Energy: Prices and Supply Debate
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Lord Houghton of Richmond
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Energy: Prices and Supply
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Lord Callanan (Con)
I am afraid that I simply do not agree with the noble Lord. A number of aspects of his question were wrong. The Government are not handing money over to energy companies: the money is going directly to consumers—more than £37 billion of expenditure. The noble Lord might think that that is a few pounds, but I think it is a considerable sum of money. Clearly, energy prices are likely to go up again in the autumn, and that is something we will need to return to.
Lord Houghton of Richmond (CB)
Can the Minister reassure the House regarding when energy security last appeared on the agenda of, and was discussed by, the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy?
Lord Callanan (Con)
I am not a member of that committee, so I am afraid that I cannot answer that question.