UK Energy Sources and Cost of Energy

Debate between Lord Fuller and Lord Kennedy of Southwark

Thursday 19th March 2026 Lords Chamber

[Lord Hintze (Con)]

My Lords—

[Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Lab Co-op)]

It is definitely the turn of the Conservative Benches.

[Lord Fuller (Con)]

My Lords, the crisis is immediate. What assessment have the Government made about the essential products that rely on gas—ammonia, CO₂, aniline, soda ash, ethylene and sulphuric acid—without which a modern economy cannot exist and without which factories will close?