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Amendment Paper as at
Tuesday 25th May 2004

STANDING COMMITTEE B


New Amendments handed in are marked thus *

ENERGY BILL [LORDS]


NOTE

The Amendments had been arranged in accordance with the Order of the Committee (20th May).

   

Clause 2
Amendment (8) proposed, in page 2, line 7, to leave out the words 'and demonstration' and insert the words 'demonstration and deployment'.—(Dr Desmond Turner.)

    Question proposed, That the Amendment be made.
   

Mr Stephen Timms

12

Page     1,     line     6,     leave out Clause 2.


   

Mr Stephen Timms

13

Page     2,     line     26,     leave out Clause 3.


   

Mr Andrew Stunell
Norman Baker

76

Clause     5,     page     3,     line     12,     at end insert—

    '(1A)   Persons who have held office or been employed by nuclear generators or processors within a six-month period prior to appointment shall be ineligible for membership.'.

   

Mr Laurence Robertson
Miss Anne McIntosh
Mr David Ruffley
Mr Robert Key
Mr Richard Page

42

Clause     5,     page     3,     line     14,     after 'State', insert 'after consultation with representatives of BNFL, British Energy, Nirex and the UKAEA'.

   

Mr Laurence Robertson
Miss Anne McIntosh
Mr David Ruffley
Mr Robert Key
Mr Richard Page

43

Clause     5,     page     3,     line     16,     at end insert 'and representatives of BNFL, British Energy, Nirex and the UKAEA'.

   

Mr Laurence Robertson
Miss Anne McIntosh
Mr David Ruffley
Mr Robert Key
Mr Richard Page

44

Clause     5,     page     3,     line     29,     at end insert 'following the Secretary of State's consultation with representatives of BNFL, British Energy, Nirex and the UKAEA'.

   

Mr Andrew Stunell
Norman Baker

75

Clause     5,     page     3,     line     34,     at end insert 'and the Welsh Assembly'.


   

Mr Laurence Robertson
Miss Anne McIntosh
Mr David Ruffley
Mr Robert Key
Mr Richard Page

45

Schedule     1,     page     151,     line     11,     leave out 'five' and insert 'three'.

   

Mr Andrew Stunell
Norman Baker

119

Schedule     1,     page     151,     line     36,     at end insert 'and the Welsh Assembly'.

   

Mr Laurence Robertson
Miss Anne McIntosh
Mr David Ruffley
Mr Robert Key
Mr Richard Page

46

Schedule     1,     page     152,     line     5,     at end insert 'following consultation with the Chairman of the NDA'.

   

Mr Laurence Robertson
Miss Anne McIntosh
Mr David Ruffley
Mr Richard Page
Mr Robert Key

103

Schedule     1,     page     152,     line     11,     leave out sub-paragraph (3).

   

Mr Laurence Robertson
Miss Anne McIntosh
Mr David Ruffley
Mr Robert Key
Mr Richard Page

49

Schedule     1,     page     154,     line     9,     at end insert—

     'Limit on employment costs

    6A   The total cost of employment of executive and non-executive members of the NDA, including pensions, allowances and gratuities, shall not exceed £750,000 in the first year of its operation, to be increased in line with inflation each year thereafter.'.

   

Mr Andrew Stunell
Norman Baker

125

Schedule     1,     page     154,     line     11,     at end insert—

'Public annual general meeting of the NDA

    6A (1) The NDA shall make arrangements for a general meeting of the NDA to be held in public during the course of each calendar year.

     (2) The NDA shall take all practicable measures to ensure that members of the public with an interest in the activities of the NDA are given reasonable notice of the meeting held in accordance with the provisions of sub-paragraph (1).'.


   

Mr Andrew Stunell
Norman Baker

104

Clause     6,     page     4,     line     11,     at end insert 'and for a period of 12 months only in the case of any nuclear installation'.

   

Mr Andrew Stunell
Norman Baker

79

Clause     6,     page     4,     line     16,     leave out 'treating,'.

   

Mr Andrew Stunell
Norman Baker

80

Clause     6,     page     4,     line     18,     leave out 'treatment,'.

   

Mr Andrew Stunell
Norman Baker

81

Clause     6,     page     4,     line     27,     leave out 'treatment,'.

   

Mr Laurence Robertson
Miss Anne McIntosh
Mr David Ruffley
Mr Robert Key
Mr Richard Page

50

Clause     6,     page     4,     line     30,     at end insert—

    '(3A)   Such a direction must not be given by the Secretary of State before he has formally consulted the person in control of the site in question, and has laid a copy of that proposed direction before Parliament.'.

