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| | “36C | Generating stations: carbon dioxide emissions performance standard |
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| | (1) | The Secretary of State may by regulation prescribe a carbon dioxide |
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| | emission performance standard applying to any generating stations |
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| | requiring consent for construction or extension under section 36. |
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| | (2) | Regulations under this section must prescribe a carbon dioxide emission |
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| | performance standard that is in no case greater than 400 kilograms of |
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| | carbon dioxide per megawatt hour of electricity generated at any |
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| | individual generating station. |
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| | (3) | Regulations under this section may prescribe— |
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| | (a) | the ways in which proposed generating stations are able to |
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| | demonstrate compliance with the carbon dioxide emission |
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| | performance standard including by way of carbon capture and |
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| | (b) | the information that must be submitted with an application under |
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| | section 36 to demonstrate compliance with the carbon dioxide |
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| | emission performance standard; |
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| | (c) | how compliance by generating stations that have demonstrated |
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| | compliance with the prescribed performance standard and are |
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| | granted consent under section 36 shall be monitored and |
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| | enforced, including appointing and conferring powers on an |
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| | appropriate agency to carry out such monitoring and |
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| | (d) | any sources of electricity generation that are deemed to be |
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| | compliant with the carbon dioxide emission performance |
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| | standard including electricity generated from renewable sources. |
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| | (4) | The Secretary of State shall not grant a consent under section 36 for any |
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| | generating station that does not comply with any prescribed standard. |
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| | (5) | Before making regulations under this section (including setting the level |
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| | of performance standard), the Secretary of State shall consult— |
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| | (a) | electricity generators; |
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| | (b) | the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority; |
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| | (c) | the Gas and Electricity Consumer Council; |
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| | (d) | the Environment Agency with regard to England and Wales; |
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| | (e) | the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency with regard to |
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| | (f) | other persons or bodies representing the interests of the |
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| | electricity industry, local government and the environment, and |
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| | (g) | any other persons or bodies as he may consider appropriate. |
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| | (6) | The Secretary of State must make regulations under this section no later |
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| | than 12 months from the date on which this Act is passed. |
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| | (7) | Any regulations under this section shall not be made unless a draft at the |
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| | instrument containing it has been laid before, and approved by a |
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| | resolution of, each House of Parliament. |
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| | “carbon dioxide emission performance standard” means a standard |
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| | prescribed by regulation setting the maximum amount of carbon dioxide |
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| | that may be emitted from a generating station.”’. |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | This Amendment gives the Secretary of State an enabling power to introduce a performance |
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| | standard that sets the maximum amount of carbon dioxide emissions from individual electricity |
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| | generating stations. The standard would apply to any generating stations requiring consent for |
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| | construction or extension under section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989. |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | Section 31 of the Petroleum Act 1998 (c. 17) (section 29 notices: supplementary |
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| | provisions) is amended as follows. |
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| | (2) | After subsection (2) insert— |
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| | “(2A) | Subject to subsection (3), the Secretary of State shall not give a notice |
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| | under section 29(1) in relation to an offshore installation to a person |
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| | within paragraph (b) or (c) of section 30(1) unless the person owns or has |
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| | owned any interest in the offshore installation.”’. |
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| | Implementation of new metering arrangements |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | The relevant licensees for the purposes of this Part are— |
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| | (a) | gas suppliers and gas transporters within the meaning of Part 1 of the Gas |
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| | (b) | electricity suppliers and electricity distributors within the meaning of |
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| | Part 1 of the Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29). |
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| | (2) | The effective date for the purposes of this Part is the date which is 10 years after |
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| | the date on which section 79 comes into force. |
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| | (3) | Expressions used in this Part have the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Gas Act |
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| | 1986 or Part 1 of the Electricity Act 1989. |
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| | (4) | As from the effective date, a relevant licensee must not supply gas or electricity |
