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House of Commons

Tuesday 18th November 2008

Consideration of Lords Amendments

New Amendments handed in are marked thus

Other Amendments not tabled within the required notice period are marked thus

Energy Bill

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Lords Amendment No. 42

As Amendments to the Lords Amendment:—

Alan Simpson

Greg Clark

Steve Webb

Colin Challen

Mr John Grogan

Lynne Jones

(a)

Line  11,  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘shall within 12 months of Royal Assent’.

Greg Clark

Alan Simpson

Steve Webb

Lynne Jones

Charles Hendry

(b)

Line  14,  leave out ‘financial incentives’ and insert ‘payment’.

Greg Clark

Alan Simpson

Steve Webb

Lynne Jones

Charles Hendry

(c)

Leave out lines 22 to 30 and insert—

‘(a)	provision requiring the holder of a supply licence to make a payment to

a small-scale low-carbon generator, or to the authority for onward

payment to such a generator, in specified circumstances, for a specified

period of time;

(b)	provision specifying the level of payment under paragraph (a) or how

such payment is to be calculated;

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Energy Bill, continued

(c)	provision for the level of payment, in respect of plant newly entering the

scheme, under paragraph (a) to decrease year by year in accordance with

a formula published, or to be published, by the Secretary of State;’.

Greg Clark

Alan Simpson

Steve Webb

Lynne Jones

Charles Hendry

(d)

Line  43,  at end insert—

‘(i)	provision for the level of payment made under paragraph (a) to be

different for different sources of energy and technologies as listed in

subsection (5);

(j)	provision for the level of payment made under paragraph (a) to be

different for different scales of plant up to the specified maximum

capacity;

(k)	provision specifying how any costs of connecting to, and of any

reinforcement or extension of, the distribution system necessary for the

purposes of conveying electricity generated are to be borne.’.

Secretary Edward Miliband

(g)

Line  64,  leave out ‘3’ and insert ‘5’.

Greg Clark

Charles Hendry

(f)

Line  76,  leave out ‘with an electrical capacity of 50 kilowatts or less’.

Lords Amendment No. 65

As an Amendment to the Lords Amendment:—

Alan Simpson

Greg Clark

Steve Webb

Colin Challen

Mr John Grogan

Lynne Jones

(a)

Line  3,  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘shall within 12 months of Royal Assent’.

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Energy Bill, continued

Order of the House [22nd January 2008]

That the following provisions shall apply to the Energy Bill:

Committal

1.	The Bill shall be committed to a Public Bill Committee.

Proceedings in Public Bill Committee

2.	Proceedings in the Public Bill Committee shall (so far as not previously

concluded) be brought to a conclusion on 11th March 2008.

3.	The Public Bill Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on

which it meets.

Consideration and Third Reading

4.	Proceedings on consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be

brought to a conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption on the

day on which those proceedings are commenced.

5.	Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be

brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on that day.

6.	Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to

proceedings on consideration and Third Reading.

Other proceedings

7.	Any other proceedings on the Bill (including any proceedings on

consideration of Lords Amendments or on any further messages from the

Lords) may be programmed.

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Revised 18 November 2008