   

Mr Andrew Stunell
Norman Baker

78

Clause     6,     page     4,     line     37,     leave out from 'itself' to end of line 38.

   

Mr Laurence Robertson
Miss Anne McIntosh
Mr David Ruffley
Mr Robert Key
Mr Richard Page

59

Clause     6,     page     4,     line     38,     at end insert 'including the person in control of any installation, site or facility owned by British Energy'.

   

Dr Desmond Turner
Mr Andrew Stunell
Norman Baker

94

Clause     6,     page     4,     line     38,     at end insert 'provided that person has taken the necessary steps to ensure that decommissioning work and liabilities are funded through the establishment and maintenance of a fully-financed segregated fund for that purpose'.

   

Mr Laurence Robertson
Miss Anne McIntosh
Mr David Ruffley
Mr Robert Key
Mr Richard Page

51

Clause     6,     page     5,     line     4,     after 'every', insert 'proposed'.

   

Mr Laurence Robertson
Miss Anne McIntosh
Mr David Ruffley
Mr Robert Key
Mr Richard Page

52

Clause     6,     page     5,     line     5,     at end insert 'at least a month before making such a direction, except in the case where the Minister considers the making of that direction urgent.'.

   

Mr Andrew Stunell
Norman Baker

77

Clause     6,     page     5,     line     20,     leave out 'against the interests of' and insert 'constitutes a material risk to'.


   

Mr Andrew Stunell
Norman Baker

82

Clause     7,     page     5,     line     43,     leave out 'treatment,'.


   

Mr Andrew Stunell
Norman Baker

84

Clause     8,     page     6,     line     14,     leave out 'may' and insert 'will'.

   

Mr Laurence Robertson
Miss Anne McIntosh
Mr David Ruffley
Mr Robert Key
Mr Richard Page

53

Clause     8,     page     6,     line     15,     at end insert 'the details of which shall be set out by the Secretary of State and laid before Parliament'.

   

Mr Andrew Stunell
Norman Baker

85

Clause     8,     page     6,     line     15,     at end insert 'commensurate with an estimate of the financial liability being adopted by the NDA'.

   

Mr Andrew Stunell
Norman Baker

86

Clause     8,     page     6,     line     28,     leave out from 'itself' to end of line 29.

   

Mr Laurence Robertson
Miss Anne McIntosh
Mr David Ruffley
Mr Robert Key
Mr Richard Page

60

Clause     8,     page     6,     line     29,     at end insert 'including the person in control of any installation, site or facility owned by British Energy'.


   

Mr Andrew Stunell
Norman Baker

87

Clause     9,     page     7,     line     17,     at end insert 'provided that this shall not be classified as intermediate-level waste or high-level waste'.


   

Mr Andrew Stunell
Norman Baker

88

Clause     10,     page     8,     line     4,     at end insert 'except that no monies shall be passed to those responsible for generating radioactive material'.

   

Mr Michael Weir

24

Clause     10,     page     8,     line     11,     leave out subsection (2).

   

Mr Laurence Robertson
Miss Anne McIntosh
Mr David Ruffley
Mr Robert Key
Mr Richard Page

54

Clause     10,     page     8,     line     21,     at end insert ', and the Secretary of State shall lay details of this requirement before Parliament.'.


   

Mr Andrew Stunell
Norman Baker

106

Clause     12,     page     9,     line     30,     at beginning insert—

    '( )   It shall be the paramount duty of the NDA to safeguard the environment.'.

   

Mr Andrew Stunell
Norman Baker

107

Clause     12,     page     9,     line     30,     after 'the', insert 'further'.

   

Mr Michael Weir

22

Clause     12,     page     9,     line     30,     leave out from first 'the' to end of line 31 and insert 'paramount duty of the NDA, in carrying out its functions, to ensure—

      (a) the safety of the environment and the protection of the natural and built environment from any pollution or contamination from the release, spillage or escape of any nuclear or nuclear-related material into the air, waterways, sea or land, or from any contamination arising from the use, treatment, storage, transportation or disposal of hazardous waste (and in setting out its decommissioning strategy for any nuclear installation or site, nothing shall be done that would give rise to any such release, spillage or escape), and

      (b) the safety of the general population and of the workforce in any nuclear or nuclear-related facility who may be affected by the release, spillage or escape in any fashion of any nuclear or nuclear related material into the air, waterways, sea or land, or from activities involving the use, treatment, storage, transportation or disposal of hazardous material.

    (1A)   It shall be the further duty of NDA, so as far as it is not incompatible with the paramount duty under subsection (1), to have regard to—'.

 
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