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Member

Speaking in the House of Lords on 20 October 2025

Debate

Planning and Infrastructure Bill

Contribution

Before concluding, I want to explain that complacency can be easily mis-held. We were complacent about the oil-filled transformers at Heathrow that exploded. The world’s second-largest battery energy storage system, in California, was consumed last January. Rather than fight the fire, they had to let it burn out. These are really important issues, and just saying that we have got down to 0.7%—or whatever it is—is, I am afraid, not good enough. These things are multiplying; they are growing like Topsy. From the occasional installation, we now have them in urban areas, countryside areas and wherever. They should be regulated.

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