Source Page: North Falls Offshore Wind Farm development consent decision announced
Document: North Falls Offshore Wind Farm development consent decision announced (webpage)
News and Communications

Found: This decision was made by Lord Whitehead on behalf of the Energy Secretary’s legal authority.



Deposited Papers
Thursday 21st May 2026

Source Page: Letter dated 13/05/2026 letter dated 13/05/2026 from Lord Whitehead to Baroness Neville-Rolfe regarding a question on the impact of plans for dynamic alignment with the EU on energy and the carbon adjustment mechanism on trade deals with other nations, and the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership. 1p.
Document: Letter_to_Baroness_Neville-Rolfe.pdf (PDF)

Found: Letter dated 13/05/2026 letter dated 13/05/2026 from Lord Whitehead to Baroness Neville-Rolfe regarding

Wednesday 20th May 2026

Source Page: Letter dated 13/05/2026 from Lord Whitehead to the Lord Bishop of Norwich regarding what assessment has been made of the need to increase investment in renewable energy produced in the UK, following the recent closure of the Strait of Hormuz to oil and gas carrying vessels. 1p.
Document: Letter_to_Lord_Bishop_of_Norwich_HL16572.pdf (PDF)

Found: Letter dated 13/05/2026 from Lord Whitehead to the Lord Bishop of Norwich regarding what assessment has

Wednesday 20th May 2026

Source Page: Letter dated 13/05/2026 from Lord Whitehead to Lord Bishop of Norwich regarding what the government's policy priorities are in enacting the transition away from fossil fuels. 1p.
Document: Letter_to_Lord_Bishop_of_Norwich_HL16673.pdf (PDF)

Found: Letter dated 13/05/2026 from Lord Whitehead to Lord Bishop of Norwich regarding what the government's

Wednesday 20th May 2026

Source Page: Letter dated 13/05/2026 from Lord Whitehead to Lord Redwood regarding what is the average price per kilowatt-hour of retail electricity generated by wind power and gas. 1p.
Document: Letter_to_Lord_Redwood.pdf (PDF)

Found: Letter dated 13/05/2026 from Lord Whitehead to Lord Redwood regarding what is the average price per kilowatt-hour

Wednesday 20th May 2026

Source Page: Letter dated 13/05/2026 from Lord Whitehead to Lord Hay of Ballyore regarding what assessment they have made of current fuel supplies in the UK and what discussions they have held with forecourt operators about securing supplies of petrol and diesel. 1p.
Document: Letter_to_Lord_Hay_of_Ballyore.pdf (PDF)

Found: Letter dated 13/05/2026 from Lord Whitehead to Lord Hay of Ballyore regarding what assessment they have

Wednesday 20th May 2026

Source Page: Letter dated 13/05/2026 from Lord Whitehead to the Lord Bishop of Norwich regarding whether a minister will attend the High-Level Segment of the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels from 28 to 29 April. 1p.
Document: Letter_to_Lord_Bishop_of_Norwich_HL16474.pdf (PDF)

Found: Letter dated 13/05/2026 from Lord Whitehead to the Lord Bishop of Norwich regarding whether a minister

Wednesday 20th May 2026

Source Page: Letter dated 13/05/2026 from Lord Whitehead to Lord Spellar regarding what percentage of the UK's offshore wind capacity is generated by machinery manufactured in the UK and what steps they are taking to increase UK manufacturing for future offshore wind projects. 1p.
Document: Letter_to_Lord_Spellar.pdf (PDF)

Found: Letter dated 13/05/2026 from Lord Whitehead to Lord Spellar regarding what percentage of the UK's offshore

Friday 15th May 2026

Source Page: Letter dated 13/05/2026 from Lord Whitehead to Lord Birt in response to a Written Parliamentary Question regarding what percentage of the UK's electricity is imported via interconnectors from European countries and what percentage of electricity in each of those countries is produced from the burning of coal oil or gas. 2p.
Document: Letter_to_Lord_Birt.pdf (PDF)

Found: Letter dated 13/05/2026 from Lord Whitehead to Lord Birt in response to a Written Parliamentary Question

Friday 15th May 2026

Source Page: Letter dated 13/05/2026 from Lord Whitehead to Lord Foster of Aghadrumsee regarding whether the decoupling of the wholesale price of gas and the price of electricity applies to the Northern Ireland electricity market as well as the market in Great Britain. 1p.
Document: Letter_to_Baroness_Foster_of_Aghadrumsee.pdf (PDF)

Found: Letter dated 13/05/2026 from Lord Whitehead to Lord Foster of Aghadrumsee regarding whether the decoupling

Friday 15th May 2026

Source Page: Letter dated 13/05/2026 from Lord Whitehead to Lord Mackinlay regarding what estimate the Government have made of the amount that will be spent on Chinese products to decarbonise the supply of electricity by 2030. 1p.
Document: Letter_to_Lord_Mackinlay_of_Richborough_HL16632.pdf (PDF)

Found: Letter dated 13/05/2026 from Lord Whitehead to Lord Mackinlay regarding what estimate the Government

Friday 15th May 2026

Source Page: Letter dated 13/05/2026 from Lord Whitehead to Lord Mackinlay regarding whether the Government have made an estimate of the number of engineers required to decarbonise the supply of electricity by 2030. 1p.
Document: Letter_to_Lord_Mackinlay_of_Richborough_HL16631.pdf (PDF)

Found: Letter dated 13/05/2026 from Lord Whitehead to Lord Mackinlay regarding whether the Government have made

Friday 15th May 2026

Source Page: Letter dated 13/05/2026 from Lord Whitehead to Lord Mackinlay regarding what estimate the Government have made of the tonnage of steel, copper and cement, that will be required to decarbonise the supply of electricity by 2030. 1p.
Document: Letter_to_Lord_Mackinlay_of_Richborough__HL16633.pdf (PDF)

Found: Letter dated 13/05/2026 from Lord Whitehead to Lord Mackinlay regarding what estimate the Government