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new clauses

 

Duty to have regard to need for UK domestic action on climate change

 

Mr Phil Woolas

 

NC2

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

In exercising functions under this Part involving consideration of how to meet—

 

(a)    

the target in section 2(1) (the target for 2050), or

 

(b)    

the carbon budget for any period,

 

    

the Secretary of State must have regard to the need for UK domestic action on

 

climate change.

 

(2)    

“UK domestic action on climate change” means reductions in UK emissions of

 

targeted greenhouse gases or increases in UK removals of such gases (or both).’.

 


 

Advice of Committee on Climate Change on impact report

 

Mr Phil Woolas

 

NC3

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

It is the duty of the Committee on Climate Change to advise the Secretary of State

 

on the preparation of each of the Secretary of State’s reports under section 55.

 

(2)    

The Committee must give its advice under this section in relation to a report not

 

later than six months before the last date for laying the report before Parliament

 

(see subsections (2) to (4) of section 55).

 

(3)    

The Committee must, at the time it gives its advice under this section to the

 

Secretary of State, send a copy to the other national authorities.

 

(4)    

As soon as is reasonably practicable after giving its advice under this section the

 

Committee must publish that advice in such manner as it considers appropriate.’.

 


 

Reporting on progress in connection with adaptation

 

Mr Phil Woolas

 

NC4

 

To move the following Clause:—


 
 

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‘(1)    

Each report of the Committee on Climate Change under section 35 to which this

 

section applies must contain an assessment of the progress made towards

 

implementing the objectives, proposals and policies set out in the programmes

 

laid before Parliament under section 56 (adaptation to climate change).

 

(2)    

This section applies to the report in the second year after that in which the

 

Secretary of State lays the first programme under section 56 before Parliament.

 

(3)    

After that, this section applies to the report under section 35 in every second year

 

after that in which the Committee last made a report to which this section applies,

 

subject to any order under subsection (4).

 

(4)    

The Secretary of State may by order provide that this section shall apply to the

 

report under section 35 in the year specified in the order and in every subsequent

 

year.

 

(5)    

An order under subsection (4) is subject to negative resolution procedure.’.

 


 

Collection of household waste

 

Mr Phil Woolas

 

NC5

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘In section 46 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43) (receptacles for

 

household waste), after subsection (10) insert—

 

“(11)    

A waste collection authority is not obliged to collect household waste that

 

is placed for collection in contravention of a requirement under this

 

section.”.’.

 


 

Guidance on reporting

 

Mr Phil Woolas

 

NC6

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

The Secretary of State must publish guidance on the measurement or calculation

 

of greenhouse gas emissions to assist the reporting by persons on such emissions

 

from activities for which they are responsible.

 

(2)    

The guidance must be published not later than 1st October 2009.

 

(3)    

The Secretary of State may from time to time publish revisions to guidance under

 

this section or revised guidance.

 

(4)    

Before publishing guidance under this section or revisions to it, the Secretary of

 

State must consult the other national authorities.

 

(5)    

Guidance under this section and revisions to it may be published in such manner

 

as the Secretary of State thinks fit.’.

 



 
 

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Report on contribution of reporting to climate change objectives

 

Mr Phil Woolas

 

NC7

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

The Secretary of State must—

 

(a)    

review the contribution that reporting on greenhouse gas emissions may

 

make to the achievement of the objectives of Her Majesty’s Government

 

in the United Kingdom in relation to climate change, and

 

(b)    

lay a report before Parliament setting out the conclusions of that review.

 

(2)    

The report must be laid before Parliament not later than 1st December 2011.

 

(3)    

In complying with this section the Secretary of State must consult the other

 

national authorities.’.

 


 

Charges for single use carrier bags

 

Mr Phil Woolas

 

NC17

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

Schedule [Charges for single use carrier bags] makes provision about charges for

 

single use carrier bags.

 

(2)    

In that Schedule—

 

Part 1 confers power on the relevant national authority to make regulations

 

about charges for single use carrier bags;

 

Part 2 makes provision about civil sanctions;

 

Part 3 makes provision about the procedures applying to regulations under

 

the Schedule.

 

(3)    

In that Schedule “the relevant national authority” means—

 

(a)    

the Secretary of State in relation to England;

 

(b)    

the Welsh Ministers in relation to Wales;

 

(c)    

the Department of the Environment in Northern Ireland in relation to

 

Northern Ireland.

