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| Wednesday 7 September 2011 |
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| For other Amendment(s) see the following page(s) of Supplement to Votes:
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| 2441-44, 2445-46, 2491-92, 2515, 2531-32, 2583, 2587, 2589, 2591, 2595, 2597, 2781 and 3159 |
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| Energy Bill [Lords], As Amended |
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| Page 6, line 16 [Clause 4], at end insert— |
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| | ‘(9A) | The ninth condition is that the green deal provider meets any requirement |
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| | specified in the framework regulations as to the level of interest charged on the |
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| | Green deal installation apprenticeships |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | Before making the first framework regulations the Secretary of State must lay |
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| | before Parliament a report on what, if any, steps the Secretary of State has taken |
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| | to encourage green deal installation apprenticeships. |
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| | (2) | A “green deal installation apprenticeship” is an apprenticeship which provides |
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| | training on how to install energy efficiency improvements at properties.’. |
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| | Agreement about modifying decommissioning programme |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | Section 46 of the Energy Act 2008 (approval of a decommissioning programme) |
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| | (2) | After subsection (3) insert— |
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| | “(3A) | When approving a programme the Secretary of State may agree to |
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| | exercise, or not to exercise, the section 48 power— |
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| | (a) | in a particular manner; |
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| | (b) | within a particular period. |
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| | (3B) | An agreement under subsection (3A) may subsequently be amended by |
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| | the Secretary of State and the other party to the agreement. |
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| | (3C) | The Secretary of State may not make such an agreement or amend such |
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| | an agreement unless satisfied that the agreement (or the agreement as |
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| | amended) includes adequate provision for the modification of the |
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| | programme in the event that the provision made by it for the technical |
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| | matters (including the financing of the designated technical matters) |
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| | (3D) | Provision in such an agreement (including the provision mentioned in |
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| | subsection (3C)) may include provision— |
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| | (a) | for a determination by a third party in relation to a relevant |
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| | matter specified in the agreement, and |
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| | (b) | for the Secretary of State to be bound by such a determination. |
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| | (3E) | A “relevant matter” is a matter relating to the provision made by the |
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| | programme for the technical matters. |
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| | (3F) | Subsections (3A) to (3D) apply notwithstanding that the agreement or |
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| | amendment fetters the Secretary of State’s discretion. |
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| | (3G) | In subsection (3A) “section 48 power” means the power of the Secretary |
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| | of State under section 48 to propose a modification of the programme or |
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| | a modification of the conditions to which the approval of the programme |
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| | (3) | In subsection (4) for “(3)” substitute “(3B)”.’. |
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| | Adjustment of electricity transmission charges |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘In section 185(11) of the Energy Act 2004 (areas suitable for renewable |
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| | electricity generation: end date for schemes adjusting transmission charges) for |
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| | “2024” substitute “2034”.’. |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘A requirement for the Secretary of State to consult which arises under or by |
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| | virtue of this Act may be satisfied by consultation before, as well as consultation |
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| | after, the passing of this Act.’. |
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| 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 |
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| | for the person who made the improvements (unless the relevant energy |
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| | supplier is also that person).’. |
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| Page 4, line 41 [Clause 3], at end insert— |
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| | ‘(ea) | requiring green deal assessors to act with impartiality;’. |
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| Page 8, line 35 [Clause 8], leave out from ‘takes’ to ‘in’ in line 36 and insert ‘one |
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| or more of the following actions as required by the framework regulations’. |
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| Page 10, line 32 [Clause 12], after ‘must’ insert ‘, in relation to the document, or |
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| each document, required to be produced or updated as mentioned in section 8(4)’. |
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| Page 10, line 33 [Clause 12], leave out from ‘document’ to ‘has’ and insert ‘or, if |
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| the requirement to produce or update the document’. |
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| Page 11, line 22 [Clause 13], leave out from ‘obtain’ to ‘has’ and insert ‘a |
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| document required to be produced or updated as mentioned in section 8(4) or, if the |
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| requirement to produce or update such a document’. |
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| Page 17, line 11 [Clause 21], leave out subsection (2). |
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| Page 26, line 32 [Clause 39], leave out subsection (14). |
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| Page 57, line 15 [Clause 76], leave out subsection (2). |
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| Page 61, line 5 [Clause 80], leave out from ‘consultation’ to ‘the’ in line 6 and |
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| insert ‘before, as well as consultation after,’. |
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| Page 79, line 7 [Clause 97], leave out subsection (4). |
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| Page 95, line 32 [Clause 117], at end insert— |
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| | ‘(ia) | section [Agreement about modifying decommissioning programme] |
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| | (agreement about modifying decommissioning programme)’. |
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| Page 95, line 34 [Clause 117], at end insert— |
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| | ‘(ja) | section [Adjustment of electricity transmission charges] (adjustment of |
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| | electricity transmission charges);’. |
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| Page 95, line 44 [Clause 117], leave out first ‘section’ and insert ‘sections |
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| Page 101, line 5, leave out Schedule 3. |
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| Title, line 12, leave out ‘by a National Park authority or the Broads Authority’. |
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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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| | ‘Any company registered in the United Kingdom, shall be required to |
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| | demonstrate that, in undertaking any offshore oil and gas exploration or |
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| | production activity outside of UK territorial waters, it has met all the conditions |
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| | and standards which would apply to such activity when undertaken lawfully on |
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| | the UK continental shelf.’. |
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| | Report on compensation for petroleum spills |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | The Secretary of State must publish a report every five years about the |
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| | arrangements in place in the United Kingdom for petroleum companies to |
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| | compensate for any damage caused, or loss suffered, as a result of petroleum |
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| | being accidentally released during the operation of licences under this Act. |
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| | (2) | The report must, in particular, include— |
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| | (a) | the amount of insurance coverage that industry members have agreed |
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| | 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 |
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| | to compensate for any damage caused in the circumstances outlined in |
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| | (c) | the factors that the Secretary of State took into account in reaching the |
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| | Secretary of State’s opinion under paragraph (b); and |
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| | (d) | the actions that the Secretary of State intends to take, in the event that the |
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| | Secretary of State considers the amounts to be inadequate.’. |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | Any person or persons submitting an oil production 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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