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Part of Energy Bill [Lords] – in a Public Bill Committee at 7:00 pm on 21 June 2011.

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Photo of Gregory Barker Gregory Barker The Minister of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change 7:00, 21 June 2011

On a point of order, Mr Crausby. I apologise for being a little premature earlier on, but I did want to place on record my appreciation—and also that of my colleagues—for your chairmanship and that of Mr Leigh, as well as for the considerable work and effort of your Clerks and my superb officials. We should not to forget the Doorkeepers, who have looked after us so well, and the Hansard reporters, who have tried to make head or tail of what we have been spouting.

I would like to put on record my real pleasure about the way in which we have conducted our affairs in Committee. We have not always been able to agree, but there has been a remarkable degree of consensus about the broad thrust of the Bill. I thank the Opposition for the way in which they have, by and large, engaged constructively in our proceedings. We have not been overburdened by experience of the ways of Committee proceedings, but nevertheless we have managed to navigate our way through, and I look forward to Report.