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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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(3)    

As soon as is reasonably practicable after giving its advice to the Secretary of

 

State, the Committee must publish that advice in such a manner as it considers

 

appropriate.’.

 


 

Committee’s power to audit emissions statistics

 

Martin Horwood

 

Steve Webb

 

NC14

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

The Committee shall comment on the accuracy of the Government’s statistics on

 

emissions and provide the Secretary of State with advice on them.

 

(2)    

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.

 

(3)    

As soon as is reasonably practicable after giving its advice to the Secretary of

 

State, the Committee must publish that advice in such a manner as it considers

 

appropriate.’.

 


 

Advice on climate change policy from Committee to Secretary of State

 

Martin Horwood

 

Steve Webb

 

NC15

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

The Committee may provide the Secretary of State with advice on any policy

 

matters related to climate change.

 

(2)    

The Committee must, at the time it gives its advice to the Secretary of State, send

 

a copy to the other national authorities.

 

(3)    

As soon as is reasonably practicable after giving its advice to the Secretary of

 

State, the Committee must publish that advice in such a manner as it considers

 

appropriate.’.

 


 

International negotiations by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

 

Martin Horwood

 

Steve Webb

 

NC16

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

In international climate change agreement negotiations the Secretary of State for

 

the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and all persons acting on his behalf must


 
 

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work towards achieving an international agreement which prevents dangerous

 

climate change.

 

(2)    

For the purposes of this section “dangerous climate change” is deemed to have

 

occurred when global average temperature increase is more than equation: times[num[2.0000000000000000,"2"],char[degree]]
C above pre-

 

industrial levels.

 

(3)    

Agreement should be based on the principles of contraction and convergence, that

 

is the principle of contraction of global carbon emissions and convergence of per

 

capita emissions across the global population.

 

(4)    

In reaching such an agreement the Secretary of State for the Foreign and

 

Commonwealth Office and all persons acting on his behalf should act in concert

 

with the UN and the EU.’.

 


 

Waste authority’s power to reduce amount of council tax payable

 

Gregory Barker

 

Miss Anne McIntosh

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

NC18

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘After section 13A of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14) there is

 

inserted—

 

“13B  

Power to reduce amount of tax payable in relation to household waste

 

(1)    

Where a person is liable to pay council tax in respect of any chargeable

 

dwelling and any day, any waste collection authority or waste disposal

 

authority may require the billing authority for the area in which the

 

dwelling is situated to reduce the amount which he is liable to pay as

 

respects the dwelling and the day to such extent as it thinks fit.

 

(2)    

The power under subsection (1) may only be exercised in connection

 

with measures to reduce the amount of residual domestic waste produced

 

in the authority’s area.

 

(3)    

The power under subsection (1) may be exercised in relation to particular

 

cases or by determining a class of case in which liability is to be reduced

 

to an extent provided by the determination.

 

(4)    

Where an authority exercises the power under subsection (1) the

 

authority must pay or allow to the billing authority if requested an

 

amount equivalent to the total reduction in the amount of tax payable

 

each year as a result together with the reasonable administration costs of

 

making such reductions.”’.

 



 
 

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Carbon emissions reduction targets: obligation to cooperate

 

Dr Alan Whitehead

 

Mr David Chaytor

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

NC19

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

The Secretary of State may by regulations—

 

(a)    

make provision requiring energy suppliers to cooperate with responsible

 

local authorities in the preparation and delivery of relevant local area

 

agreements, and

 

(b)    

make provision as to the arrangements for such cooperation.

 

(2)    

The Secretary of State may by regulations—

 

(a)    

subject to subsection (3), make provision requiring energy suppliers to

 

make such contribution as may be determined by the Secretary of State

 

in respect of measures to achieve carbon emission reduction targets,

 

(b)    

make provision as to the arrangements for such contribution, in particular

 

as to the restrictions upon energy suppliers in including any element of

 

such contribution in charges to consumers.

 

(3)    

The contribution referred to in subsection (2) shall not exceed an amount

 

equivalent to the sums raised through relevant consumer contributions made to

 

energy suppliers.

 

(4)    

In this section—

 

“energy suppliers” shall mean persons who are gas transporters or gas

 

suppliers for the purposes of the Gas Act 1986 (c. 44); and persons who

 

are electricity distributors or electricity suppliers for the purposes of the

 

Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29);

 

“responsible local authorities” shall be as defined in section 103 of the Local

 

Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28);

 

“local area agreement” shall be as defined in section 106 of the Local

 

Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007;

 

“relevant consumer contributions” shall mean those contributions made to

 

energy suppliers by consumers in respect of Carbon Emission Reduction

 

Targets as permitted by the Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act

 

2006 (c. 19).’.

 


 

Duties of a waste collection authority

 

David Maclean

 

NC20

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘A waste collection authority must—

 

(a)    

collect without charge any material in its area which has been deposited

 

or disposed of in unauthorised locations;

 

(b)    

provide at least one recycling facility in its area which is open from 7 a.m

 

till 11 p.m. seven days per week;

 

(c)    

collect all recycling material on the same day each week;


 
 

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(d)    

permit householders to supply their own containers for recycling

 

materials or residual waste provided that they are of a similar size and

 

design and which do not jeopardise the scheme.’.

