Energy Bill [HL]

Lord Geddes Excerpts

Committee stage
Wednesday 7th September 2022 Lords Chamber

Amendment 40 withdrawn.

[The Deputy Chairman of Committees (Lord Geddes) (Con)]

We come to Amendment 41. Lord Callanan?

[Lord Callanan (Con)]

Moved formally. No! I will speak to it.

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We should not penalise home owners and occupiers looking to protect themselves from the energy price crisis by adding batteries to their existing home solar systems as a stand-alone item to improve the benefits. Nor should we penalise those who could not afford to do both at the same time. My amendment, which removes VAT from stand-alone batteries, will help people cope with the energy crisis, help generate more energy and help us achieve our zero-carbon goal. I beg to move.

[The Deputy Chairman of Committees (Lord Geddes) (Con)]

I must counsel the noble Lord, Lord Foster, that he cannot move his amendment at this stage but only when the Committee comes to it sequentially.

[Lord West of Spithead (Lab)]

My Lords, I support the amendment in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Moylan, which relates to resilience. We are very bad at spending money on resilience. The Treasury hates to spend money on resilience, as I know from my time as a Minister.