"My Lords, we welcome and support the Energy Prices Act 2022 (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026—and particularly the continued effort to ensure that consumers in Northern Ireland receive appropriate protection from the continued volatility of energy costs following the war in the Middle East. I thank the Minister for introducing …..." Earl Russell - View Speech
"My Lords, I thank the Minister for his introduction—clearly, this stuff is more complicated than eBay. I also thank my noble friend for raising important questions about geothermal that I hope the Minister will come to answer, but we support the inclusion and further development of that technology within our …..." Earl Russell - View Speech
"My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Moylan, for tabling this Motion to Regret. We are broadly supportive of most of it, but we have one central reservation about the framing.
There are seven clean air zones—CAZs—in England using the central service, as set out by the Minister. All …..." Earl Russell - View Speech
"My Lords, I want to ask the Minister about future access to Post Office counter services now contained in TGJones stores. What steps are the Government taking to ensure that those counters are not closed, particularly in deprived urban areas and rural areas, and are the Government considering requiring minimum …..." Earl Russell - View Speech
"My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Lilley, and all those who have contributed. On these Benches, we support the energy transition and reducing our energy bills. They are in fact fundamentally linked, but we must be honest about the cause and the solutions.
"My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill, for introducing the Bill and for the briefings that he and his team have kindly provided to Members of the House. We approach this Bill with an open mind and with a clear desire for greater clarity and …..." Earl Russell - View Speech
"My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Young, and I endorse the comments that she has made.
Decent, affordable and secure housing is a basic human right. To start, I thank the Minister for the way that she introduced the Bill, particularly in sharing her …..." Earl Russell - View Speech
"My Lords, the Green Alliance has found that North Sea operators are still wasting gas worth £300 million a year—enough to heat around 570,000 homes. That lost gas is nearly a third of Jackdaw’s projected peak output. Why are the Government tolerating such inefficiencies? Will the Minister commit to banning …..." Earl Russell - View Speech
"To ask His Majesty’s Government what progress they have made in reducing emissions and wasted gas via venting and flaring on offshore oil and gas infrastructure...." Earl Russell - View Speech
"My Lords, our understanding of climate change is fundamentally reliant on international global science, which is under threat. I implore this Government to do more to support international climate science. What specific actions are the Government taking to monitor the cumulative impact of that reduction in science, and what steps …..." Earl Russell - View Speech