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House of Commons

 
 

Thursday 26th June 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].

 


 

Clause 2

 

Another Amendment (No. 2) proposed, in page 2, line 4, to leave out ‘60%’ and insert

 

‘80%’.—(Nigel Griffiths).

 

Question proposed, That the Amendment be made.

 


 

David Maclean

 

36

 

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  14,  leave out ‘or’ and insert—

 

‘(ii)    

changes in the rate of biodiversity loss, or’.

 


 

Gregory Barker

 

Miss Anne McIntosh

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

56

 

Clause  4,  page  3,  line  16,  after ‘publish’, insert ‘at the same time as laying before

 

Parliament the relevant order’.


 
 

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Gregory Barker

 

Miss Anne McIntosh

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

57

 

Clause  4,  page  3,  line  17,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

Before laying before Parliament an order making provision different from that

 

recommended by the Committee, the Secretary of State shall consult the

 

Committee on the effect that difference will have on the risks for the United

 

Kingdom of the predicted impact of climate change.’.

 


 

Steve Webb

 

Martin Horwood

 

31

 

Clause  6,  page  3,  line  37,  leave out ‘26%’ and insert ‘35%’.

 


 

David Maclean

 

37

 

Clause  7,  page  4,  line  20,  leave out ‘or’ and insert—

 

‘(ii)    

changes in the rate of biodiversity loss, or’.

 


 

David Maclean

 

38

 

Clause  11,  page  6,  line  19,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

rises in global temperature,

 

( )    

the impact of climate change on world biodiversity,

 

( )    

loss of world forests (with particular reference to rain forests),’.

 


 

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


 
 

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Climate Change Bill [Lords], continued

 
 

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).

 

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’.


 
 

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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—

 

(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%’.

 



 
 

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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’.

 

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

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  25,  page  13,  line  23,  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.’.


 
 

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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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(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

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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)

 

Parliamentary Star - white    

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


 
 

Public Bill Committee: 26th June 2008                  

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Climate Change Bill [Lords], continued

 
 

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

 

Parliamentary Star - white    

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.’.

 


 

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.’.

 

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.’.


 
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