Amendments proposed to the Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Bill - continued	House of Commons
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     Clarification of power to promote well-being

   

Gregory Barker

NC15

To move the following Clause:—

    '(1)   Section 2 of the Local Government Act 2000 (c. 22) (promotion of well-being) is amended as follows.

    (2)   After subsection (6) insert—

    "(7)   For the avoidance of doubt it is hereby stated that the power in subsection (1) may be used for the promotion of measures to alleviate climate change." '.

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     Planning and renewable energy

   

Gregory Barker

NC16

To move the following Clause:—

    '(1)   Any person undertaking—

(a)	a new commercial development exceeding 1,000 square metres, or

(b)	a residential development exceeding five units,

must make appropriate provision within the development for on-site renewable energy.

    (2)   A local planning authority must include policies to encourage on-site renewable energy in its development plan.

    (3)   In this section—

     "local planning authority" has the same meaning as in section 1 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c. 8);

     "on-site renewable energy" has such meaning as may be prescribed in regulations made by the Secretary of State.'.

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     Reports under section 1 of the Sustainable Energy Act 2003: community energy projects and renewable heat

   

Malcolm Wicks

NC17

To move the following Clause:—

In section 1(1A) of the Sustainable Energy Act 2003 (c.30) (annual reports on progress towards sustainable energy aims)—

(a)	at the end of paragraph (b) insert—

"(ba)

things done during that period pursuant to section 9 of the Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act 2005 for the purpose of promoting community energy projects;

(bb)	things done during that period pursuant to section (Renewable heat) of that Act for the purpose of promoting the use of heat produced from renewable sources;", and

(b)	in paragraph (c), after "sections 2 and 3" insert "of this Act".'.

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     Review of permitted development orders

   

Dr Alan Whitehead

NC19

To move the following Clause:—

    '(1)   The Secretary of State shall for the purpose mentioned in subsection (2) carry out a review of the effect in England of development orders made by virtue of section 59(2)(a) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c. 8) (which confers power by order to grant planning permission for development or a class of development specified in the order).

    (2)   The purpose of the review is to enable the Secretary of State to form a view as to what provision (or further provision) such development orders should make to facilitate development in England consisting of the installation, within the curtilage of a dwellinghouse, of equipment, apparatus or appliances for microgeneration.

    (3)   As soon as reasonably practicable after he has carried out the review, the Secretary of State must lay before Parliament a report of the review, including his view as mentioned in subsection (2) and the reasons for it.

    (4)   The report must also set out what provision (or further provision), if any, the Secretary of State proposes to make in development orders by virtue of section 59(2)(a) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c. 8) in consequence of the review.

    (5)   Where the Secretary of State proposes to make provision (or further provision) in development orders in consequence of the review, he must—

(a)	exercise his powers under section 59 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c. 8) so as to provide that development orders made by virtue of that section make such provision in consequence of the review as he considers appropriate, and

(b)	exercise those powers as soon as reasonably practicable after laying the report before Parliament under subsection (3).

    (6)   In this section—

     "dwellinghouse" does not include a building containing one or more flats, or a flat contained within such a building;

     "flat" means a separate and self-contained set of premises constructed or adapted for use for the purpose of a dwelling and forming part of a building from some other part of which it is divided horizontally.'.

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     Building regulations: microgeneration

   

Dr Alan Whitehead

NC20

To move the following Clause:—

'In Schedule 1 to the Building Act 1984 (c. 55) (building regulations), in paragraph 7(a), after paragraph (xxiid) insert—

"(xxiie)

the production of heat or the generation of electricity by microgeneration (as defined for the purposes of this paragraph by building regulations),".'.

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     Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions: report regarding dynamic demand technologies

   

Dr Alan Whitehead

NC21

To move the following Clause:—

    '(1)   The Secretary of State must, not later than 12 months after this section comes into force, publish a report on the contribution that is capable of being made by dynamic demand technologies to reducing emissions of greenhouse gases in Great Britain.

