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| | | (3) | Where any new building procured for the civil estate is not in the upper quartile |
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| | | of energy performance, the report must state the reasons why this is the case. |
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| | | (4) | A report under this section must be laid before Parliament not later than 1st June |
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| | | Time off for workplace environmental representatives |
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| | | ‘(1) | The Employment Act 2002 (c.22) is amended as follows— |
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| | | (2) | After section 43 there is inserted— |
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| | | “43A | Workplace Environmental Representatives |
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| | | (1) | An employer shall permit an employee of his who is— |
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| | | (i) | promoting environmentally sustainable workplace |
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| | | initiatives and practices, |
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| | | (ii) | carrying out environmental audits, |
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| | | (iii) | being consulted on workplace environmental policies, |
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| | | practices and management systems, |
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| | | (iv) | carrying out environmental risk assessments, |
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| | | (b) | consulting the employer about carrying out any such activities, |
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| | | (c) | preparing for any of the things mentioned in paragraphs (a) and |
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| | | (3) | Subsection (1) only applies if— |
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| | | (a) | the trade union has given the employer notice in writing that the |
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| | | (b) | the training condition is met in relation to him. |
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| | | (4) | The training condition is met if— |
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| | | (a) | the employee has undergone sufficient training to enable him to |
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| | | (b) | the trade union has in the last six months given the employer |
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| | | (c) | within six months of the trade union giving the employer notice |
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| | | in writing that the employee will be undergoing such training, |
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| | | the employee has done so, and the trade union has given the |
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| | | employer notice of that fact. |
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| | | (5) | Only one notice under subsection (4)(b) may be given in respect of any |
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| | | (6) | References in subsection (4) to sufficient training to carry out the |
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| | | activities mentioned in subsection (2) are to training that is sufficient for |
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| | | Practice issued by ACAS or the Secretary of State. |
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| | | (7) | If an employer is required to permit an employee to take time off under |
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| | | subsection (1), he shall also permit the employee to take time off during |
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| | | his working hours for the following purposes— |
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| | | (a) | undergoing training which is relevant to his functions as a |
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| | | workplace environmental representative, and |
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| | | (b) | where the trade union has in the last six months given the |
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| | | employer notice under subsection (4)(b) in relation to the |
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| | | employee, undergoing such training as is mentioned in |
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| | | (8) | The amount of time off which an employee is to be permitted to take |
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| | | under this section and the purposes for which, the occasions on which and |
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| | | any conditions subject to which time off may be so taken are those that |
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| | | provision of a Code of Practice issued by ACAS or the Secretary of State. |
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| | | (9) | An employee may present a complaint to an employment tribunal that his |
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| | | employer has failed to permit him to take time off as required by this |
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| | | (10) | References in subsection (2) to environmental audits and environmental |
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| | | risk assessments are to environmental audits and environmental risk |
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| | | assessments that are sufficient for those purposes having regard to any |
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| | | relevant provision of a Code of Practice issued by ACAS or the Secretary |
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| | | (11) | In subsection (2)(a), the reference to qualifying members of the trade |
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| | | union is to members of the trade union— |
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| | | (a) | who are employees of the employer of a description in respect of |
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| | | which the union is recognised by the employer, and |
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| | | (b) | in relation to whom it is the function of the workplace |
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| | | environmental representative to act as such. |
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| | | (12) | For the purposes of this section, a person is a workplace environmental |
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| | | representative of a trade union if he is appointed or elected as such in |
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| | | accordance with its rules.”’. |
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| | | ‘(1) | The Secretary of State may by order provide that companies of particular classes |
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| | | the Companies Act 2006 (c. 46) such information on greenhouse gas emissions |
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| | | as may be specified in the order. |
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| | | (2) | Any company that is required to produce information under subsection (1) must |
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| | | have regard to any guidance issued under section 80 of this Act when reporting |
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| | | (3) | The Secretary of State may by order provide that compliance with guidance |
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| | | with section 417 of the Companies Act 2006 (c. 46). |
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| | | (4) | The Secretary of State must make provisions under either subsection (1) or |
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| | | subsection (3) before a date to be prescribed by order. |
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| | | (5) | The expiry of the period mentioned in subsection (4) does not affect the power of |
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| | | the Secretary of State to make further provision by order under subsections (1) |
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| | | (6) | The Secretary of State shall, when setting carbon budget pursuant to section 4 of |
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| | | this Act, lay before Parliament a report on any changes to any guidance issued |
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| | | hereunder which the Secretary of State believes are necessary to promote the |
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| | | achievement of any carbon targets.’. |
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| | | ‘(1) | The Secretary of State shall by regulation set a limit on the use of non-domestic |
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| | | (2) | In setting a limit under subsection (1) the Secretary of State shall have a duty to |
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| | | (3) | An order under this section is subject to affirmative resolution procedure.’. |
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| | Secretary Edward Miliband |
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| | Page 1, line 7 [Clause 1], leave out subsection (2) and insert— |
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| | | ‘(2) | “The 1990 baseline” means the aggregate amount of— |
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| | | (a) | net UK emissions of carbon dioxide for that year, and |
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| | | (b) | net UK emissions of each of the other targeted greenhouse gases for the |
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| | | year that is the base year for that gas.’. |
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| | Page 2, line 8 [Clause 2], after ‘change’, insert— |
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| | | ‘( ) | levels of carbon emissions in major competitor countries relative to international |
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| | Page 2, line 8 [Clause 2], after ‘change’, insert— |
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| | | ‘( ) | other matters on which the Committee on Climate Change has advised.’. |
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| | Page 2, line 15 [Clause 2], at end insert— |
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| | | ‘( ) | In making an order under section 2(1) the Secretary of State shall have a duty to |
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| | | provide for a reduction in the net UK carbon account necessary with a view to |
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| | | limiting the global average temperature increase to no more than 2 degrees |
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| | | Celsius above pre-industrial levels.’. |
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| | Secretary Edward Miliband |
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| | Page 2, line 18 [Clause 2], leave out from ‘since’ to end of line 20 and insert ‘the |
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| | Page 2, line 36 [Clause 3], at end insert— |
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| | | ‘( ) | The Committee must prepare its advice to the Secretary of State having regard to |
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| | | the methodology used by the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution’s |
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| | | 22nd Report, “Energy—The Changing Climate”.’. |
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| | Page 4, line 4 [Clause 5], at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(4) | For the purposes of subsection (1)(a) there shall be left out of account— |
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| | | (a) | so much of the carbon budget for the budgetary period including the year |
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| | | 2020 as the Secretary of State may determine relates to targeted |
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| | | greenhouse gases other than carbon dioxide, and |
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| | | (b) | so much of the 1990 baseline as is attributable to targeted greenhouse |
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| | | gases other than carbon dioxide.’. |
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| | | ‘( ) | The power conferred by this section to amend the percentage in section 5(1)(a) |
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| | | ‘(h) | levels of carbon emissions in (i) other EU states and (ii) internationally |
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| | | ‘(i) | the emission of greenhouse gases from international aviation or |
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| | | ‘(i) | the emissions of greenhouse gases from international aviation or |
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