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| | Resolution of the Programming Sub-Committee |
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| | The Programming Sub-Committee appointed by the Speaker in respect of the Bill |
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| | agreed the following Resolution at its meeting on Monday 23 May (Standing Order |
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| | (1) | the Committee shall (in addition to its first meeting at 10.30 am on Tuesday |
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| | (a) | at 4.00 pm on Tuesday 7 June; |
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| | (b) | at 9.00 am and 1.00 pm on Thursday 9 June; |
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| | (c) | at 10.30 am and 4.00 pm on Tuesday 14 June; |
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| | (d) | at 9.00 am and 1.00 pm on Thursday 16 June; |
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| | (e) | at 10.30 am and 4.00 pm on Tuesday 21 June; |
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| | (2) | the proceedings shall be taken in the following order: Clauses 1 to 70; |
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| | Schedule 1; Clauses 71 to 87; Schedule 2; Clauses 88 to 105; Schedule 3; |
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| | Clauses 106 to 108; new Clauses; new Schedules; remaining proceedings on |
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| | (3) | the proceedings shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a |
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| | conclusion at 7.00 pm on Tuesday 21 June. |
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| | Gregory Barker has given notice of his intention to move a motion in the terms of the |
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| | Programming Sub-Committee [Standing Order No. 83C]. |
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| | That, subject to the discretion of the Chair, any written evidence received by the |
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| | Committee shall be reported to the House for publication. |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 9, leave out ‘energy efficiency’. |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | This amendment along with related amendments, differentiates between all measures that could be |
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| | included in an ‘energy plan’, and measures which could attract Green Deal finance. The amend |
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| | ment seeks to ensure that householders are informed about all measures which could improve the |
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| | efficiency of their property. |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 9, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(2A) | References to improvements to the property under an energy plan are to— |
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| | (a) | measures for improving efficiency in the use in the property of |
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| | electricity, gas conveyed through pipes or any other source of energy; |
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| | (b) | measures for increasing the amount of electricity generated, or heat |
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| | produced, by microgeneration (within the meaning given by section |
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| | 26(1) of the Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act 2006); |
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| | (c) | any other measures for increasing the amount of electricity generated, or |
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| | heat produced, using low-emissions sources or technologies specified in |
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| | section 26(2) of the Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act 2006; |
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| | (d) | measures for reducing the consumption of such energy as is mentioned in |
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| | (e) | measures installed at the property for the purpose of supplying to it any |
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| | of the following types of energy— |
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| | (i) | electricity generated by a generating station operated for the |
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| | purposes of producing heat, or a cooling effect, in association |
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| | with electricity where the terms “supplying” and “generating |
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| | station” are read in accordance with section 64(1) of the |
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| | (ii) | heat produced in association with electricity or steam produced |
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| | from (or air or water heated by) such heat; |
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| | (iii) | any gas or liquid subjected to a cooling effect produced in |
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| | association with electricity; |
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| | (f) | measures for reducing the consumption of water; or |
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| | (g) | measures installed for the use of smart metering.’. |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | See explanatory statement relating to amendment 84. |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 10, leave out ‘An energy plan is’ and insert ‘Parts of an |
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| energy plan will comprise’. |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | See explanatory statement relating to amendment 84. |
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| Clause 1, page 2, line 1, leave out ‘energy efficiency’. |
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| | See explanatory statement relating to amendment 84. |
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| Clause 1, page 2, line 4, leave out ‘in relation to the plan’. |
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| | See explanatory statement relating to amendment 84. |
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| Clause 1, page 2, line 7, leave out ‘energy efficiency’. |
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| | See explanatory statement relating to amendment 84. |
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| Clause 1, page 2, line 8, leave out ‘energy’. |
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| | See explanatory statement relating to amendment 84. |
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| Clause 1, page 2, line 12, before ‘plan’, insert ‘green deal’. |
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| | See explanatory statement relating to amendment 84. |
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| Clause 1, page 2, line 20, before ‘plan’, insert ‘green deal’. |
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| | See explanatory statement relating to amendment 84. |
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| Clause 1, page 2, line 22, after ‘property’, insert ‘except where the bill payer is |
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| recognised as being in fuel poverty,’. |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | This amendment would mean that households living in fuel poverty are not required to make re |
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| | payments on Green Deal loans. |
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| Clause 1, page 2, line 22, leave out ‘and’. |
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| Clause 1, page 2, line 24, at end insert ‘, and |
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| | (c) | recoverable as a debt by the relevant energy supplier from the person |
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| | referred to in paragraph (a).’. |
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| Clause 1, page 2, line 26, before ‘plan’, insert ‘green deal’. |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | See explanatory statement relating to amendment 84. |
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| Clause 1, page 2, line 32, leave out subsection 9. |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | This subsection alllows for the Secretary of State to disqualify some properties from being eligible |
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| Clause 2, page 2, line 40, leave out ‘energy efficiency improvements’ and insert |
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| ‘qualifying improvements’. |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | See explanatory statement relating to amendment 84. |
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| Clause 2, page 3, line 12, leave out ‘, and’ and insert ‘, or’. |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | This amendment and amendment 104 would make all microgeneration and low-emission heat or |