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| | to any premises that is not subject to the provisions of this section. |
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| | (5) | The Secretary of State may exempt any relevant licensee from the prohibition |
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| | imposed by subsection (4) in relation to such premises, for such period of time, |
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| | and subject to such conditions as he considers appropriate in all the circumstances |
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| | (6) | References in this Part to new metering arrangements are to arrangements |
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| | (including the provision and operation of any necessary communications and |
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| | data-handling infrastructure) designed to ensure that, by the effective date, all |
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| | premises supplied with gas or electricity in Great Britain will continue to be so |
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| | supplied through a meter that conforms to the following three requirements— |
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| | (a) | that the meter must record and be able to store measured consumption |
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| | data for multiple time periods; |
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| | (b) | that the meter, either on its own or with an ancillary device, must |
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| | facilitate remote access to such data; and |
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| | (c) | that the meter must meet any specifications that may be set out in any |
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| | regulations made by the Secretary of State under this Part, pursuant to his |
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| | duties under Part 1 of the Gas Act 1986 and Part 1 of the Electricity Act |
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| | 1989, for the purposes of facilitating the introduction of new metering |
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| | (7) | This section may not be brought into force before 1st January 2010. |
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| | (8) | The Secretary of State may, in accordance with this section, modify— |
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| | (a) | the conditions of a particular licence held under section 7(1) or 7A(1) or |
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| | (2) of the Gas Act 1986 or under section 6(1) of the Electricity Act 1989; |
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| | (b) | the standard conditions of licences of any type mentioned in those |
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| | | if he considers it necessary or expedient to do so for the purpose of securing the |
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| | implementation of the provisions of this section. |
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| | (9) | The power to make modifications under paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (8) |
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| | (a) | to make modifications requiring licence holders, or classes of licence |
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| | holder, to cooperate together, under arrangements approved by the |
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| | (b) | to make modifications requiring any relevant licensee to take or refrain |
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| | from taking any specified action, whether in relation to premises supplied |
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| | with gas or electricity or otherwise; |
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| | (c) | to make modifications relating to the operation of, access to, or use of |
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| | pipe-line systems and distribution systems; and |
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| | (d) | to make incidental, consequential, or transitional modifications. |
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| | (10) | Before making modifications under this section, the Secretary of State must |
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| | consult the Authority, the holder of any licence being modified, and such other |
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| | persons as he considers appropriate. |
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| | (11) | Subsection (10) may be satisfied by consultation undertaken before, as well as by |
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| | consultation undertaken after, the commencement of this section. |
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| | (12) | Any modification under subsection (8)(b) of part of a standard condition of a |
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| | licence shall not prevent any other part of the condition from continuing to be |
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| | regarded as a standard condition for the purposes of Part 1 of the Gas Act 1986 or |
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| | Part 1 of the Electricity Act 1989. |
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| | (13) | Where the Secretary of State modifies the standard conditions of licences of any |
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| | type under subsection (8)(b), the Authority must make the same modifications of |
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| | those standard conditions for the purposes of their incorporation into licences of |
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| | that type granted after that time. |
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| | (14) | The Secretary of State must publish any modifications under this section in such |
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| | manner as he considers appropriate. |
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| | (15) | The power of the Secretary of State under this section may not be exercised after |
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| | the end of the period of five years beginning with the passing of this Act.’. |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘The Secretary of State shall, in each calendar year following that in which this |
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| | Act is passed, lay before Parliament a report on— |
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| | (a) | the number of smart meters that have been installed in that period, |
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| | including their effect on reducing carbon emissions and fuel bills; |
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| | (b) | the discussions he has held with energy supply companies about— |
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| | (ii) | the number of such meters in use, and |
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| | (c) | the progress that has been made in reducing carbon emissions through— |
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| | (i) | increased use of renewable generation, and |
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| | (ii) | energy conservation measures in households; |
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| | (d) | the discussions he has held with energy supply companies about the |
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| | impact of pre-payment meters and their tariffs.’. |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘The Secretary of State shall, in each calendar year following that in which this |