 


 

Containers for recycling materials

 

David Maclean

 

NC21

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘A waste reduction scheme must not—

 

(a)    

require premises to maintain three or more different containers for

 

recycling materials;

 

(b)    

include any systems of bins, boxes or containers which provide for

 

electronic monitoring, scanning, counting or otherwise measuring

 

residual domestic waste;

 

(c)    

authorise any person to sift, sort and monitor the contents of any (a)

 

domestic recycling container or (b) residual refuse container;

 

(d)    

require or supply containers of a design which only the waste authority

 

can supply.’.

 


 

Waste reduction incentives

 

Gregory Barker

 

Miss Anne McIntosh

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

NC22

 

Parliamentary Star    

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

A waste collection authority whose area is in England may make a waste

 

reduction scheme, the objective of which is to provide an incentive to recycle

 

more domestic waste and accordingly to reduce the amount of residual domestic

 

waste.

 

(2)    

A waste reduction scheme—

 

(a)    

must provide for the incentive to be a payment of monies worth in an

 

amount which the authority considers will be effective to achieve the

 

purposes of the scheme, and

 

(b)    

may, in particular, permit a person to be supplied with a voucher which

 

may be exchanged for goods or services.

 

(3)    

A waste collection authority may make a waste reduction scheme only if

 

arrangements for the collection of recyclable domestic waste from premises

 

separately from other waste are available to the occupiers of premises to which

 

the scheme applies.

 

(4)    

A waste reduction scheme—

 

(a)    

may cover the whole or any part of the area of a waste collection

 

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(b)    

may apply to all domestic premises, to domestic premises other than

 

those of a specified description or to specified descriptions of domestic

 

premises.

 

(5)    

An authority that has made a waste reduction scheme—

 

(a)    

must publish the scheme in such manner as it considers appropriate, and

 

(b)    

may amend or revoke the scheme.

 

(6)    

Where a waste collection authority that operates a waste reduction scheme is not

 

also the waste disposal authority—

 

(a)    

the waste disposal authority may pay to the collection authority

 

contributions of such amounts as the disposal authority may determine

 

towards expenditure of the collection authority attributable to the

 

scheme, and

 

(b)    

the collection authority must supply to the disposal authority such

 

information as the disposal authority may reasonably require for the

 

purpose of determining amounts under this section.

 

(7)    

In this section—

 

“domestic premises” means—

 

(a)    

a building or self-contained part of a building which is used

 

wholly for the purposes of living accommodation,

 

(b)    

a caravan (as defined in section 29(1) of the Caravan Sites and

 

Control of Development Act 1960 (c. 2)) that usually and for the

 

time being is situated on a caravan site (within the meaning of

 

that Act), or

 

(c)    

a moored vessel used wholly for the purposes of living

 

accommodation;

 

“domestic waste” means household waste from domestic premises;

 

“recyclable domestic waste” means domestic waste that is capable of being

 

recycled;

 

“recycling” means recycling, re-using or composting.’.

 


 

New Schedule

 

Mr Phil Woolas

 

NS1

 

To move the following Schedule:—

 

‘Charges for single use carrier bags

 

Part 1

 

Powers to make regulations about charges

 

General power

 

1          

The relevant national authority may make provision by regulations about

 

charging by sellers of goods for the supply of single use carrier bags.

 

Requirement to charge

 

2          

The regulations may make provision requiring sellers of goods to charge for

 

single use carrier bags supplied—


 
 

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(a)    

at the place where the goods are sold, for the purpose of enabling the

 

goods to be taken away, or

 

(b)    

for the purpose of enabling the goods to be delivered.

 

Sellers of goods

 

3    (1)  

“Seller”, in relation to goods, has the meaning given by the regulations which

 

may define that term by reference (in particular) to—

 

(a)    

a person’s involvement in selling the goods,

 

(b)    

a person’s interest in the goods, or

 

(c)    

a person’s interest in the place at or from which the goods are sold,

 

            

or any combination of those factors.

 

      (2)  

The regulations may make provision for regulations under this Schedule to

 

apply—

 

(a)    

to all sellers of goods,

 

(b)    

to sellers of goods named in the regulations,

 

(c)    

to sellers of goods identified by reference to specified factors, or

 

(d)    

to sellers of goods within paragraph (b) and sellers of goods within

 

paragraph (c).

 

      (3)  

The specified factors may include—

 

(a)    

the place or places at or from which a seller supplies goods;

 

(b)    

the type of goods that a seller supplies;

 

(c)    

the value of goods that a seller supplies;

 

(d)    

a seller’s turnover or any part of that turnover.

 

      (4)  

In this Schedule “specified” means specified in regulations under this

 

Schedule.

 

Amount of charge

 

4          

The regulations may specify the minimum amount that a seller must charge for

 

each single use carrier bag, or provide for that amount to be determined in

 

accordance with the regulations.

 

Single use carrier bags

 

5          

“Single use carrier bag” has the meaning given by the regulations, which may

 

define that term by reference (in particular) to—

 

(a)    

a bag’s size, thickness, construction, composition or other

 

characteristics, or

 

(b)    

its intended use,

 

            

or any combination of those factors.

 

Administration

 

6    (1)  

The regulations may appoint a person (an “administrator”) to administer

 

provision made by regulations under this Schedule.

 

      (2)  

More than one person may be appointed as administrator.

 

      (3)  

The regulations may confer or impose powers or duties on an administrator and

 

may (in particular) do so—

 

(a)    

by making modifications to any enactment applying to the

 

administrator, or

 

(b)    

by providing for any such enactment to apply, with or without

 

modifications, for the purposes of regulations under this Schedule.


 
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