L

Lord Whitehead (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 19 May 2026

Debate

Climate Change: Government Action

Contribution

The noble Baroness will understand that the arrangements that were made for Drax as far as the period up to 2032 is concerned are half as costly as the support arrangements for Drax which were made under the previous Government and they require Drax to produce much less power and be a marginal power producer, along with other power stations, rather than the baseline arrangements that there were previously. The Government have acted to both curtail and balance what Drax is doing, but this agreement ends in 2032 if Drax does not undertake further activities to ameliorate its emissions from biomass—which, admittedly, is lower carbon in the first place—so watch this space. The present arrangement is running its course on a better basis than previously, but there is undoubtedly more to come if Drax does not stand by its obligations for the future.

More from Lord Whitehead (Lab)

Other recent Hansard contributions by the same speaker.

About Hansard

Hansard is the official verbatim record of proceedings in the UK Parliament. Every word spoken in the Commons and Lords is recorded and published — this page is a single contribution from that record.

Partner sites