Energy Prices: Electricity Bills

Lord Walney Excerpts
Wednesday 13th October 2021

(2 years, 6 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Walney Portrait Lord Walney (CB)
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My Lords, will the Government redouble their efforts to persuade our European partners to resist the siren voices from the Kremlin over Nord Stream 2, in the knowledge that President Putin’s regime will only try to exacerbate this cost-of-living crisis and not bring benefit to our or European citizens?

Lord Callanan Portrait Lord Callanan (Con)
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The noble Lord makes an extremely good point. We remain very concerned about the impact of Nord Stream 2 on European energy security and particularly on the interests of Ukraine. We will continue to raise our significant concerns about the project, defend the interests of Ukraine, support future arrangements and give a significant transit role to them.