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Notices of Amendments

 

given on

 

Wednesday 7 September 2011

 

For other Amendment(s) see the following page(s) of Supplement to Votes:

 

2441-44, 2445-46, 2491-92, 2515, 2531-32, 2583, 2587, 2589, 2591, 2595, 2597, 2781 and 3159

 

Consideration of Bill


 

Energy Bill [Lords], As Amended

 

Andrew Percy

 

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Page  6,  line  16  [Clause  4],  at end insert—

 

‘(9A)    

The ninth condition is that the green deal provider meets any requirement

 

specified in the framework regulations as to the level of interest charged on the

 

plan’.

 

Green deal installation apprenticeships

 

Secretary Chris Huhne

 

NC10

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

Before making the first framework regulations the Secretary of State must lay

 

before Parliament a report on what, if any, steps the Secretary of State has taken

 

to encourage green deal installation apprenticeships.

 

(2)    

A “green deal installation apprenticeship” is an apprenticeship which provides

 

training on how to install energy efficiency improvements at properties.’.

 

Agreement about modifying decommissioning programme

 

Secretary Chris Huhne

 

NC11

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

Section 46 of the Energy Act 2008 (approval of a decommissioning programme)

 

is amended as follows.

 

(2)    

After subsection (3) insert—

 

“(3A)    

When approving a programme the Secretary of State may agree to

 

exercise, or not to exercise, the section 48 power—


 
 

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(a)    

in a particular manner;

 

(b)    

within a particular period.

 

(3B)    

An agreement under subsection (3A) may subsequently be amended by

 

the Secretary of State and the other party to the agreement.

 

(3C)    

The Secretary of State may not make such an agreement or amend such

 

an agreement unless satisfied that the agreement (or the agreement as

 

amended) includes adequate provision for the modification of the

 

programme in the event that the provision made by it for the technical

 

matters (including the financing of the designated technical matters)

 

ceases to be prudent.

 

(3D)    

Provision in such an agreement (including the provision mentioned in

 

subsection (3C)) may include provision—

 

(a)    

for a determination by a third party in relation to a relevant

 

matter specified in the agreement, and

 

(b)    

for the Secretary of State to be bound by such a determination.

 

(3E)    

A “relevant matter” is a matter relating to the provision made by the

 

programme for the technical matters.

 

(3F)    

Subsections (3A) to (3D) apply notwithstanding that the agreement or

 

amendment fetters the Secretary of State’s discretion.

 

(3G)    

In subsection (3A) “section 48 power” means the power of the Secretary

 

of State under section 48 to propose a modification of the programme or

 

a modification of the conditions to which the approval of the programme

 

is subject.”

 

(3)    

In subsection (4) for “(3)” substitute “(3B)”.’.

 

Adjustment of electricity transmission charges

 

Secretary Chris Huhne

 

NC12

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘In section 185(11) of the Energy Act 2004 (areas suitable for renewable

 

electricity generation: end date for schemes adjusting transmission charges) for

 

“2024” substitute “2034”.’.

 

Consultation

 

Secretary Chris Huhne

 

NC13

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘A requirement for the Secretary of State to consult which arises under or by

 

virtue of this Act may be satisfied by consultation before, as well as consultation

 

after, the passing of this Act.’.

 

Secretary Chris Huhne

 

29

 

Page  2,  line  29  [Clause  1],  at end insert ‘, and


 
 

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(d)    

recovered and held by the relevant energy supplier as agent and trustee

 

for the person who made the improvements (unless the relevant energy

 

supplier is also that person).’.

 

Secretary Chris Huhne

 

30

 

Page  4,  line  41  [Clause  3],  at end insert—

 

‘(ea)    

requiring green deal assessors to act with impartiality;’.

 

Secretary Chris Huhne

 

31

 

Page  8,  line  35  [Clause  8],  leave out from ‘takes’ to ‘in’ in line 36 and insert ‘one

 

or more of the following actions as required by the framework regulations’.

 

Secretary Chris Huhne

 

32

 

Page  10,  line  32  [Clause  12],  after ‘must’ insert ‘, in relation to the document, or

 

each document, required to be produced or updated as mentioned in section 8(4)’.

