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| Mr Huw Edwards |
1
Clause 1, page 1, line 5, leave out 'achieve' and insert 'ensure that'.
Dr Desmond Turner
Mr Tim Boswell
Sue Doughty
Dr Brian Iddon
Dr Ian Gibson
Mr Alan Simpson
| Mr Huw Edwards |
2
Clause 1, page 1, line 6, leave out 'it'.
Dr Desmond Turner
Mr Tim Boswell
Sue Doughty
Dr Brian Iddon
Dr Ian Gibson
Mr Alan Simpson
| Mr Huw Edwards |
3
Clause 1, page 1, line 7, leave out '('the 1995 Act')' and insert 'are met'.
Dr Desmond Turner
Mr Tim Boswell
Sue Doughty
Dr Brian Iddon
Dr Ian Gibson
Mr Alan Simpson
| Mr Huw Edwards |
4
Clause 1, page 1, line 10, leave out 'Secretary of State' and insert 'appropriate authority'.
Dr Desmond Turner
Mr Tim Boswell
Sue Doughty
Dr Brian Iddon
Dr Ian Gibson
Mr Alan Simpson
| Mr Huw Edwards |
5
Clause 1, page 1, leave out lines 13 and 14.
Dr Desmond Turner
Mr Tim Boswell
Sue Doughty
Dr Brian Iddon
Dr Ian Gibson
Mr Alan Simpson
| Mr Huw Edwards |
6
Clause 1, page 1, line 17, at end insert—'(1A) The appropriate authority shall consult such energy conservation authorities, representatives of registered social landlords, utility companies and other persons as the authority considers appropriate with regard to the standards and performance indicators to be set for the purposes of subsection (1)(a), and after such consultation has taken place the appropriate authority shall make regulations setting such standards and performance indicators.'.
Mr Michael Meacher
29
Clause 1, page 1, line 18, leave out subsection (2) and insert—'( ) In section 35(2) of the Housing Act 1996 (c. 52.) (duty to provide information as to standards of performance in connection with housing)—
| (a) | after "shall" there is inserted "(a)", |
| (b) | at end there is inserted— |
| "(b) | so far as the information referred to in paragraph (a) relates to the level of performance achieved by him in connection with the energy efficiency of residential accommodation within the area of a local housing authority, provide the information also to that authority in such form as may be so specified. |
- In paragraph (b), "energy efficiency" and "residential accommodation" have the same meanings as in the Home Energy Conservation Act 1995.".'.
Dr Desmond Turner
55
Clause 1, page 1, line 18, leave out subsection (2) and insert—'(2) For the purpose of enabling an energy conservation authority to discharge its functions pursuant to subsection (1) (a) above the appropriate authority shall, after consultation with such energy conservation authorities, representatives of registered social landlords, utility companies and other persons as the authority considers appropriate make regulations requiring:
| (a) | utility companies to report annually to a person prescribed in the regulations; |
| (b) | registered social landlords, manager of government funded energy efficiency schemes and the Energy Saving Trust to report annually to energy conservation authorities; |
| (i) | shall not require any company to report to any energy conservation authority; and |
| (ii) | shall not involve any company in any significant expense over and above that agreed under the Energy Efficiency Committment; and |
| (iii) | shall require that any information so provided by any utility company need be provided only on the basis of totals per postcode and for the avoidance of doubt shall not identify any particular address; and |
| (iv) | shall be in a format to be agreed between the person prescribed and the utility company prescribed in the regulations, which agreement shall not be unreasonably withheld; and |
| (v) | shall require the person prescribed in the regulations to report to energy conservation authorities; and |
| (vi) | shall require that any information so provided to an energy conservation authority shall not identify any utility company'. |
Dr Desmond Turner
Mr Tim Boswell
Sue Doughty
Dr Brian Iddon
Dr Ian Gibson
Mr Alan Simpson
| Mr Huw Edwards |
8
Clause 1, page 2, line 1, leave out 'stipulated' and insert 'prescribed'.
