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House of Commons

 
 

Tuesday 1st July 2008

 

Public Bill Committee

 

New Amendments handed in are marked thus Parliamentary Star

 

Other Amendments not tabled within the required notice period are marked thus Parliamentary Star - white

 

Climate Change Bill [Lords]


 

Note

 

The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order of the

 

Committee [24th June 2008].

 


 

Gregory Barker

 

Miss Anne McIntosh

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

53

 

Clause  12,  page  6,  line  40,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

Before determining each indicative annual range the Secretary of State must

 

obtain, and take into account, the advice of the Committee on Climate Change.’.

 

Gregory Barker

 

Miss Anne McIntosh

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

54

 

Clause  12,  page  6,  line  41,  leave out from ‘which’ to end of line 43 and insert ‘the

 

net UK carbon account for the year must fall in order to meet the carbon budget for the

 

relevant budgetary period’.

 


 

David Maclean

 

39

 

Clause  13,  page  7,  line  13,  leave out subsection (3).


 
 

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Climate Change Bill [Lords], continued

 
 

Gregory Barker

 

Miss Anne McIntosh

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

55

 

Clause  13,  page  7,  line  13,  leave out ‘, taken as a whole,’.

 


 

Mr Phil Woolas

 

4

 

Clause  14,  page  7,  line  20,  leave out ‘Prime Minister’ and insert ‘Secretary of

 

State’.

 

Gregory Barker

 

Miss Anne McIntosh

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

46

 

Clause  14,  page  7,  line  21,  leave out ‘report setting out’ and insert ‘detailed

 

strategy report setting out the measures,’.

 

Gregory Barker

 

Miss Anne McIntosh

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

47

 

Clause  14,  page  7,  line  22,  at end insert ‘, and the indicative annual ranges within

 

the net UK carbon account for each year must fall in order to meet the carbon budget for

 

the relevant budgetary period (“the climate change strategy”).’.

 

Gregory Barker

 

Miss Anne McIntosh

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

48

 

Clause  14,  page  7,  line  23,  leave out ‘report’ and insert ‘climate change strategy’.

 

Gregory Barker

 

Miss Anne McIntosh

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

49

 

Clause  14,  page  7,  line  28,  leave out ‘report’ and insert ‘climate change strategy’.

 

Mr Phil Woolas

 

8

 

Clause  14,  page  7,  line  29,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

The report must outline the implications of the proposals and policies as regards

 

the crediting of carbon units to the net UK carbon account for each budgetary

 

period covered by the report.’.

 

David Maclean

 

40

 

Clause  14,  page  7,  line  29,  at end insert—

 

‘(3A)    

The report must explain how the proposals and policies set out in the report will

 

affect—


 
 

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(a)    

global average temperature,

 

(b)    

loss of world biodiversity, and

 

(c)    

loss of world rainforests.’.

 

Gregory Barker

 

Miss Anne McIntosh

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

50

 

Clause  14,  page  7,  line  30,  leave out ‘report’ and insert ‘climate change strategy’.

 

Mr Phil Woolas

 

5

 

Clause  14,  page  7,  line  33,  leave out ‘Prime Minister’ and insert ‘Secretary of

 

State’.

 

Gregory Barker

 

Miss Anne McIntosh

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

51

 

Clause  14,  page  7,  line  33,  leave out ‘report’ and insert ‘climate change strategy’.

 


 

Mr Phil Woolas

 

6

 

Clause  15,  page  8,  line  14,  leave out ‘passenger travel and imports or exports of

 

goods’ and insert ‘aviation or international shipping’.

 


 

Gregory Barker

 

Miss Anne McIntosh

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

52

 

Clause  16,  page  8,  line  44,  leave out ‘1%’ and insert ‘0.5%’.

 


 

Martin Horwood

 

Steve Webb

 

33

 

Clause  18,  page  10,  line  4,  leave out ‘Secretary of State’ and insert ‘Prime

 

Minister’.

 

Steve Webb

 

Martin Horwood

 

35

 

Clause  18,  page  10,  line  6,  at end insert ‘and any sanctions proposed against those

 

responsible for budget excesses’.


 
 

Public Bill Committee: 1st July 2008                  

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Climate Change Bill [Lords], continued

 
 

Martin Horwood

 

Steve Webb

 

34

 

Clause  18,  page  10,  line  10,  at end add—

 

‘(4)    

The Secretary of State shall certify that the Committee on Climate Change agrees

 

the factual content of any report laid in accordance with this section.’.

 

Gregory Barker

 

Miss Anne McIntosh

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

45

 

Clause  18,  page  10,  line  10,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

Nothing in this section shall be construed as preventing any enactment, decision,

 

action or failure to act connected with excess emissions being questioned in any

 

legal proceedings.’.

 


 

Martin Horwood

 

Steve Webb

 

75

 

Clause  23,  page  12,  line  15,  after ‘dioxide’, insert—

 

‘( )    

methane (CH4),

 

( )    

nitrous oxide (N2O),

 

( )    

hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs),

 

( )    

perfluorocarbons (PFCs),

 

( )    

sulphur hexafluoride (SF6).’.

 


 

David Maclean

 

83

 

Clause  25,  page  13,  line  22,  at end add—

 

‘(3)    

In this section “sinks” mean land-based carbon sinks which have been assessed

 

by the Committee on Climate Change as being, or likely to be permanent.’.

 

Mr Phil Woolas

 

9

 

Page  13,  line  17,  leave out Clause 25.

 


 

Mr Phil Woolas

 

7

 

Clause  30,  page  15,  line  36,  leave out subsections (1) to (5) and insert—

 

‘(1)    

Emissions of greenhouse gases from international aviation or international

 

shipping do not count as emissions from sources in the United Kingdom for the

 

purposes of this Part, except as provided by regulations made by the Secretary of

 

State.


