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| | “(4A) | For the purposes of subsection (4), activities connected with the supply |
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| | of gas include the following activities, whether or not carried on by a |
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| | (a) | giving advice, information or assistance in relation to contracts |
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| | for the supply of gas to persons who are or may become |
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| | customers under such contracts, and |
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| | (b) | the provision of any other services to such persons in connection |
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| | (2) | In section 56A of EA 1989 (power to alter activities requiring licence), after |
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| | “(4A) | For the purposes of subsection (4), activities connected with the supply |
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| | of electricity include the following activities, whether or not carried on |
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| | by a person supplying electricity— |
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| | (a) | giving advice, information or assistance in relation to contracts |
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| | for the supply of electricity to persons who are or may become |
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| | customers under such contracts, and |
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| | (b) | providing any other services to such persons in connection with |
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| | Payment of winter fuel allowance to pensioners off the gas grid |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘Regulations shall be made to allow the payment of Winter Fuel Allowance |
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| | payable under the Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2000 (SI 2000/ |
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| | 729) to eligible persons whose main residences are not connected to the mains gas |
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| | grid and whose principle source of fuel is home fuel oil, liquid petroleum gas or |
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| | propane gas, no later than 30 September in each calendar year.’. |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | The Secretary of State may by regulation introduce a system of strategic reserve |
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| | of supply if he determines that the expense of maintaining a capacity market is |
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| | detrimental to the continuing interests of either— |
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| | (a) | security of supply, or |
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| | (2) | The Secretary of State may by regulation designate a nominated person to hold |
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| | and manage the strategic reserve on his behalf (“the Strategic Reserve Operator”). |
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| | (3) | A person is eligible to be designated if the person is— |
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| | (a) | a company formal and registered under the Companies Act 2006, or |
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| | (b) | a public authority, including any person whose functions are of a public |
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| | (4) | The Strategic Reserve Operator must contract with the System Operator for the |
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| | circumstances under which the Strategic Reserve Operator supplies power to the |
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| | (5) | The Secretary of State must approve the drawing up of any contract between the |
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| | System Operator and the Strategic Reserve Operator and may from time to time |
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| | vary the terms of the contract should circumstances require. |
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| | (6) | The Secretary of State must lay before Parliament a reasoned case for any change |
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| | of content under subsection (5). |
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| | (7) | Strategic Reserve regulations may make provision for payments to be made by |
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| | electricity suppliers or capacity providers to a settlement body (see section |
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| | 18(4)(g)) for the purposes of enabling the body— |
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| | (a) | to meet such descriptions of its costs that the Secretary of State considers |
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| | (b) | to hold sums in reserve; |
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| | (c) | to make payments to the Strategic Reserve Operator for the purpose of |
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| | securing and operating strategic reserve capacity.’. |
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| | Electricity efficiency incentives |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | The Secretary of State must within one year of the passing of this Act make |
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| | regulations establishing a scheme or schemes to make payments for the purpose |
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| | of rewarding the installation of electricity saving measures. |
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| | (2) | Prior to the making of regulations under this section, the Secretary of State must |
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| | publish a report setting out the total potential for electricity demand reduction and |
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| | the extent to which this potential will be achieved by Government policies |
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| | (a) | the scheme or schemes; and |
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| | (b) | other relevant programmes, regulation or expenditure. |
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| | (3) | Regulations under this section must— |
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| | (a) | specify the parties from and to whom payments may be made; |
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| | (b) | make provision about the calculation of such payments; |
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| | (c) | make provision about— |
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| | | of such payments, which may differ according to the measures installed |
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| | or the parties from or to whom payments are made; |
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| | (d) | make provision about the monitoring, verification and calculation of |
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| | (4) | For the purposes of this section, electricity saving measures are defined as |
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| | measures which achieve permanent and verifiable saving of electricity, which is |
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| | Market access for independent renewable generators |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | “‘( ) | The Secretary of State must exercise the powers conferred by this Chapter so as |
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| | to establish an auction market (the “green power auction market”) in which |
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| | generators are entitled to offer, and holders of supply licences are entitled to bid |
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| | for, electricity generated from renewable sources. |
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| | ( ) | The Secretary of State must exercise those powers, and take such other steps |
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| | (including the exercise of any other power conferred by or under a provision of |
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| | this Part) as the Secretary of State considers necessary, for the purpose of |
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| | (a) | the green power auction market begins to operate when the first CFD is |
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| | made and does not cease to operate until expiry of the last CFD that has |
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| | (b) | the reference price under a CFD entered into by a generator who is a party |
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| | to an agreement made through the green power auction market is based |
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| | on the price payable to the generator under that agreement. |
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| | “CFD” means a contract for difference as specified in subsection 2(a) and |
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| | “supply licence” means a licence under section 6(1)(d) of EA 1989.’. |
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| | Delivery plan for 2030 decarbonisation |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | The Secretary of State must lay and publish the first delivery plan for meeting the |
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| | 2030 target as soon as is reasonably practicable after the designation of the |
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| | Strategy and Policy Statement. |
