It will be interesting to see how the Lords reacts, and how the parties vote.
The Lords point to two core policies that they say need to be in place.
The money is there from institutional investors for these energy projects, say the Lords.
Up to now the Lords, dominated by independent cross-benchers, have chosen to defeat governments only sparingly.
You can watch the second part of the Lords third reading debate here.
But, as a peer Lord Irvine is answerable to the Lords and not the Commons.
Labour had also managed to secure a debate on the issue in the Lords.
The bill now returns to the Lords for peers to consider the changes made by MPs.
So the government would then have to use the Parliament Act to over-ride the Lords.
The exchanges came during the daily half-hour question session in the Lords on 16 January 2012.
In the Lords, it's peers' turn to rush through the emergency Police (Detention and Bail) Bill.
In the Lords, meanwhile, Labour's Lady Gale raises the "One Billion Rising" campaign at question time.
The government "remain committed to making progress" on changing the composition of the Lords, he stressed.
Since the election, it is true, the government has been defeated 21 times in the Lords.
Lord Penrose concludes that the Lords' ruling was only the final straw after years of mismanagement.
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On the other side of the building, the Lords is a pretty vibrant place, too.
But for once the main action will be that crucial vote in the Lords.
These days it's the Lords which is the more liberal and civil libertarian House, they say.
But the Lords amendment, passed with a massive 131-vote majority, short circuits those delicate discussions.
Could the changes be reversed at third reading in the Lords, on 25 February?
Peers gave the bill an unopposed second reading, as is customary in the Lords.
It is customary for the Lords to pass all stages of money bills in one day.
While a spokesman for the pro-hunting Countryside Alliance, Simon Hart, welcomed the Lords' vote.
The Lords are back on the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill.
British law does not make tax status a qualification for sitting in the Lords.
Since then, the Lords have been able only to delay government legislation, not to block it.
When previous Tory governments were defeated in the Lords, they often amended their legislation.
Report stage of the Scotland Bill is due to begin in the Lords on 26 March.
Fully 92 hereditary peers still sit in the Lords, together with 26 Anglican bishops.
He is skilful in deploying patronage, from seats in the Lords to invitations to Number 10.
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