    (2)   The report must state the view of the Secretary of State as to whether it is appropriate to take any steps to promote the use of such technologies, and, if it is, what those steps are.

    (3)   In forming the view mentioned in subsection (2) the Secretary of State must have regard, in particular, to any matters which would prohibit or inhibit the use of any dynamic demand technology in any circumstance in which its use could be expected to make a contribution to reducing emissions of greenhouse gases in Great Britain; and the report must state the matters to which he has had regard.

    (4)   In this section—

     "dynamic demand technology" means any technology which enables—

(c)	the consumption of electricity, at a particular time, by a device connected to a network, or

(d)	the generation of electricity, at a particular time, by an electricity microgenerating system connected to a network,

          to be controlled or adjusted automatically by reference to, or matters relating to, the frequency of alternating current on the network at that time;

     "electricity microgenerating system" has the same meaning as in section (National targets for microgeneration);

     "greenhouse gases" has the same meaning as in section 2;

     "network" means a distribution system (within the meaning of Part 1 of the Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29)) or a transmission system (within the meaning of that Part).'.

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Malcolm Wicks

11

Page     3,     line     7,     leave out Clause 5.

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REMAINING NEW CLAUSE

     Commencement

   

Malcolm Wicks

NC18

To move the following Clause:—

    '(1)   Sections 1, (National targets for microgeneration), (National microgeneration targets; modification of section 1 of the Sustainable Energy Act 2003), (Sale of electricity generated by microgeneration: power to modify distribution and supply licences etc), (Exercise of powers under section (Sale of electricity generated by microgeneration: power to modify distribution and supply licences etc)), (Functions of the Gas and Electricity Markets authority in relation to microgeneration), (Review of permitted development orders), (Building regulations: microgeneration), (Reduction of carbon emissions: report regarding dynamic demand technologies), 9, (Renewable heat) and (Adjustment of transmission charges for electricity) come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed.

    (2)   Sections 2, (Reports under section 1 of the Sustainable Energy Act 2003: microgeneration), (Reports under section 1 of the Sustainable Energy Act 2003: energy efficiency of residential accommodation) and (Reports under section 1 of the Sustainable Energy Act 2003: community energy projects and renewable heat) come into force on 1st January 2007.'.

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Malcolm Wicks

13

Clause     11,     page     6,     leave out lines 4 and 5.

   

Mark Lazarowicz

28

Clause     11,     page     6,     leave out lines 8 to 10.

   

Mark Lazarowicz

29

Clause     11,     page     6,     leave out lines 15 to 17.

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Malcolm Wicks

34

Page     6,     line     18,     leave out Clause 12.

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Malcolm Wicks

35

Clause     14,     page     6,     line     41,     at end insert—

    '( )   Sections (Review of permitted development orders), (Building regulations: microgeneration), 9 and (Renewable heat) extend to England and Wales only.

    ( )   Sections (National targets for microgeneration), (National microgeneration targets: modification of section 1 of the Sustainable Energy Act 2003), (Sale of electricity generated by microgeneration: power to modify distribution and supply licences etc), (Exercise of powers under section (Sale of electricity generated by microgeneration: power to modify distribution and supply licences etc)), (Functions of the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority in relation to microgeneration), (Reduction of carbon emissions: report regarding dynamic demand technologies) and (Adjustment of transmission charges for electricity) extend to England and Wales and Scotland only.'.

   

Malcolm Wicks

31

Clause     14,     page     6,     line     42,     leave out subsection (2).

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Malcolm Wicks

14

Title,     line     3,     leave out 'introduction of a renewable heat obligation' and insert 'use of heat produced from renewable sources'.

   

Malcolm Wicks

15

Title,     line     3,     after 'obligation' insert 'and the adjustment of transmission charges for electricity'.

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ORDER OF THE COMMITTEE [25TH JANUARY 2006]

That the Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Bill be considered in the following order, namely, Clauses 1 to 4, Clauses 6 to 14, new Clauses, new Schedules, Clause 5, remaining proceedings on the Bill

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Prepared 9 Feb 2006