 

(4)    

Regulations under that Schedule are subject to affirmative resolution procedure

 

if—

 

(a)    

they are the first regulations to be made by the relevant national authority

 

in question under the Schedule,

 

(b)    

they contain provision imposing or providing for the imposition of new

 

civil sanctions, or

 

(c)    

they amend or repeal a provision of an enactment contained in primary

 

legislation.

 

(5)    

Otherwise regulations under that Schedule are subject to negative resolution

 

procedure.’.

 



 
 

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Emissions from international aviation or international shipping

 

Nigel Griffiths

 

Colin Challen

 

Mr David Drew

 

Colin Burgon

 

Mr David Chaytor

 

Ms Katy Clark

 

Mr Tom Clarke

 

Michael Connarty

 

Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas    

 

Mrs Janet Dean

 

Mr Jim Devine

 

Mr Frank Field

 

Mark Fisher

 

Dr Ian Gibson

 

Mr Fabian Hamilton

 

Kelvin Hopkins

 

Dr Brian Iddon

 

Martin Linton

 

Chris McCafferty

 

Ann McKechin

 

Mr Michael Meacher

 

Julie Morgan

 

Mr Chris Mullin

 

Dr Gavin Strang

 

David Taylor

 

Paddy Tipping

 

Mr Dai Havard

 

Mr Edward O’Hara

 

Mr Joe Benton

 

Mr Lindsay Hoyle

 

Paul Flynn

 

Jim Sheridan

 

Dr Desmond Turner

 

Jon Cruddas

 

Mr Marsha Singh

 

Mr Philip Hollobone

 

Harry Cohen

 

Nick Ainger

 

Clare Short

 

Mr Gordon Marsden

 

Kelvin Hopkins

 

Mrs Betty Williams

 

Mr Clive Betts

 

Dr Tony Wright

 

Mr Peter Kilfoyle

 

Mr Bill Olner

 

Mr Neil Gerrard

 

Stephen Williams

 

Lynne Jones

 

Mr Paul Truswell

 

Mr Robert Marshall-Andrews

 

Mr David Crausby

 

Tony Lloyd

 

Dr Hywel Francis

 

Emily Thornberry

 

Mike Gapes

 

Jim Dobbin

 

John McDonnell

 

Frank Dobson

 

Mr Graham Allen

 

John Austin

 

Hugh Bayley

 

Roger Berry

 

Mr Ronnie Campbell

 

Mr Martin Caton

 

Jeremy Corbyn

 

Mrs Ann Cryer

 

Mr Jim Hood

 

Mr John Horam

 

Alan Keen

 

Mr Eric Martlew

 

John McDonnell

 

Anne Moffat

 

Dr Doug Naysmith

 

Mrs Linda Riordan

 

Mr Mohammad Sarwar

 

Alan Simpson

 

Dr Rudi Vis

 

Kate Hoey

 

Frank Dobson

 

Mr Roger Godsiff

 

Mr Gordon Prentice

 

Mike Wood

 

Mr Barry Sheerman

 

Jim Cousins

 

Matthew Taylor

 

Mr Roger Godsiff

 

Andrew Mackinlay

 

Albert Owen

 

Jon Trickett

 

Mr Anthony Wright

 

Dr Richard Taylor

 

Sir Alan Beith

 

Mr George Galloway

 

Mark Durkan

 

NC1

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

Emissions of greenhouse gases from international aviation and shipping shall

 

count as emissions from sources in the United Kingdom for the purposes of this

 

Part from 1st January 2013, as provided by regulations under this section.

 

(2)    

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

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as international aviation or international shipping.

 

(3)    

An order made under subsection (2) is subject to affirmative resolution

 

procedure.

 

(4)    

The Secretary of State may make provision by regulation as to the circumstances

 

in which, and the extent to which, emissions from international aviation or

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

 

from sources in the United Kindgom.

 

(5)    

Such provision may be made only in relation to emissions of a targeted

 

greenhouse gas and in making such provision the Secretary of State shall have

 

regard to international carbon reporting practice.

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(6)    

Regulations under this section may make provision—


 
 

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(a)    

as to the period or periods (whether past or future) in which emissions of

 

the targeted greenhouse gas are to be taken into account as UK emissions

 

of that gas, and

 

(b)    

as to the manner in which such emissions are to be taken into account in

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determining the 1990 baseline in relation to those periods.

 

(7)    

They may, in particular—

 

(a)    

designate a different base year, or

 

(b)    

designate a number of base years, and to provide for the emissions in that

 

year, or the average amount of emissions in those years, to be taken into

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account as if part of the 1990 baseline.

 

(8)    

Regulations under this section are subject to affirmative resolution procedure.’.

