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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | The Secretary of State must, following consultation with energy consumers and |
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| | other interested parties, prepare and publish a strategy to assist suppliers to |
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| | deliver the intended benefits of smart meters to consumers, including in particular |
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| | low income and vulnerable consumers. In preparing the strategy the Secretary of |
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| | State must set out how the smart meter rollout will— |
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| | (a) | deliver to consumers and taxpayers the benefits identified in the |
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| | Government’s Impact Assessment; |
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| | (b) | contribute to the carbon targets specified in the Climate Change Act |
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| | (c) | contribute to the elimination of fuel poverty as specified in the Warm |
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| | Homes and Energy Conservation Act 2000; and |
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| | (d) | contribute to wider Government policy goals in particular, digital access, |
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| | healthy living and water affordability.’. |
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| | Smart meter rollout—annual report |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | It is the duty of the Secretary of State to report to Parliament or an appropriate |
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| | parliamentary committee on the progress of smart meter rollout every year |
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| | starting from six months after the coming into force of the Act. The report should |
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| | cover progress on the delivery of smart meters to domestic and micro-businesses, |
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| | (a) | progress against the smart metering impact assessments; |
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| | (b) | the number of smart meters installed in the United Kingdom including |
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| | any national or regional trend; |
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| | (c) | the estimated benefits to consumers, taxpayers and industry of the smart |
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| | meter rollout, with particular reference to low income and vulnerable |
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| | (d) | estimated effects on the levels of fuel poverty; |
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| | (e) | the estimated energy and carbon reduction from the smart meter rollout; |
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| | (f) | the degree to which interoperability of smart meters has been achieved; |
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| | (g) | customer satisfaction indicators, including levels of complaint; and |
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| | (h) | security of smart meters and smart grids including in relation to privacy |
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| | and commercial confidentiality.’. |
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| | Disclosure of energy performance certificates in connection with sale or letting out |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | This section applies where— |
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| | (a) | a property, or a lease of a property, is to be sold; or |
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| | (b) | a property is to be let out— |
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| | (i) | under a tenancy or licence agreement; and |
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| | (ii) | on the basis that the prospective tenant or licensee is to be liable |
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| | for paying the energy bills for the property. |
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| | (2) | The seller or prospective landlord or licensor must— |
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| | (a) | obtain a valid energy performance certificate in accordance with energy |
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| | performance regulations made under the Building Act 1984 or any |
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| | succeeding energy performance legislation; and |
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| | (b) | provide this certificate free of charge to any prospective buyer, tenant or |
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| | licensee at the specified time. |
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| | (3) | An obligation under subsection (2) may be discharged by an agent. |
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| | (4) | For the purposes of subsection (2), a person becomes a prospective buyer, tenant |
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| | or licensee in relation to a property when the person— |
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| | (a) | requests any information about the property from the seller, prospective |
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| | landlord or licensor or an agent for the purpose of deciding whether to |
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| | (b) | makes a request to view the property for the purpose mentioned in |
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| | (c) | makes an offer, whether oral or written, to buy or let the property. |
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| | (5) | For the purposes of subsection (2), an energy performance certificate is only valid |
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| | (a) | the certificate relates to a period that is no more than one year from the |
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| | time that the certificate was issued; and |
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| | (b) | the person required to provide the certificate has no reasonable grounds |
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| | to suspect that the energy performance information on the certificate is |
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| | (6) | For the purposes of this section— |
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| | (a) | an agent is a person acting on behalf of a seller or prospective landlord or |
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| | licensor in the sale or letting out of a property; |
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| | (b) | specified, in relation to time, means specified in regulations made by the |
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| | Supplementing the Energy Company Obligation |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | The Secretary of State must, within six months of this Bill receiving Royal |
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| | Assent, report to Parliament with proposals on the ways in which the Energy |
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| | Company Obligation could be supplemented by— |
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| | (a) | auction revenues from the European Union Emissions Trading System, |
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| | (b) | revenues from the Carbon Floor Price, and |
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| | (c) | such other funds as considered appropriate by the Secretary of State.’. |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | This New Clause requires the Secretary of State to produce a report on the potential for using |
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| | public funds to supplement the Energy Company Obligation. |
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| | Support from the Green Investment Bank |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | The Secretary of State must, within six months of this Bill receiving Royal |