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| | power measures detailed in subsections (5) and (6) eligible for the Green Deal, as well as other |
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| | measures specified as such in an order made by the Secretary of State. |
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| Clause 2, page 3, line 23, leave out ‘, and’ and insert ‘, or’. |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | See explanatory statement relating to amendment 103. |
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| Clause 3, page 3, line 42, before ‘green deal plans’, insert ‘energy plans and’. |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | See explanatory statement relating to amendment 84. |
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| Clause 3, page 3, line 46, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(c) | to ensure through the use of regulation, the implementation of the code |
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| | of practice, and audit, that co-operatives, mutuals, social enterprises, |
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| | charities and businesses of all sizes have equal access to the market for |
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| | supply and installation of energy efficiency measures under the Green |
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| Clause 3, page 4, line 12, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(da) | for the use of a comprehensive assessment tool by green deal assessors |
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| | that will reliably estimate the likely energy bill savings.’. |
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| Clause 3, page 4, line 26, leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘must’. |
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| Clause 3, page 4, line 40, before ‘green deal plans’, insert ‘energy plans and’. |
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| | See explanatory statement relating to amendment 84. |
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| Clause 3, page 4, line 41, leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘must’. |
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| Clause 3, page 4, line 46, leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘shall’. |
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| | See explanatory statement relating to amendment 84. |
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| Clause 3, page 4, line 47, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(7A) | The provision made by the scheme or code in relation to green deal participants |
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| | must also extend to matters in connection with energy plans that are promoted or |
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| | arranged at the same time as green deal plans.’. |
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| Clause 3, page 5, line 12, at end insert ‘; |
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| | (f) | withdraw authorisation from a body authorised for the purposes of |
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| | subsection (1)(a) as a body whose members are authorised to act as green |
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| Clause 3, page 5, line 12, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(f) | withdraw from a body specified or authorised for the purposes of |
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| | subsection (1)(a) authorisation to act as a specified body under the |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | See explanatory statement relating to amendment 84. |
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| Clause 3, page 5, line 21, at end add— |
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| | ‘(12) | regulations for fees payable under this section may establish a reduced fee for |
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| | charities, social enterprises, co-operatives and mutuals applying for initial or |
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| | continued authorisation as Green Deal participants.’. |
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| Clause 4, page 5, line 34, leave out ‘energy efficiency improvements’ and insert |
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| | See explanatory statement relating to amendment 84. |
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| Clause 4, page 5, line 34, after ‘improvements’, insert ‘and that the |
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| recommendations have been made without bias toward, or in promotion of, the products |
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| or services of any one green deal provider, and that person has disclosed (in writing and |
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| verbally) their connection with any green deal installer or green deal provider to the |
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| improver and the bill payer.’. |
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| Clause 4, page 6, line 6, after ‘instalments’, insert ‘including the entire cost of the |
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| financial package and any associated charges’. |
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| Clause 4, page 6, line 6, after ‘instalments,’, insert ‘including the entire cost of the |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | To clarify that the cost of any energy efficiency measures being installed under the Green Deal, |
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| | including the entire cost of the financial package, must not exceed the expected resultant savings |
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| | on the customer’s energy bills over a specified time scale. |
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| Clause 4, page 6, line 11, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(10) | The ninth condition is that the assessment must clearly detail those energy |
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| | efficiency improvements that qualify under the Green Deal and when making an |
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| | assessment the assessor must— |
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| | (a) | include all energy efficiency improvement options that qualify under the |
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| | (b) | identify energy efficiency improvements that— |
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| | (i) | sit outside the Green Deal; or |
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| | (ii) | collectively exceed the total amount qualifiable under a Green |
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| | Deal plan, where this is clearly identified on the assessment.’. |
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| Clause 5, page 7, line 14, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(e) | a condition that the plan includes a term enabling the provision of |
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| | individual or community-based incentives to take up the Green Deal.’. |
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| Clause 5, page 7, line 14, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(e) | a condition is that all fees that may be incurred by the householder or |
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| | landlord throughout a green deal plan are communicated to the |
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| | contracting householder or landlord in a clear, transparent and easy to |
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| | understand format prior to the deal being secured.’. |
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| Clause 6, page 7, line 24, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(c) | the landlord’s consent to Green Deal improvements is unreasonably |
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| | (d) | the bill payer’s consent to Green Deal improvements is unreasonably |
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| Clause 17, page 14, line 3, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(3A) | Provision made by virtue of subsection (2)(b) which falls within subsection (3)(c) |
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| | may include provision requiring the holder of the licence, where a bill payer has |
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| | failed to pay a sum due under an energy bill, to remit a proportion of any payment |
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| | received to a green deal provider.’. |
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| Clause 17, page 14, line 3, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(g) | provision requiring the holder of the licence to disclose, via the |
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| | customer’s energy bill, any Green Deal payments being collected |
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| | through that bill as well as any arrears which may accumulate through |
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| | non-payment of Green Deal charges.’. |
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