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House of Commons

Wednesday 25th January 2006

Standing Committee Proceedings

Standing Committee C

Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Bill

[First Sitting]

Mark Lazarowicz

Agreed to

To move, That, if proceedings on the Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Bill are

not completed at this day’s sitting, the Committee do meet on Thursday 9th February at

Two o’clock.

Mark Lazarowicz

Agreed to

To move, 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.

Mark Lazarowicz

Agreed to  17

Clause   1,  page  1,  leave out line 12.

Dr Alan Whitehead

Agreed to  16

Clause  1,  page  1,  leave out line 13.

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

Malcolm Wicks

Agreed to  1

Clause  2,  page  1,  line  17,  leave out ‘Prime Minister’ and insert ‘Secretary of State’.

S.C.C.Standing Committee Proceedings: 25th January 2006
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Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Bill, continued

Malcolm Wicks

Agreed to  2

Clause  2,  page  1,  line  17,  after ‘each’ insert ‘calendar’.

Malcolm Wicks

Agreed to  3

Clause  2,  page  1,  line  19,  leave out ‘that the government has taken’ and insert

‘taken by government departments’.

Malcolm Wicks

Agreed to  4

Clause  2,  page  1,  line  19,  after ‘taken’ insert ‘during the previous calendar year’.

Malcolm Wicks

Agreed to  5

Clause  2,  page  1,  line  20,  leave out ‘during the period to which the report relates’.

Malcolm Wicks

Agreed to  6

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  1,  after ‘Kingdom’ insert ‘during the previous calendar year’.

Malcolm Wicks

Agreed to  7

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  2,  leave out ‘the period to which the report relates’ and insert

‘that year’.

Malcolm Wicks

Agreed to  8

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  4,  leave out subsections (2) and (3).

Malcolm Wicks

Agreed to  9

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  17,  at end insert ‘and’.

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

Malcolm Wicks

Not selected  10

Page  2,  line  19,  leave out Clause 3.

Clause Disagreed to.

Mark Lazarowicz

Not selected  18

Page  2,  line  31,  leave out Clause 4.

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Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Bill, continued

Clause Disagreed to.

Mark Lazarowicz

Not selected  19

Page  3,  line  19,  leave out Clause 6.

Clause Disagreed to.

Mark Lazarowicz

Not selected  20

Page  3,  line  30,  leave out Clause 7.

Clause Disagreed to.

Mark Lazarowicz

Not selected  21

Page  4,  line  3,  leave out Clause 8.

Clause Disagreed to.

Mark Lazarowicz

Agreed to  22

Clause  9,  page  4,  line  36,  at end insert ‘projects’.

Mark Lazarowicz

Agreed to  23

Clause  9,  page  4,  line  38,  leave out paragraph (a).

Mark Lazarowicz

Agreed to  24

Clause  9,  page  4,  line  39,  at end insert—

‘( )
schemes whose purpose or effect is the promotion of community

energy projects,’.

Mark Lazarowicz

Agreed to  25

Clause  9,  page  4,  line  40,  leave out ‘community energy,’ and insert ‘such schemes

and community energy projects, and’.

S.C.C.Standing Committee Proceedings: 25th January 2006
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Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Bill, continued

Mark Lazarowicz

Agreed to  26

Clause  9,  page  4,  line  41,  leave out from ‘of’ to end of line 44 and insert ‘advice

and assistance (whether by public authorities or any other persons) to persons establishing

and operating, or proposing to establish and operate, community energy projects’.

Mark Lazarowicz

Agreed to  32

Clause  9,  page  5,  line  2,  leave out from beginning to end of line 18 and insert—

‘ “community energy project” means—

(a)
the use of relevant plant for a community purpose,

(b)
the installation of relevant plant for use for a community

purpose, or

(c)
the adaptation of any plant for use as relevant plant for a

community purpose;

“community purpose” means the purpose of—

(d)
generating electricity for consumption wholly or mainly in

qualifying premises, or

(e)
producing heat for use wholly or mainly for heating qualifying

premises;

“plant” includes any equipment, apparatus or appliance;

“premises” means any building or buildings (and for this purpose “building”

includes part of a building);

“qualifying premises” means premises which—

(f)
are used wholly or mainly for purposes other than carrying on a

trade, business or profession, and

(g)
in the case of premises which consist wholly or mainly of a

dwelling or dwellings, contain at least five dwellings;

“relevant plant” means any plant which—

(h)
in generating electricity or (as the case may be) producing heat,

relies wholly or mainly on a source of energy or a technology

mentioned in section 82(7) of the Energy Act 2004 (c. 20)

(microgeneration), and

(i)
satisfies the condition in subsection (4).’.

Mark Lazarowicz

Agreed to  27

Clause  9,  page  5,  line  18,  at end insert—

‘(4)
Plant satisfies the condition in this subsection if its capacity does not exceed—

(a)
in the case of plant for the generation of electricity, 20 megawatts, and

(b)
in the case of plant for the production of heat, 100 megawatts thermal.’.

Gregory Barker

Withdrawn  33

Clause  9,  page  5,  line  18,  at end add—

‘(4)
The Secretary of State shall each year lay before Parliament a report on steps that

he has taken to promote community energy.’.

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Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Bill, continued

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

Malcolm Wicks

Not selected  12

Page  5,  line  20,  leave out Clause 10.

Clause Disagreed to.

[Adjourned till Thursday 9th February at 2.00 p. m.