 
 

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5

(2)    

The Secretary of State may by order define what is to be regarded for this purpose

 

as international aviation or international shipping.

 

    

Any such order is subject to affirmative resolution procedure.

 

(3)    

The Secretary of State must, before the end of the period of five years beginning

 

with the passing of this Act—

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(a)    

make provision by regulations as to the circumstances in which, and the

 

extent to which, emissions from international aviation or international

 

shipping are to be regarded for the purposes of this Part as emissions from

 

sources in the United Kingdom, or

 

(b)    

lay before Parliament a report explaining why regulations making such

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provision have not been made.

 

(4)    

The expiry of the period mentioned in subsection (3) does not affect the power of

 

the Secretary of State to make regulations under this section.

 

(5)    

Regulations under this section—

 

(a)    

may make provision only in relation to emissions of a targeted

20

greenhouse gas;

 

(b)    

may, in particular, provide for such emissions to be regarded as emissions

 

from sources in the United Kingdom if they relate to the transport of

 

passengers or goods to or from the United Kingdom.’.

 

As Amendments to Mr Phil Woolas’s proposed Amendment (No. 7):—

 

Steve Webb

 

Martin Horwood

 

(a)

 

Line  13,  leave out from ‘Kingdom’ to end of line 15.

 

Gregory Barker

 

Miss Anne McIntosh

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

(b)

 

Line  13,  leave out from ‘Kingdom’ to end of line 17.

 

Martin Horwood

 

Steve Webb

 

Gregory Barker

 

Miss Anne McIntosh

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

81

 

Clause  30,  page  16,  line  9,  leave out from ‘passed’ to end of line 11.

 

Gregory Barker

 

Miss Anne McIntosh

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

82

 

Clause  30,  page  16,  line  11,  at end insert—

 

‘(5A)    

Regulations under this section must provide for emissions arising from the

 

transport of goods to the United Kingdom to take account of all stages of the

 

journey of those goods to the United Kingdom from their point of origin, where

 

any part of that journey has been by sea or through the Channel Tunnel.’.

 



 
 

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120

 

Climate Change Bill [Lords], continued

 
 

Gregory Barker

 

Miss Anne McIntosh

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

58

 

Schedule  1,  page  44,  line  5,  at end insert ‘not fewer than seven and not more than

 

12 members of which—’.

 

Gregory Barker

 

Miss Anne McIntosh

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

59

 

Schedule  1,  page  44,  leave out lines 6 to 9 and insert—

 

‘(a)    

up to six must be nominated by the national authorities, and

 

(b)    

up to six must be nominated by the President for the time being of the

 

Royal Society.’.

 

Martin Horwood

 

Steve Webb

 

106

 

Parliamentary Star    

Schedule  1,  page  44,  leave out lines 8 and 9 and insert—

 

‘(b)    

up to six other members, to be nominated by the national authorities, and

 

(c)    

up to six other members, to be nominated by the Sustainable

 

Development Commission.’.

 

Gregory Barker

 

Miss Anne McIntosh

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

60

 

Schedule  1,  page  44,  leave out lines 10 and 11 and insert—

 

‘(2)    

The Chairman must be appointed by the Secretary of State.’.

 

Gregory Barker

 

Miss Anne McIntosh

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

61

 

Schedule  1,  page  44,  line  11,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

The nominations made under paragraph 1 must be considered by a relevant select

 

committee of the House of Commons and no person shall be appointed unless and

 

until their nomination has been approved by such committee.’.

 

Gregory Barker

 

Miss Anne McIntosh

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

62

 

Schedule  1,  page  44,  line  12,  after ‘authorities’, insert ‘and the President of the

 

Royal Society’.

 

David Maclean

 

84

 

Schedule  1,  page  44,  line  26,  at end insert—

 

‘(j)    

biodiversity’.


 
 

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Climate Change Bill [Lords], continued

 
 

Gregory Barker

 

Miss Anne McIntosh

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

63

 

Schedule  1,  page  44,  line  36,  at end insert ‘and each term of office must be at least

 

six years’.

 

Gregory Barker

 

Miss Anne McIntosh

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

64

 

Schedule  1,  page  45,  line  10,  after ‘the’, insert ‘reasonable’.

 

Gregory Barker

 

Miss Anne McIntosh

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

65

 

Schedule  1,  page  45,  line  10,  leave out ‘otherwise’ and insert ‘physically or

 

mentally’.

 

Gregory Barker

 

Miss Anne McIntosh

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

66

 

Schedule  1,  page  45,  line  34,  leave out from ‘executive’ to end of line 35.

 

Gregory Barker

 

Miss Anne McIntosh

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

67

 

Schedule  1,  page  46,  line  16,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

The Committee must itself exercise its functions under Part 1 of this Act.’.

 

Gregory Barker

 

Miss Anne McIntosh

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

68

 

Schedule  1,  page  46,  line  16,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

The Committee must take all reasonable steps to ensure effective public

 

participation in the exercise of its functions.’.

 

Mr Phil Woolas

 

10

 

Schedule  1,  page  46,  line  17,  leave out paragraph 16 and insert—

 

‘The Adaptation Sub-Committee

 

    (1)  

There shall be a sub-committee of the Committee, to be known as the

 

Adaptation Sub-Committee or, in Welsh, as yr Is-bwyllgor Addsau (referred

 

to in this paragraph as “the ASC”).

 

      (2)  

The ASC shall consist of—

 

(a)    

a person appointed by the national authorities to chair the ASC (“the

 

ASC chair”), and

 

(b)    

not less than five other members appointed by the national authorities.


 
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