 

As an Amendment to Nigel Griffiths’s proposed New Clause (Emissions from

 

international aviation or international shipping) (NC1):—

 

Gregory Barker

 

Miss Anne McIntosh

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

(a)

 

Line  14,  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.’.

 


 

Reporting on greenhouse gas emissions by Export Credits Guarantee Department

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

Mr Elliott Morley

 

Malcolm Bruce

 

NC8

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

The Export and Investment Guarantees Act 1991 is amended as follows.

 

(2)    

In section 7 after subsection (1) insert—

 

“(1A)    

The annual report shall include an assessment of the direct and indirect

 

contribution of greenhouse gases to the climate from those projects

 

falling into Category A, High Potential Impact or Category B, Medium

 

Potential Impact of the Export Credits Guarantee Department Case

 

Impact Analysis Process for which arrangements were entered pursuant

 

to sections 1, 2 or 3 in that year.”’.

 



 
 

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Duty to report on impact of climate change on biodiversity

 

David Maclean

 

NC9

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

It is the duty of the Secretary of State to lay before Parliament an annual report

 

on the impact of the UK’s carbon budgeting on—

 

(a)    

UK biodiversity,

 

(b)    

global biodiversity, and

 

(c)    

world rainforests.

 

(2)    

So far as the report relates to proposals and policies of the Scottish Ministers, the

 

Welsh Ministers, or a Northern Ireland department, it must be prepared in

 

consultation with that authority.

 

(3)    

The Secretary of State must send a copy of the report to those authorities.

 

(4)    

The first report under this section must be laid before Parliament and the devolved

 

legislatures not later than 30th September 2009.

 

(5)    

Each subsequent report must be laid before Parliament not later than 30th June in

 

the year in which it is made.’.

 


 

Carbon impact assessments

 

Gregory Barker

 

Miss Anne McIntosh

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

NC10

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

After the publication of proposals and policies for meeting carbon budgets under

 

section 13, the Secertary of State must for any new measure, proposal or policy

 

made in any area of administration carry out an assessment of how that measure,

 

proposal or policy will affect UK emissions and what effect it will have on the

 

achievement of the 2050 target (a “carbon impact assessment”).

 

(2)    

If a carbon impact assessment shows that a measure, proposal or policy would

 

increase UK emissions, then it must also set out the measures necessary to ensure

 

that the 2050 target is nonetheless achieved.

 

(3)    

A carbon impact assessment must be published at the same time as the measure,

 

proposal or policy to which it relates.’.

 


 

Statements of compatibility

 

Gregory Barker

 

Miss Anne McIntosh

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

NC11

 

To move the following Clause:—


 
 

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‘(1)    

A Minister of the Crown in charge of a Bill in either House of Parliament must,

 

before Second Reading of the Bill—

 

(a)    

make a statement to the effect that in his view the provisions of the Bill

 

are compatible with the principal aim of this Act (“a statement of

 

compatibility”); or

 

(b)    

make a statement to the effect that although he is unable to make a

 

statement of compatibility the Government nevertheless wishes the

 

House to proceed with the Bill.

 

(2)    

The statement must be in writing and be published is such a manner as the

 

Minister making it considers appropriate.’.

 


 

The civil estate

 

Gregory Barker

 

Miss Anne McIntosh

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

NC12

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

The Secretary of State must ensure that the annual emissions of carbon dioxide

 

from each individual government department in 2011 are at least 15.2 per cent.

 

lower than the equivalent emissions of carbon dioxide in the 1990 baseline.

 

(2)    

The Secretary of State must ensure that the average energy efficiency per square

 

metre of all property owned by each individual government department in 2010

 

is at least 15 per cent. higher than the equivalent amount measured as in 1990.

 

(3)    

Any property in the control of the QinetiQ Group plc shall not be counted under

 

this section.

 

(4)    

The Secretary of State must as soon as reasonably practicable ensure that a

 

reduction is made in the funding of each government department for energy and

 

utilities costs which is in line with the existing Government Sustainable

 

Operations Targets for carbon emissions, waste arisings and water

 

consumption.’.

 


 

Modelling used by government to forecast impact of policies on climate change

 

Martin Horwood

 

Steve Webb

 

NC13

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

The Committee shall provide the Secretary of State with advice on the modelling

 

used by Government to forecast future emissions and the impact of individual

 

policies on climate change.

 

(2)    

The Committee must, at the time it give its advice under this section to the

 

Secretary of State, send a copy to the other national authorities.


 
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