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House of Commons

Tuesday 7 June 2011

Public Bill Committee

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Amendments which will comply with the required notice period at their next appearance

Energy Bill [Lords]

Resolution of the Programming Sub-Committee

The Programming Sub-Committee appointed by the Speaker in respect of the Bill

agreed the following Resolution at its meeting on Monday 23 May (Standing Order

No.  83C):

That—

(1)
the Committee shall (in addition to its first meeting at 10.30 am on Tuesday

7 June) meet—

(a)
at 4.00 pm on Tuesday 7 June;

(b)
at 9.00 am and 1.00 pm on Thursday 9 June;

(c)
at 10.30 am and 4.00 pm on Tuesday 14 June;

(d)
at 9.00 am and 1.00 pm on Thursday 16 June;

(e)
at 10.30 am and 4.00 pm on Tuesday 21 June;

(2)
the proceedings shall be taken in the following order: Clauses 1 to 70;

Schedule 1; Clauses 71 to 87; Schedule 2; Clauses 88 to 105; Schedule 3;

Clauses 106 to 108; new Clauses; new Schedules; remaining proceedings on

the Bill;

(3)
the proceedings shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a

conclusion at 7.00 pm on Tuesday 21 June.

Gregory Barker has given notice of his intention to move a motion in the terms of the

Programming Sub-Committee [Standing Order No. 83C].

Mr Gregory Barker

That, subject to the discretion of the Chair, any written evidence received by the

Committee shall be reported to the House for publication.

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Energy Bill [Lords] Continued

Caroline Lucas

84

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  9,  leave out ‘energy efficiency’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment along with related amendments, differentiates between all measures that could be

included in an ‘energy plan’, and measures which could attract Green Deal finance. The amend

ment seeks to ensure that householders are informed about all measures which could improve the

efficiency of their property.

Caroline Lucas

86

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  9,  at end insert—

‘(2A)
References to improvements to the property under an energy plan are to—

(a)
measures for improving efficiency in the use in the property of

electricity, gas conveyed through pipes or any other source of energy;

(b)
measures for increasing the amount of electricity generated, or heat

produced, by microgeneration (within the meaning given by section

26(1) of the Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act 2006);

(c)
any other measures for increasing the amount of electricity generated, or

heat produced, using low-emissions sources or technologies specified in

section 26(2) of the Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act 2006;

(d)
measures for reducing the consumption of such energy as is mentioned in

(a);

(e)
measures installed at the property for the purpose of supplying to it any

of the following types of energy—

(i)
electricity generated by a generating station operated for the

purposes of producing heat, or a cooling effect, in association

with electricity where the terms “supplying” and “generating

station” are read in accordance with section 64(1) of the

Electricity Act 1989;

(ii)
heat produced in association with electricity or steam produced

from (or air or water heated by) such heat;

(iii)
any gas or liquid subjected to a cooling effect produced in

association with electricity;

(f)
measures for reducing the consumption of water; or

(g)
measures installed for the use of smart metering.’.

Member’s explanatory statement

See explanatory statement relating to amendment 84.

Caroline Lucas

85

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  10,  leave out ‘An energy plan is’ and insert ‘Parts of an

energy plan will comprise’.

Member’s explanatory statement

See explanatory statement relating to amendment 84.

Caroline Lucas

87

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  1,  leave out ‘energy efficiency’.

Member’s explanatory statement

See explanatory statement relating to amendment 84.

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Energy Bill [Lords] Continued

Caroline Lucas

88

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  4,  leave out ‘in relation to the plan’.

Member’s explanatory statement

See explanatory statement relating to amendment 84.

Caroline Lucas

89

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  7,  leave out ‘energy efficiency’.

Member’s explanatory statement

See explanatory statement relating to amendment 84.

Caroline Lucas

90

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  8,  leave out ‘energy’.

Member’s explanatory statement

See explanatory statement relating to amendment 84.