Dr Desmond Turner
Mr Tim Boswell
Sue Doughty
Dr Brian Iddon
Dr Ian Gibson
Mr Alan Simpson
| Mr Huw Edwards |
9
Clause 1, page 2, line 2, leave out 'them' and insert 'the body making the report and in the case of the Energy Saving Trust also by the utility companies (and different formats may be prescribed for different cases).'.
Mr Michael Meacher
30
Clause 1, page 2, line 3, leave out subsection (3).
Dr Desmond Turner
Mr Tim Boswell
Sue Doughty
Dr Brian Iddon
Dr Ian Gibson
Mr Alan Simpson
| Mr Huw Edwards |
10
Clause 1, page 2, line 4, leave out '(1)(c)' and insert '(1)'.
Dr Desmond Turner
Mr Tim Boswell
Sue Doughty
Dr Brian Iddon
Dr Ian Gibson
Mr Alan Simpson
| Mr Huw Edwards |
11
Clause 1, page 2, line 11, leave out 'subsection (3)(a)' and insert 'paragraph (a)'.
Dr Desmond Turner
Mr Tim Boswell
Sue Doughty
Dr Brian Iddon
Dr Ian Gibson
Mr Alan Simpson
| Mr Huw Edwards |
12
Clause 1, page 2, leave out lines 13 and line 14 and insert 'paragraph; and—
| (c) | where a registered social landlord has taken over the ownership of housing stock from a local authority the authority may, after consultation with that landlord, set targets which are reasonable and compatible with any format the landlord is required to use in reporting to the authority in compliance with regulations made under subsection (2) for energy efficiency improvements to be achieved with respect to that housing stock (which may differ for different parts of the housing stock), and the landlord shall take reasonable steps to ensure that any such target is achieved so far as is reasonably practicable. |
Mr Michael Meacher
31
Clause 1, page 2, line 15, leave out subsection (4) and insert—'( ) The power of the appropriate Minister to give energy conservation authorities guidance under section 4(1) of the principal Act (guidance in relation to preparation of reports) includes power to give them such guidance as he considers appropriate in relation to the implementation, within such period as he considers appropriate, of measures set out in the reports there mentioned.'.
Dr Desmond Turner
Mr Tim Boswell
Sue Doughty
Dr Brian Iddon
Dr Ian Gibson
Mr Alan Simpson
| Mr Huw Edwards |
13
Clause 1, page 2, line 16, leave out 'Secretary of State may' and insert 'appropriate authority shall'.
Dr Desmond Turner
Mr Tim Boswell
Sue Doughty
Dr Brian Iddon
Dr Ian Gibson
Mr Alan Simpson
| Mr Huw Edwards |
14
Clause 1, page 2, line 17, leave out 'stipulate guidelines for' and insert 'issue guidance with respect to'.
Dr Desmond Turner
Mr Tim Boswell
Sue Doughty
Dr Brian Iddon
Dr Ian Gibson
Mr Alan Simpson
| Mr Huw Edwards |
15
Clause 1, page 2, line 19, leave out 'for'.
Dr Desmond Turner
Mr Tim Boswell
Sue Doughty
Dr Brian Iddon
Dr Ian Gibson
Mr Alan Simpson
| Mr Huw Edwards |
16
Clause 1, page 2, line 19, at end insert 'and the authorities shall comply with any such guidance.(4A) Copies of any report referred to in section 2, 3 or 5 of the Home Energy Conservation Act 1995 (reports by authorities on energy conservation measures to be taken by the authority and others, and progress reports) made by an energy conservation authority shall be made available to members of the public at the offices of the authority during working hours.
(4B) In this section—
- "the appropriate authority" means, in relation to England, the Secretary of State and, in relation to Wales, means the National Assembly for Wales;
- "energy conservation authority" has the same meaning as in the Home Energy Conservation Act 1995;
- "registered social landlord" means a body for the time being registered as a social landlord under Chapter I of Part I of the Housing Act 1996; and
- "utility company" means any body supplying gas or electricity to domestic consumers.'.
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