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| | Act is passed, lay before Parliament a report on— |
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| | (a) | his assessment of the skills base with regard to— |
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| | (ii) | the decommissioning of nuclear plants, and |
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| | (iii) | the disposal of nuclear waste; |
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| | (b) | his proposals for developing that skills based to meet anticipated need.’. |
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| | Nuclear Decommissioning Authority Funding |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | Section 22 of the Energy Act 2004 (expenditure and receipts of NDA) is amended |
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| | (2) | After subsection (5) insert— |
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| | “(6) | The Secretary of State may make regulations to include the value of grant |
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| | payments made by him to the NDA under this section in ‘funded |
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| | decommissioning programmes’, as defined in section 41 of the Energy |
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| | Nuclear Installations Inspectorate |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘The Secretary of State shall, in each calendar year following that in which this |
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| | Act is passed, lay before Parliament a report on— |
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| | (a) | his assessment of the appropriate levels of staff and resources in the |
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| | Nuclear Installations Inspectorate, |
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| | (b) | the progress that has been made towards reaching that target, and |
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| | (c) | the effect on progress towards approval of new nuclear reactors.’. |
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| | Energy usage in homes and businesses |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘The Secretary of State shall, in each calendar year following that in which this |
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| | Act is passed, lay before Parliament a report on— |
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| | (a) | total energy consumption in domestic housing, |
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| | (b) | total energy consumption by businesses, and |
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| | (c) | the impact of government measures to assist energy efficiency.’. |
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| | That certain written evidence already reported to the House be appended to the |
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| | proceedings of the Committee. |
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| | Order of the House [22nd January 2008] |
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| | That the following provisions shall apply to the Energy Bill: |
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| | 1. | The Bill shall be committed to a Public Bill Committee. |
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| | Proceedings in Public Bill Committee |
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| | 2. | Proceedings in the Public Bill Committee shall (so far as not previously |
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| | concluded) be brought to a conclusion on 11th March 2008. |
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| | 3. | The Public Bill Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on |
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| | Consideration and Third Reading |
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| | 4. | Proceedings on consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be |
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| | brought to a conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption on the |
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| | day on which those proceedings are commenced. |
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| | 5. | Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be |
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| | brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on that day. |
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| | 6. | Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to |
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| | proceedings on consideration and Third Reading. |
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| | 7. | Any other proceedings on the Bill (including any proceedings on |
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| | consideration of Lords Amendments or on any further messages from the |
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| | Lords) may be programmed. |
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| | Order of the Committee [5th February 2008] |
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| | (1) | the Committee shall (in addition to its first meeting at 10.30 a.m. on Tuesday |
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| | (a) | at 4.00 p.m. on Tuesday 5th February; |
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| | (b) | at 10.30 a.m. on Tuesday 19th February; |
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| | (c) | at 9.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. on Thursday 21st February; |
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| | (d) | at 10.30 a.m. and 4.00 p.m. on Tuesday 26th February; |
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| | (e) | at 9.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. on Thursday 28th February; |
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| | (f) | at 10.30 a.m. and 4.00 p.m. on Tuesday 4th March; |
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| | (g) | at 9.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. on Thursday 6th March; |
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| | (h) | at 10.30 a.m. and 4.00 p.m. on Tuesday 11th March; |
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| | (2) | the Committee shall hear oral evidence in accordance with the following |
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| | | | | | | | Until no later than 12 noon |
| The Confederation of British |
| | | | | | Industry (CBI); Trades Union |
| | | | | | | | | | | Until no later than 1.00 p.m. |
| Scottish and Southern Energy plc; |
| | | | | | E.On UK plc; EDF Energy plc; |
| | | | | | Centrica plc; Scottish Power plc; |
| | | | | | | | | | | Until no later than 5.00 p.m. |
| National Grid plc; Energy |
| | | | | | Networks Assocation; The Gas |
| | | | | | and Electricity Markets Authority; |
| | | | | | | | | | | Until no later than 6.00 p.m. |
| British Energy; Nuclear Industry |
| | | | | | Association; Nuclear Installations |
| | | | | | | | | | | | Decommissioning Authority |
| | | | | Until no later than 7.00 p.m. |
| Mr Tom Burke; Greenpeace Ltd; |
| | | | | | Friends of the Earth; Green |
| | | | | | | | | | | Until no later than 11.20 a.m. |
| Renewable Energy Association; |
| | | | | | British Wind Energy Association; |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Until no later than 12.00 noon |
| | | | | | | Association; The United Kingdom |
| | | | | | Offshore oil and Gas Industry |
| | | | | | Association Ltd; SGBI Gas |
| | | | | | | | | | | Until no later than 1.00 p.m. |
| | | | | | | Enterprise and Regulatory Reform |
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