Caroline Lucas

91

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  12,  before ‘plan’, insert ‘green deal’.

Member’s explanatory statement

See explanatory statement relating to amendment 84.

Caroline Lucas

92

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  20,  before ‘plan’, insert ‘green deal’.

Member’s explanatory statement

See explanatory statement relating to amendment 84.

Caroline Lucas

101

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  22,  after ‘property’, insert ‘except where the bill payer is

recognised as being in fuel poverty,’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment would mean that households living in fuel poverty are not required to make re

payments on Green Deal loans.

Mr Gregory Barker

1

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  22,  leave out ‘and’.

Mr Gregory Barker

2

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  24,  at end insert ‘, and

(c)
recoverable as a debt by the relevant energy supplier from the person

referred to in paragraph (a).’.

Caroline Lucas

93

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  26,  before ‘plan’, insert ‘green deal’.

Member’s explanatory statement

See explanatory statement relating to amendment 84.

Public Bill Committee: 7 June 2011
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Energy Bill [Lords] Continued

Caroline Lucas

102

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  32,  leave out subsection 9.

Member’s explanatory statement

This subsection alllows for the Secretary of State to disqualify some properties from being eligible

for a Green Deal.

Caroline Lucas

94

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  40,  leave out ‘energy efficiency improvements’ and insert

‘qualifying improvements’.

Member’s explanatory statement

See explanatory statement relating to amendment 84.

Caroline Lucas

103

Clause  2,  page  3,  line  12,  leave out ‘, and’ and insert ‘, or’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment and amendment 104 would make all microgeneration and low-emission heat or

power measures detailed in subsections (5) and (6) eligible for the Green Deal, as well as other

measures specified as such in an order made by the Secretary of State.

Caroline Lucas

104

Clause  2,  page  3,  line  23,  leave out ‘, and’ and insert ‘, or’.

Member’s explanatory statement

See explanatory statement relating to amendment 103.

Caroline Lucas

95

Clause  3,  page  3,  line  42,  before ‘green deal plans’, insert ‘energy plans and’.

Member’s explanatory statement

See explanatory statement relating to amendment 84.

Luciana Berger

Huw Irranca-Davies

Caroline Lucas

83

Clause  3,  page  3,  line  46,  at end insert—

‘(c)
to ensure through the use of regulation, the implementation of the code

of practice, and audit, that co-operatives, mutuals, social enterprises,

charities and businesses of all sizes have equal access to the market for

supply and installation of energy efficiency measures under the Green

Deal.’.

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Energy Bill [Lords] Continued

Luciana Berger

Huw Irranca-Davies

33

Clause  3,  page  4,  line  12,  at end insert—

‘(da)
for the use of a comprehensive assessment tool by green deal assessors

that will reliably estimate the likely energy bill savings.’.

Luciana Berger

Huw Irranca-Davies

39

Clause  3,  page  4,  line  26,  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘must’.

Caroline Lucas

96

Clause  3,  page  4,  line  40,  before ‘green deal plans’, insert ‘energy plans and’.

Member’s explanatory statement

See explanatory statement relating to amendment 84.

Luciana Berger

Huw Irranca-Davies

40

Clause  3,  page  4,  line  41,  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘must’.

Caroline Lucas

97

Clause  3,  page  4,  line  46,  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘shall’.

Member’s explanatory statement

See explanatory statement relating to amendment 84.

Luciana Berger

Huw Irranca-Davies

41

Clause  3,  page  4,  line  47,  at end insert—

‘(7A)
The provision made by the scheme or code in relation to green deal participants

must also extend to matters in connection with energy plans that are promoted or

arranged at the same time as green deal plans.’.

Mr Gregory Barker

3

Clause  3,  page  5,  line  12,  at end insert ‘;

(f)
withdraw authorisation from a body authorised for the purposes of

subsection (1)(a) as a body whose members are authorised to act as green

deal participants’.

