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House of Commons

Tuesday 7 June 2011

Public Bill Committee Proceedings

Energy Bill [Lords]

[FIRST AND SECOND SITTINGS]

Gregory Barker

Agreed to

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

Agreed to

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

Committee shall be reported to the House for publication.

Caroline Lucas

Withdrawn  84

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

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Caroline Lucas

Not called  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.’.

Caroline Lucas

Not called  85

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

energy plan will comprise’.

Caroline Lucas

Not called  87

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

Caroline Lucas

Not called  88

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

Caroline Lucas

Not called  89

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

Caroline Lucas

Not called  90

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

Caroline Lucas

Not called  91

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

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Caroline Lucas

Not called  92

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

Caroline Lucas

Withdrawn  101

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

recognised as being in fuel poverty,’.

Gregory Barker

Agreed to  1

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

Gregory Barker

Agreed to on division  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

Not called  93

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

Caroline Lucas

Withdrawn  102

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

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

Caroline Lucas

Not called  94

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

‘qualifying improvements’.

Caroline Lucas

Not called  103

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

Caroline Lucas

Not called  104

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

Clause Agreed to.

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Caroline Lucas

Not called  95

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

Luciana Berger

Huw Irranca-Davies

Caroline Lucas

Negatived on division  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.’.

Luciana Berger

Huw Irranca-Davies

Negatived on division  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

Withdrawn  39

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

Caroline Lucas

Not called  96

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

Luciana Berger

Huw Irranca-Davies

Not called  40

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

Caroline Lucas

Not called  97

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

Luciana Berger

Huw Irranca-Davies

Not called  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.’.

Gregory Barker

Agreed to  3

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

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(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

Not called  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.’.

Luciana Berger

Huw Irranca-Davies

Caroline Lucas

Not called  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.’.

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

[Adjourned until Thursday at 9.00 am



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