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| | Assent, report to Parliament with proposals on the ways in which the Green |
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| | Investment Bank could maximise the take-up of the Green Deal. |
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| | (2) | The report required by subsection (1) shall include an examination of the extent |
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| | to which interest rates linked to the repayment of Green Deal loans can be |
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| | lowered through action taken by the Green Investment Bank, and the impact this |
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| | may have on consumer demand.’. |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | This New Clause would require the Secretary of State to produce a report on the ways in which the |
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| | Green Investment Bank could support take-up of the Green Deal, in particular by taking action to |
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| | lower the interest rates applied to Green Deal loans. |
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| | Minimum energy efficiency standards |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | The Secretary of State shall make regulations for the purpose of securing that— |
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| | (a) | a landlord of a domestic PR property, or |
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| | (b) | the appointed agent of a landlord of a domestic PR property |
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| | | which falls below a specified minimum standard of energy efficiency (as |
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| | demonstrated by the energy performance certificate) shall not let or market to let |
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| | the property until such time as the landlord can demonstrate that the property |
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| | meets the specified minimum standard for a domestic PR property. |
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| | (2) | For the purposes of domestic minimum standard regulations— |
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| | “energy performance certificate” has the meaning given by the Energy |
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| | “landlord”, “local authority” and “appointed agent” have the meanings |
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| | given by the regulations; and |
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| | (3) | Specified minimum energy efficiency standards shall be applied as follows— |
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| | (a) | properties with an energy rating of Band F or lower shall not be let or |
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| | marketed for let from 1 January 2015; |
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| | (b) | properties with an energy rating of Band E or lower shall not be let or |
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| | marketed for let from 1 January 2016; |
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| | (c) | properties with an energy rating of Band D or lower shall not be let or |
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| | marketed for let from 1 January 2019; |
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| | (d) | properties with an energy rating of Band C or lower shall not be let or |
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| | marketed for let from 1 January 2022; |
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| | (4) | The Secretary of State must prepare and publish a plan for achieving the principle |
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| | purpose set out in paragraph (a)— |
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| | (a) | from 2030, all properties let or marketed for let must have an energy |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | This New Clause outlines a timetable for progressively improving the energy efficiency of homes |
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| | in the private rented sector up to 2022, and requires the Secretary of State to set out a plan for |
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| | ensuring that by 2030, only the most energy efficient properties can be rented . |
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| | Moratorium on offshore drilling in the Artic and other fragile/hazardous environments |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | All companies registered in the United Kingdom for the purposes of the |
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| | Companies Act 2006, or currently engaged in offshore oil and gas exploration or |
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| | production on the continental shelf of the United Kingdom, shall be subject to a |
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| | moratorium on all offshore oil and gas activities in— |
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| | (b) | such environments as the Secretary of State shall deem appropriate, or |
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| | (c) | such areas or regions as the Secretary of State shall deem appropriate. |
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| | (2) | The Secretary of State shall, within six months of this Bill receiving Royal |
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| | Assent, cause to be published a list of all environments, areas or regions to which |
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| | this moratorium shall apply. |
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| | (3) | This moratorium shall apply— |
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| | (a) | until the Secretary of State is satisfied, on the basis of advice from an |
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| | independent scientific commission, that such operations can be carried |
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| | out without unreasonable risk to the environment; and |
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| | (b) | for a period of no less than five years from this Bill receiving Royal |
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| | This New Clause would prohibit companies registered in the UK, or engaged in oil and gas |
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| | activities in UK waters, from engaging in offshore oil and gas exploration in the Artic Circle or |
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| | other such areas as the Secretary of State feels is appropriate, for a minimum of five years. |
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| | Publication and consultation on oil pollution emergency plans |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | Any person or persons submitting an Oil Pollution Emergency Plan, as required |
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| | under the Offshore Installations (Emergency Pollution Control) Regulations 2002 |
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| | and the Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution and Preparedness, Response Co- |
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| | operation Convention) Regulations 1998 shall at the same time make this plan |
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| | available for public consultation, and comment. |
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| | (2) | The Secretary of State shall, within six months of this Bill receiving Royal |
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| | Assent, publish regulations detailing the procedure for public consultation and |
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| | (3) | The Department for Energy and Climate Change shall, upon approval of an Oil |
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| | Pollution Emergency Plan, publish said plan and any relevant accompanying |
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| | documents on their website.’. |
