Member

Turning to the other amendments in this group, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Noakes, for speaking to my amendment and raising the point about the budget, and for her Amendment 1, and the noble Lord, Lord Vaux of Harrowden, who has added his name to it. We do not oppose the spirit of the proposed new clause, but we are not absolutely certain that it is necessary in the Bill. We believe that GB Energy, by its very nature, will reduce our energy costs and enhance our energy security. I have a slight issue with the words “in a sustainable way”; I suspect that my reading of them and that of the noble Baroness might be slightly different.