Member

Briefly turning to some of the other amendments, I thank the noble Baronesses, Lady Young, Lady Hayman and Lady Boycott, for Amendment 46, which I welcome and support. I thank them for their support and for speaking up for community energy. I support Amendment 46A, tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Boycott. The only slight issue I have is in relation to energy efficiency. We talked about this on the first day in Committee. I asked the Minister whether any consideration had been given to GB Energy taking on the warm homes plan. The Minister’s response was that it had not been considered. I think that maybe the energy efficiency bit of that amendment sits with the warm homes initiative. I still think it might be an idea for the Government to go away and explore that, but I support the amendment.