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| | Adherence to UK standards for oil and gas production and extraction |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | Any company registerd in the United Kingdom, shall be required to demonstrate |
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| | that in undertaking any offshore oil and gas exploration or production activity |
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| | outside of UK territory it has met all the conditions and standards which would |
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| | apply to such activity when undertaken lawfully on the UK continental shelf.’. |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | The Secretary of State shall— |
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| | (a) | within 12 months of this Bill receiving Royal Assent, report to |
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| | Parliament with proposals for the introduction of a system of local carbon |
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| | budgets consistent with meeting national Climate Change Act 2008 |
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| | (b) | introduce the local carbon budget system to begin at the start of the |
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| | second national carbon budget period; |
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| | (c) | report to Parliament annually about the contribution of local strategies to |
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| | meeting UK Climate Change Act carbon budgets; |
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| | (d) | determine circumstances in which two or more councils may develop a |
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| | joint strategy for cutting greenhouse gas emissions in their areas. |
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| | (2) | The Secretary of State shall request advice from the Committee on Climate |
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| | (a) | the scale of action need in local authority areas to help meet UK Climate |
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| | Change Act carbon budgets; |
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| | (b) | climate mitigation and adaptation policies that are effective when locally |
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| | (c) | ensuring that individual local carbon budgets are both appropriate for the |
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| | circumstances of different local areas and that the totality of all local |
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| | carbon budgets is consistent with the requirements of subsection (1)(a). |
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| | (3) | The proposals to be reported under subsection (1) shall include a duty on local |
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| | (a) | develop a strategy, through consultation with those groups and |
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| | individuals listed in subsection (3)(b), for cutting greenhouse gas |
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| | emissions across their local area in line with meeting their local carbon |
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| | (b) | work in partnership with local residents, businesses and stakeholders, |
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| | including social enterprises and co-operatives, community groups, |
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| | schools and hospitals, and other institutions in drawing up and |
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| | implementing the strategy detailed in (3)(a); |
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| | (c) | wherever possible, develop proposals consistent with a reduction in |
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| | greenhouse gas emissions in their local authority area of 90 per cent. by |
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| | 2030, compared to 1990 emissions levels; |
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| | (d) | publish and promote an annual report on progress towards meeting their |
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| | (e) | request additional powers or financial support from the Secretary of State |
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| | as they consider necessary to meet the duty set in section (2), which shall |
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| | not be unreasonably withheld. |
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| | (4) | Any regulations or order made under section (1) shall not be made unless a draft |
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| | has been laid before, and approved by, resolution of each House of Parliament.’. |
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| Title, line 7, after ‘infrastructure’, insert ‘and downstream gas processing facilities’. |
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| Title, line 10, after ‘electricity;’, insert ‘about the security of nuclear construction sites;’. |
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| Title, line 10, after ‘sites;’ insert ‘for an annual report on contribution to carbon |
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| emissions reduction targets; for action relating to the energy efficiency of residential |
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| accommodation in England;’. |
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| Title, line 10, after ‘sites’, insert ‘and offshore infrastructure; for the use of pipelines for |
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| carbon capture and storage’. |
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| Title, line 10, after ‘sites;’, insert ‘about renewable heat incentives in Northern Ireland;’. |
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| Title, line 10, after ‘sites;’ insert ‘for the generation of electricity from renewable sources |
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| by a National Park authority or the Broads Authority;’. |
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| Title, line 11, after ‘Authority;’, insert ‘for an amendment of section 137 of the Energy |
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| Title, line 11, after third ‘the’, insert ‘amendment and’. |
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| | Order of the House [10 maY 2011] |
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| | That the following provisions shall apply to the Energy Bill [Lords]— |
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| | 1. | The Bill shall be committed to a Public Bill Committee. |
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| | Proceedings in Public Bill Committee |
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| | 2. | Proceedings in the Public Bill Committee shall (so far as not previously |
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| | concluded) be brought to a conclusion on Tuesday 21 June 2011. |
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| | 3. | The Public Bill Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on |
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| | Consideration and Third Reading |
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| | 4. | Proceedings on consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be |
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| | brought to a conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption on the |
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| | day on which those proceedings are commenced. |
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| | 5. | Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be |
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| | brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on that day. |
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| | 6. | Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to |
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| | proceedings on consideration and Third Reading. |
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