NOTICES OF AMENDMENTS
given up to and including
Friday 31st January 2003
New Amendments handed in are marked thus *
COMMITTEE OF WHOLE HOUSE
ELECTRICITY (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) BILL
Dr Vincent Cable
Brian Cotter
Sir Robert Smith
Mr Andrew Stunell
12
*Clause 1, page 1, line 5, leave out paragraph (a).
Dr Vincent Cable
Brian Cotter
Sir Robert Smith
Mr Andrew Stunell
10
*Clause 1, page 1, line 6, at end insert 'in relation to qualifying activities'.
Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Tim Yeo
Mr Crispin Blunt
Mr Andrew Robathan
Mr Henry Bellingham
David Maclean
1
Clause 1, page 1, line 7, leave out subsections (b) and (c).
Dr Vincent Cable
Brian Cotter
Sir Robert Smith
Mr Andrew Stunell
13
*Clause 1, page 1, line 10, leave out second 'or' and insert 'other than'.
Dr Vincent Cable
Brian Cotter
Sir Robert Smith
Mr Andrew Stunell
14
*Clause 1, page 1, line 13, at end insert—
'( ) Nothing in section (1) shall permit the Secretary of State to incur expenditure on the management, transportation, storage or reprocessing of nuclear waste materials.'.
Dr Vincent Cable
Brian Cotter
Sir Robert Smith
Mr Andrew Stunell
15
*Clause 1, page 1, line 13, at end insert—
'( ) Nothing in section (1) shall permit the Secretary of State to enter into any arrangement having the effect of transferring financial liability for the storage or reprocessing of nuclear waste material to the Exchequer.'.
Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Tim Yeo
Mr Crispin Blunt
Mr Andrew Robathan
Mr Henry Bellingham
David Maclean
2
Clause 1, page 1, leave out lines 18 and 19.
Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Tim Yeo
Mr Crispin Blunt
Mr Andrew Robathan
Mr Henry Bellingham
David Maclean
3
Clause 1, page 1, line 20, after 'loan', insert 'or'.
Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Tim Yeo
Mr Crispin Blunt
Mr Andrew Robathan
Mr Henry Bellingham
David Maclean
4
Clause 1, page 1, line 21, leave out 'by any other means'.
Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Tim Yeo
Mr Crispin Blunt
Mr Andrew Robathan
Mr Henry Bellingham
David Maclean
5
Clause 1, page 2, leave out lines 1 to 3.
Dr Vincent Cable
Brian Cotter
Sir Robert Smith
Mr Andrew Stunell
11
*Clause 1, page 2, line 3, at end insert '"qualifying activities" shall be limited to the financial liabilities generated by a British Energy company prior to 4th September 2002, to a maximum of £2,100 million'.
Dr Vincent Cable
Brian Cotter
Sir Robert Smith
Mr Andrew Stunell
16
*Clause 2, page 2, line 10, leave out from beginning to end of line 15 and insert 'Section 74 of the Electricity Act 1989 c.29 (which relates to the scale of the permissible investment by the Secretary of State and the Treasury in the successor companies) is amended to remove the restrictions on investment in a British Energy Company, subject to provisions that the Secretary of State shall make reports annually to both Houses of Parliament detailing the scale of—
| (a) | any such investment which has been made; and |
| (b) | any such investment which is anticipated, |
the details of which shall be assessed by the National Audit Office.'.
Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Tim Yeo
Mr Crispin Blunt
Mr Andrew Robathan
Mr Henry Bellingham
David Maclean
6
Clause 2, page 2, leave out lines 13 to 15.
Dr Vincent Cable
Brian Cotter
Sir Robert Smith
Mr Andrew Stunell
17
*Clause 2, page 2, line 16, leave out lines 16 to 22.
Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Tim Yeo
Mr Crispin Blunt
Mr Andrew Robathan
Mr Henry Bellingham
David Maclean
7
Clause 2, page 2, line 22, leave out 'annulment in pursuance of' and insert 'approval by affirmative'.
Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Tim Yeo
Mr Crispin Blunt
Mr Andrew Robathan
Mr Henry Bellingham
David Maclean
8
Clause 2, page 2, line 22, leave out 'either House' and insert 'both Houses'.
Dr Vincent Cable
Brian Cotter
Sir Robert Smith
Mr Andrew Stunell
18
*Clause 3, page 2, line 26, leave out from 'loans' to 'repealed' in line 28 and insert 'is amended, such that the upper limit on "qualifying expenditure", as defined in the schedule, is raised to amended a total of £3,500 million, subject to provisions that the Secretary of State shall make reports annually to both Houses of Parliament detailing the scale of—
| (a) | any such "qualifying expenditure" which has been made; and |
| (b) | any such "qualifying expenditure" which is anticipated, |
the details of which shall be assessed by the National Audit Office.'.
Dr Vincent Cable
Brian Cotter
Sir Robert Smith
Mr Andrew Stunell
19
*Clause 4, page 3, line 16, after 'has', insert 'the'.
NEW CLAUSES
Historic liabilities
Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Tim Yeo
Mr Crispin Blunt
Mr Andrew Robathan
Mr Henry Bellingham
David Maclean
NC1
To move the following Clause:—
'Expenditure under the provisions of this Act shall be restricted to the historic liabilities of British Energy plc as at 4th September 2002.'.
Limit on expenditure
Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Tim Yeo
Mr Crispin Blunt
Mr Andrew Robathan
Mr Henry Bellingham
David Maclean
NC2
To move the following Clause:—
'1. Expenditure under the provisions of this Act shall be subject to a limit of £10 billion.
2. Any expenditure in excess of £2.1 billion made in pursuance of the provisions of this Act shall be subject to affirmative procedure in pursuance of a Resolution of Parliament.'.
Renewable obligations certificates
Dr Vincent Cable
Brian Cotter
Sir Robert Smith
Mr Andrew Stunell
NC3
*To move the following Clause:—
'After payment of operational liabilities (including such contributions toward the satisfaction of nuclear liabilities as may be agreed, and the payment of taxation), British Energy plc shall invest any free funds into Renewable Obligations Certificates, up to the level of financial assistance provided by the Secretary of State.'.
Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Tim Yeo
Mr Crispin Blunt
Mr Andrew Robathan
Mr Henry Bellingham
David Maclean
9
Title, line 1, leave out ', or the acquisition of any securities of or any part of the undertaking or assets of'.