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| | (2) | Updated delivery plans must then be laid and published every five years after the |
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| | date on which the previous delivery plan was laid. |
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| | (3) | Each delivery plan must set out in respect of the period to which it relates— |
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| | (a) | the policies and procedure to be adopted in order to achieve the 2030 |
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| | target and any interim targets; |
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| | (b) | the impacts which the policies and procedures are expected to have; |
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| | (c) | the expected generating capacity including— |
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| | (i) | electricity generated from renewable sources; and |
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| | (ii) | other low carbon electricity. |
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| | (4) | The policies and procedures referred to in subsection (3)(a) shall include policies |
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| | to reduce demand for electricity. |
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| | (5) | The impacts referred to in subsection (3)(b) shall include in particular the impact |
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| | (a) | electricity bills including the impact of— |
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| | (i) | electricity generated from renewable sources, and |
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| | (ii) | other low carbon electricity; |
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| | (b) | fuel poverty and low income households; |
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| | (d) | the security of supply of electricity and gas to consumers. |
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| | (6) | Prior to laying the delivery plan the Secretary of State must— |
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| | (a) | obtain, and take into account, the advice of the Committee on Climate |
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| | (b) | subject to subsection (7), take into account any representations made by |
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| | the other national authorities, and |
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| | (c) | carry out a public consultation. |
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| | (7) | Subsection (6)(b) shall not prevent the Secretary of State from laying the delivery |
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| | plan where representations are made by a national authority after the relevant |
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| | (8) | The Committee must, at the time it gives the advice to the Secretary of State— |
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| | (a) | send a copy of the advice to the other national authorities; and |
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| | (9) | At the same time as laying the delivery plan the Secretary of State must lay and |
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| | publish a statement setting out how the order or delivery plan takes account of— |
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| | (a) | the advice of the Committee; |
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| | (b) | any representations made by the other national authorities; and |
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| | (c) | any responses to the public consultation. |
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| | (10) | The Secretary of State shall prepare an annual report which sets out the progress |
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| | made in respect of the matters set out in the delivery plan. |
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| | (11) | The Secretary of State shall each year within 30 days of the anniversary of the |
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| | date on which the last delivery plan was laid— |
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| | (a) | lay the annul report before Parliament, and |
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| | (12) | An order under this section is subject to the affirmative resolution procedure. |
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| | (13) | If at any time it appears that a delivery plan will or may not achieve the 2030 |
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| | target, or any of the interim targets, the delivery plan shall be amended so as to |
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| | achieve the 2030 target and the interim targets. |
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| | (14) | For the purposes of this section— |
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| | “affirmative resolution procedure” has the meaning given in section 91 of |
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| | the Climate Change Act 2008; |
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| | “national authorities” has the meaning given in section 95 of the 2008 Act; |
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| | “relevant date” means the date three months after the day on which the |
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| | advice of the Committee was sent to the national authority; and |
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| | “the 2030 target” shall be defined as a target for decarbonisation of |
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| | electricity supply in the United Kingdom which when taken in aggregate |
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| | produces electricity at a level of carbon dioxide of 50g/kWh or less by 1 |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘A company supplying electricity, gas or heating oil to a domestic customer shall, |
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| | at least annually, inform the customer of the cheapest tariff available to that |
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| | customer (based on that customer’s current method of payment and usage during |
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| | the previous 12 month period) and move the customer to that tariff if that |
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| | customer is aged 75 or over.’. |
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| | Extension or operation of renewable energy in Wales |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘Notwithstanding any existing legislation, Welsh Ministers shall have the power |
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| | to grant consent for the construction, extension or operation of renewable energy |
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| | generation up to 100MW on both sea and land in Wales.’. |
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| | Title, line 8, leave out ‘further fees in respect of nuclear decommissioning costs’ and |
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| insert ‘fees in connection with certain costs incurred by the Secretary of State; about |
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| domestic supplies of gas and electricity; for extending categories of activities for which |
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| energy licences are required’. |
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| | Title, line 1, after ‘provision,’ insert ‘for the setting of a decarbonisation target range and |
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| duties in relation to it;’. |
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| | Order of the House [19 DecEMBER 2012] |
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| | That the following provisions shall apply to the Energy Bill: |
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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 12 February 2013. |
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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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| | 7. | Any other proceedings on the Bill (including any proceedings on |
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| | consideration of Lords Amendments or on any further messages from the |
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| | Lords) may be programmed. |
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| | Order of the Committee [15 January] |
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| | (1) | the Committee shall (in addition to its first meeting at 8.55 am on Tuesday 15 |
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| | (a) | at 2.00 pm on Tuesday 15 January; |
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| | (b) | at 11.30 am and 2.00 pm on Thursday 17 January; |
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| | (c) | at 8.55 am and 2.00 pm on Tuesday 22 January; |
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| | (d) | at 11.30 am and 2.00 pm on Thursday 24 January; |
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| | (e) | at 8.55 am and 2.00 pm on Tuesday 29 January; |
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| | (f) | at 11.30 am and 2.00 pm on Thursday 31 January; |
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| | (g) | at 8.55 am and 2.00 pm on Tuesday 5 February; |
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| | (h) | at 11.30 am and 2.00 pm on Thursday 7 February; |
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| | (i) | at 8.55 am and 2.00 pm on Tuesday 12 February; |
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| | (2) | the Committee shall hear oral evidence in accordance with the following |
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