Lord Hamilton of Epsom (Con)

My Lords, I started this debate by saying that my real concern about all these green initiatives is that they are adding to costs and are one of the reasons why our electricity prices are some of the highest in the G7 and make this country very uncompetitive, particularly when it comes to manufacturing industry, which continues to leach from this country to other countries in the world. The chances of restoring our manufacturing sector seem to me to be pretty faint as long as we have these astronomically high prices. I noticed during the debate that a lot of people have gone on about the duties of all the authorities listed here to adapt to green initiatives, but on the other hand, nobody talks about the cost of doing that. That is really my concern, right across the board. The green initiatives that we have under net-zero legislation are actually leading to customers paying more for services. I am surprised that the Local Government Association says that it approves of the Bill, because it will mean that community charge payers will be paying more money to enact all of this stuff. But I think we have had an interesting debate and I am more than happy to withdraw my amendment.