 

Secretary Chris Huhne

 

33

 

Page  10,  line  33  [Clause  12],  leave out from ‘document’ to ‘has’ and insert ‘or, if

 

the requirement to produce or update the document’.

 

Secretary Chris Huhne

 

34

 

Page  11,  line  22  [Clause  13],  leave out from ‘obtain’ to ‘has’ and insert ‘a

 

document required to be produced or updated as mentioned in section 8(4) or, if the

 

requirement to produce or update such a document’.

 

Secretary Chris Huhne

 

35

 

Page  17,  line  11  [Clause  21],  leave out subsection (2).

 

Secretary Chris Huhne

 

36

 

Page  26,  line  32  [Clause  39],  leave out subsection (14).

 

Secretary Chris Huhne

 

37

 

Page  57,  line  15  [Clause  76],  leave out subsection (2).

 

Secretary Chris Huhne

 

38

 

Page  61,  line  5  [Clause  80],  leave out from ‘consultation’ to ‘the’ in line 6 and

 

insert ‘before, as well as consultation after,’.

 

Secretary Chris Huhne

 

39

 

Page  79,  line  7  [Clause  97],  leave out subsection (4).


 
 

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Secretary Chris Huhne

 

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Page  95,  line  32  [Clause  117],  at end insert—

 

‘(ia)    

section [Agreement about modifying decommissioning programme]

 

(agreement about modifying decommissioning programme)’.

 

Secretary Chris Huhne

 

41

 

Page  95,  line  34  [Clause  117],  at end insert—

 

‘(ja)    

section [Adjustment of electricity transmission charges] (adjustment of

 

electricity transmission charges);’.

 

Secretary Chris Huhne

 

42

 

Page  95,  line  44  [Clause  117],  leave out first ‘section’ and insert ‘sections

 

[Consultation] and’.

 

Secretary Chris Huhne

 

43

 

Page  101,  line  5,  leave out Schedule 3.

 

Secretary Chris Huhne

 

44

 

Title,  line  12,  leave out ‘by a National Park authority or the Broads Authority’.

 

Adherence to UK standards for oil and gas production and extraction

 

Huw Irranca-Davies

 

Luciana Berger

 

NC14

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘Any company registered in the United Kingdom, shall be required to

 

demonstrate that, in undertaking any offshore oil and gas exploration or

 

production activity outside of UK territorial waters, it has met all the conditions

 

and standards which would apply to such activity when undertaken lawfully on

 

the UK continental shelf.’.

 

Report on compensation for petroleum spills

 

Huw Irranca-Davies

 

Luciana Berger

 

NC15

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

The Secretary of State must publish a report every five years about the

 

arrangements in place in the United Kingdom for petroleum companies to

 

compensate for any damage caused, or loss suffered, as a result of petroleum

 

being accidentally released during the operation of licences under this Act.

 

(2)    

The report must, in particular, include—

 

(a)    

the amount of insurance coverage that industry members have agreed

 

should be available in the circumstances outlined in subsection (1);


 
 

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(b)    

the Secretary of State’s opinion about whether the amounts are adequate

 

to compensate for any damage caused in the circumstances outlined in

 

subsection (1);

 

(c)    

the factors that the Secretary of State took into account in reaching the

 

Secretary of State’s opinion under paragraph (b); and

 

(d)    

the actions that the Secretary of State intends to take, in the event that the

 

Secretary of State considers the amounts to be inadequate.’.

 

Oil spill response plans

 

Huw Irranca-Davies

 

Luciana Berger

 

NC16

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

Any person or persons submitting an oil production emergency plan, as required

 

under the Offshore Installations (Emergency Pollution Control) Regulations 2002

 

and the Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution and Preparedness, Response Co-

 

operation Convention) Regulations 1998 shall at the same time make this plan

 

available for public consultation, and comment.

 

(2)    

The Secretary of State shall, within six months of this Bill receiving Royal

 

Assent, publish regulations detailing the procedure for public consultation and

 

comment.

 

(3)    

The Department for Energy and Climate Change shall, upon approval of an Oil

 

Pollution Emergency Plan, publish said plan and any relevant accompanying

 

documents on their website.’.

 


 
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