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| Wednesday 25th January 2006 |
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| Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Bill
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| | To move, That, if proceedings on the Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Bill are |
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| | not completed at this day’s sitting, the Committee do meet on Thursday 9th February at |
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| | To move, That the Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Bill be considered in the |
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| | following order, namely, Clauses 1 to 4, Clauses 6 to 14, new Clauses, new Schedules, |
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| | Clause 5, remaining proceedings on the Bill. |
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| Clause 1, page 1, leave out line 12. |
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| Clause 1, page 1, leave out line 13. |
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| | Clause, as amended, Agreed to. |
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| Clause 2, page 1, line 17, leave out ‘Prime Minister’ and insert ‘Secretary of State’. |
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| Clause 2, page 1, line 17, after ‘each’ insert ‘calendar’. |
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| Clause 2, page 1, line 19, leave out ‘that the government has taken’ and insert |
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| ‘taken by government departments’. |
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| Clause 2, page 1, line 19, after ‘taken’ insert ‘during the previous calendar year’. |
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| Clause 2, page 1, line 20, leave out ‘during the period to which the report relates’. |
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| Clause 2, page 2, line 1, after ‘Kingdom’ insert ‘during the previous calendar year’. |
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| Clause 2, page 2, line 2, leave out ‘the period to which the report relates’ and insert |
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| Clause 2, page 2, line 4, leave out subsections (2) and (3). |
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| Clause 2, page 2, line 17, at end insert ‘and’. |
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| | Clause, as amended, Agreed to. |
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| Page 2, line 19, leave out Clause 3. |
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| Page 2, line 31, leave out Clause 4. |
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| Page 3, line 19, leave out Clause 6. |
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| Page 3, line 30, leave out Clause 7. |
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| Page 4, line 3, leave out Clause 8. |
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| Clause 9, page 4, line 36, at end insert ‘projects’. |
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| Clause 9, page 4, line 38, leave out paragraph (a). |
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| Clause 9, page 4, line 39, at end insert— |
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| | ‘( ) | schemes whose purpose or effect is the promotion of community |
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| Clause 9, page 4, line 40, leave out ‘community energy,’ and insert ‘such schemes |
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| and community energy projects, and’. |
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| Clause 9, page 4, line 41, leave out from ‘of’ to end of line 44 and insert ‘advice |
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| and assistance (whether by public authorities or any other persons) to persons establishing |
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| and operating, or proposing to establish and operate, community energy projects’. |
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| Clause 9, page 5, line 2, leave out from beginning to end of line 18 and insert— |
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| | ‘ “community energy project” means— |
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| | (a) | the use of relevant plant for a community purpose, |
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| | (b) | the installation of relevant plant for use for a community |
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| | (c) | the adaptation of any plant for use as relevant plant for a |
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| | “community purpose” means the purpose of— |
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| | (d) | generating electricity for consumption wholly or mainly in |
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| | (e) | producing heat for use wholly or mainly for heating qualifying |
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| | “plant” includes any equipment, apparatus or appliance; |
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| | “premises” means any building or buildings (and for this purpose “building” |
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| | includes part of a building); |
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| | “qualifying premises” means premises which— |
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| | (f) | are used wholly or mainly for purposes other than carrying on a |
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| | trade, business or profession, and |
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| | (g) | in the case of premises which consist wholly or mainly of a |
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| | dwelling or dwellings, contain at least five dwellings; |
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| | “relevant plant” means any plant which— |
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| | (h) | in generating electricity or (as the case may be) producing heat, |
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| | relies wholly or mainly on a source of energy or a technology |
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| | mentioned in section 82(7) of the Energy Act 2004 (c. 20) |
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| | (i) | satisfies the condition in subsection (4).’. |
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| Clause 9, page 5, line 18, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(4) | Plant satisfies the condition in this subsection if its capacity does not exceed— |
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| | (a) | in the case of plant for the generation of electricity, 20 megawatts, and |
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| | (b) | in the case of plant for the production of heat, 100 megawatts thermal.’. |
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| Clause 9, page 5, line 18, at end add— |
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| | ‘(4) | The Secretary of State shall each year lay before Parliament a report on steps that |
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| | he has taken to promote community energy.’. |
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