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| Page 37, line 22, leave out Clause 80. |
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| | Duty to have regard to need for UK domestic action on climate change |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | In exercising functions under this Part involving consideration of how to meet— |
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| | (a) | the target in section 2(1) (the target for 2050), or |
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| | (b) | the carbon budget for any period, |
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| | | the Secretary of State must have regard to the need for UK domestic action on |
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| | (2) | “UK domestic action on climate change” means reductions in UK emissions of |
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| | targeted greenhouse gases or increases in UK removals of such gases (or both).’. |
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| | Advice of Committee on Climate Change on impact report |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | It is the duty of the Committee on Climate Change to advise the Secretary of State |
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| | on the preparation of each of the Secretary of State’s reports under section 55. |
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| | (2) | The Committee must give its advice under this section in relation to a report not |
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| | later than six months before the last date for laying the report before Parliament |
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| | (see subsections (2) to (4) of section 55). |
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| | (3) | The Committee must, at the time it gives its advice under this section to the |
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| | Secretary of State, send a copy to the other national authorities. |
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| | (4) | As soon as is reasonably practicable after giving its advice under this section the |
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| | Committee must publish that advice in such manner as it considers appropriate.’. |
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| | Reporting on progress in connection with adaptation |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | Each report of the Committee on Climate Change under section 35 to which this |
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| | section applies must contain an assessment of the progress made towards |
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| | implementing the objectives, proposals and policies set out in the programmes |
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| | laid before Parliament under section 56 (adaptation to climate change). |
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| | (2) | This section applies to the report in the second year after that in which the |
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| | Secretary of State lays the first programme under section 56 before Parliament. |
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| | (3) | After that, this section applies to the report under section 35 in every second year |
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| | after that in which the Committee last made a report to which this section applies, |
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| | subject to any order under subsection (4). |
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| | (4) | The Secretary of State may by order provide that this section shall apply to the |
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| | report under section 35 in the year specified in the order and in every subsequent |
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| | (5) | An order under subsection (4) is subject to negative resolution procedure.’. |
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| | Collection of household waste |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘In section 46 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43) (receptacles for |
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| | household waste), after subsection (10) insert— |
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| | “(11) | A waste collection authority is not obliged to collect household waste that |
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| | is placed for collection in contravention of a requirement under this |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | The Secretary of State must publish guidance on the measurement or calculation |
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| | of greenhouse gas emissions to assist the reporting by persons on such emissions |
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| | from activities for which they are responsible. |
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| | (2) | The guidance must be published not later than 1st October 2009. |
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| | (3) | The Secretary of State may from time to time publish revisions to guidance under |
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| | this section or revised guidance. |
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| | (4) | Before publishing guidance under this section or revisions to it, the Secretary of |
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| | State must consult the other national authorities. |
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| | (5) | Guidance under this section and revisions to it may be published in such manner |
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| | as the Secretary of State thinks fit.’. |
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| | Report on contribution of reporting to climate change objectives |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | The Secretary of State must— |
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| | (a) | review the contribution that reporting on greenhouse gas emissions may |
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| | make to the achievement of the objectives of Her Majesty’s Government |
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| | in the United Kingdom in relation to climate change, and |
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| | (b) | lay a report before Parliament setting out the conclusions of that review. |
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| | (2) | The report must be laid before Parliament not later than 1st December 2011. |
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| | (3) | In complying with this section the Secretary of State must consult the other |
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| | Charges for single use carrier bags |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | Schedule [Charges for single use carrier bags] makes provision about charges for |
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| | Part 1 confers power on the relevant national authority to make regulations |
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| | about charges for single use carrier bags; |
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| | Part 2 makes provision about civil sanctions; |
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| | Part 3 makes provision about the procedures applying to regulations under |
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| | (3) | In that Schedule “the relevant national authority” means— |
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| | (a) | the Secretary of State in relation to England; |
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| | (b) | the Welsh Ministers in relation to Wales; |
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| | (c) | the Department of the Environment in Northern Ireland in relation to |
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| | (4) | Regulations under that Schedule are subject to affirmative resolution procedure |
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| | (a) | they are the first regulations to be made by the relevant national authority |
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| | in question under the Schedule, |
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| | (b) | they contain provision imposing or providing for the imposition of new |
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| | (c) | they amend or repeal a provision of an enactment contained in primary |
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| | (5) | Otherwise regulations under that Schedule are subject to negative resolution |
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| | Emissions from international aviation or international shipping |
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| | Mr Robert Marshall-Andrews |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | Emissions of greenhouse gases from international aviation and shipping shall |
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| | count as emissions from sources in the United Kingdom for the purposes of this |
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| | Part from 1st January 2013, as provided by regulations under this section. |
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| | (2) | The Secretary of State may by order define what is to be regarded for this purpose |
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5 | | as international aviation or international shipping. |
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| | (3) | An order made under subsection (2) is subject to affirmative resolution |
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| | (4) | The Secretary of State may make provision by regulation as to the circumstances |