Caroline Lucas

98

Clause  3,  page  5,  line  12,  at end insert—

‘(f)
withdraw from a body specified or authorised for the purposes of

subsection (1)(a) authorisation to act as a specified body under the

scheme.’.

Member’s explanatory statement

See explanatory statement relating to amendment 84.

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Energy Bill [Lords] Continued

Luciana Berger

Huw Irranca-Davies

Caroline Lucas

38

Clause  3,  page  5,  line  21,  at end add—

‘(12)
regulations for fees payable under this section may establish a reduced fee for

charities, social enterprises, co-operatives and mutuals applying for initial or

continued authorisation as Green Deal participants.’.

Caroline Lucas

99

Clause  4,  page  5,  line  34,  leave out ‘energy efficiency improvements’ and insert

‘improvements’.

Member’s explanatory statement

See explanatory statement relating to amendment 84.

Luciana Berger

Huw Irranca-Davies

35

Clause  4,  page  5,  line  34,  after ‘improvements’, insert ‘and that the

recommendations have been made without bias toward, or in promotion of, the products

or services of any one green deal provider, and that person has disclosed (in writing and

verbally) their connection with any green deal installer or green deal provider to the

improver and the bill payer.’.

Tessa Munt

42

Clause  4,  page  6,  line  6,  after ‘instalments’, insert ‘including the entire cost of the

financial package and any associated charges’.

Caroline Lucas

105

Clause  4,  page  6,  line  6,  after ‘instalments,’, insert ‘including the entire cost of the

finance package,’.

Member’s explanatory statement

To clarify that the cost of any energy efficiency measures being installed under the Green Deal,

including the entire cost of the financial package, must not exceed the expected resultant savings

on the customer’s energy bills over a specified time scale.

Luciana Berger

Huw Irranca-Davies

36

Clause  4,  page  6,  line  11,  at end insert—

‘(10)
The ninth condition is that the assessment must clearly detail those energy

efficiency improvements that qualify under the Green Deal and when making an

assessment the assessor must—

(a)
include all energy efficiency improvement options that qualify under the

Green Deal;

(b)
identify energy efficiency improvements that—

(i)
sit outside the Green Deal; or

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Energy Bill [Lords] Continued

(ii)
collectively exceed the total amount qualifiable under a Green

Deal plan, where this is clearly identified on the assessment.’.

Luciana Berger

Huw Irranca-Davies

Caroline Lucas

32

Clause  5,  page  7,  line  14,  at end insert—

‘(e)
a condition that the plan includes a term enabling the provision of

individual or community-based incentives to take up the Green Deal.’.

Luciana Berger

Huw Irranca-Davies

34

Clause  5,  page  7,  line  14,  at end insert—

‘(e)
a condition is that all fees that may be incurred by the householder or

landlord throughout a green deal plan are communicated to the

contracting householder or landlord in a clear, transparent and easy to

understand format prior to the deal being secured.’.

Dr Alan Whitehead

Tessa Munt

114

Clause  6,  page  7,  line  24,  at end insert—

‘(c)
the landlord’s consent to Green Deal improvements is unreasonably

withheld;

(d)
the bill payer’s consent to Green Deal improvements is unreasonably

withheld.’.

Mr Gregory Barker

45

Clause  17,  page  14,  line  3,  at end insert—

‘(3A)
Provision made by virtue of subsection (2)(b) which falls within subsection (3)(c)

may include provision requiring the holder of the licence, where a bill payer has

failed to pay a sum due under an energy bill, to remit a proportion of any payment

received to a green deal provider.’.

Caroline Lucas

106

Clause  17,  page  14,  line  3,  at end insert—

‘(g)
provision requiring the holder of the licence to disclose, via the

customer’s energy bill, any Green Deal payments being collected

through that bill as well as any arrears which may accumulate through

non-payment of Green Deal charges.’.



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