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| | in which, and the extent to which, emissions from international aviation or |
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10 | | international shipping are to be regarded for the purposes of this Part as emissions |
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| | from sources in the United Kindgom. |
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| | (5) | Such provision may be made only in relation to emissions of a targeted |
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| | greenhouse gas and in making such provision the Secretary of State shall have |
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| | regard to international carbon reporting practice. |
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15 | | (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 |
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| | the targeted greenhouse gas are to be taken into account as UK emissions |
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| | (b) | as to the manner in which such emissions are to be taken into account in |
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20 | | determining the 1990 baseline in relation to those periods. |
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| | (7) | They may, in particular— |
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| | (a) | designate a different base year, or |
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| | (b) | designate a number of base years, and to provide for the emissions in that |
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| | year, or the average amount of emissions in those years, to be taken into |
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25 | | account as if part of the 1990 baseline. |
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| | (8) | Regulations under this section are subject to affirmative resolution procedure.’. |
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| | As an Amendment to Nigel Griffiths’s proposed New Clause (Emissions from |
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| | international aviation or international shipping) (NC1):— |
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| | ‘(5A) | Regulations under this section must provide for emissions arising from the |
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| | transport of goods to the United Kingdom to take account of all stages of the |
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| | journey of those goods to the United Kingdom from their point of origin, where |
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| | any part of that journey has been by sea or through the Channel Tunnel.’. |
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| | Reporting on greenhouse gas emissions by Export Credits Guarantee Department |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | The Export and Investment Guarantees Act 1991 is amended as follows. |
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| | (2) | In section 7 after subsection (1) insert— |
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| | “(1A) | The annual report shall include an assessment of the direct and indirect |
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| | contribution of greenhouse gases to the climate from those projects |
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| | falling into Category A, High Potential Impact or Category B, Medium |
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| | Potential Impact of the Export Credits Guarantee Department Case |
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| | Impact Analysis Process for which arrangements were entered pursuant |
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| | to sections 1, 2 or 3 in that year.”’. |
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| | Duty to report on impact of climate change on biodiversity |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | It is the duty of the Secretary of State to lay before Parliament an annual report |
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| | on the impact of the UK’s carbon budgeting on— |
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| | (b) | global biodiversity, and |
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| | (2) | So far as the report relates to proposals and policies of the Scottish Ministers, the |
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| | Welsh Ministers, or a Northern Ireland department, it must be prepared in |
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| | consultation with that authority. |
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| | (3) | The Secretary of State must send a copy of the report to those authorities. |
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| | (4) | The first report under this section must be laid before Parliament and the devolved |
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| | legislatures not later than 30th September 2009. |
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| | (5) | Each subsequent report must be laid before Parliament not later than 30th June in |
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| | the year in which it is made.’. |
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| | Carbon impact assessments |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | After the publication of proposals and policies for meeting carbon budgets under |
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| | section 13, the Secertary of State must for any new measure, proposal or policy |
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| | made in any area of administration carry out an assessment of how that measure, |
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| | proposal or policy will affect UK emissions and what effect it will have on the |
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| | achievement of the 2050 target (a “carbon impact assessment”). |
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| | (2) | If a carbon impact assessment shows that a measure, proposal or policy would |
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| | increase UK emissions, then it must also set out the measures necessary to ensure |
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| | that the 2050 target is nonetheless achieved. |
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| | (3) | A carbon impact assessment must be published at the same time as the measure, |
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| | proposal or policy to which it relates.’. |
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| | Statements of compatibility |
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| 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, |
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| | before Second Reading of the Bill— |
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| | (a) | make a statement to the effect that in his view the provisions of the Bill |
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| | are compatible with the principal aim of this Act (“a statement of |
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| | (b) | make a statement to the effect that although he is unable to make a |
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| | statement of compatibility the Government nevertheless wishes the |
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| | House to proceed with the Bill. |
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| | (2) | The statement must be in writing and be published is such a manner as the |
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| | Minister making it considers appropriate.’. |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | The Secretary of State must ensure that the annual emissions of carbon dioxide |
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| | from each individual government department in 2011 are at least 15.2 per cent. |
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| | lower than the equivalent emissions of carbon dioxide in the 1990 baseline. |
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| | (2) | The Secretary of State must ensure that the average energy efficiency per square |
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| | metre of all property owned by each individual government department in 2010 |
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| | is at least 15 per cent. higher than the equivalent amount measured as in 1990. |
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| | (3) | Any property in the control of the QinetiQ Group plc shall not be counted under |
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| | (4) | The Secretary of State must as soon as reasonably practicable ensure that a |
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| | reduction is made in the funding of each government department for energy and |
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| | utilities costs which is in line with the existing Government Sustainable |
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| | Operations Targets for carbon emissions, waste arisings and water |
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| | Modelling used by government to forecast impact of policies on climate change |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | The Committee shall provide the Secretary of State with advice on the modelling |
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| | used by Government to forecast future emissions and the impact of individual |
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| | policies on climate change. |
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| | (2) | The Committee must, at the time it give its advice under this section to the |
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| | Secretary of State, send a copy to the other national authorities. |
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