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House of Commons

Thursday 14 January 2010

Public Bill Committee Proceedings

Energy Bill

[seventh and eighth SittingS]

Simon Hughes

Mr Phil Willis

Martin Horwood

Sir Robert Smith

Withdrawn  22

Clause  8,  page  6,  line  24,  at beginning insert ‘On or before 31 December 2010’.

Simon Hughes

Martin Horwood

Sir Robert Smith

Mr Phil Willis

Not called  1

Clause  8,  page  6,  line  24,  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘shall’.

Simon Hughes

Martin Horwood

Sir Robert Smith

Mr Phil Willis

Withdrawn  2

Clause  8,  page  6,  line  25,  at end insert—

‘(1A)
A scheme under this section must make provision for a national programme to

make every home a warm home within 10 years of the passing of this Act. For the

purposes of this Act a warm home shall mean a home that is rated 81 or above on

the Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP) ratings system.’.

Simon Hughes

Martin Horwood

Sir Robert Smith

Mr Mike Weir

Mr Phil Willis

Negatived on division  9

Clause  8,  page  6,  line  32,  at end insert—

‘(d)
licensed suppliers of liquid petroleum gas for domestic use;

(e)
licensed suppliers of fuel oil for domestic use.’.

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 14 January 2010
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Energy Bill, continued

Nick Ainger

Paddy Tipping

Not called  26

Clause  8,  page  6,  line  32,  at end insert—

‘(d)
licensed heating oil suppliers,

(e)
licensed liquefied petroleum gas suppliers,

(f)
licensed compressed natural gas suppliers, or

(g)
licensed solid fuel suppliers.’.

Nick Ainger

Paddy Tipping

Not called  27

Clause  8,  page  6,  line  35,  after ‘electricity’, insert ‘or heating oil or solid fuel’.

Nick Ainger

Paddy Tipping

Not called  28

Clause  8,  page  6,  line  35,  leave out ‘or both’.

Nick Ainger

Paddy Tipping

Not called  29

Clause  8,  page  7,  line  10,  after ‘electricity’, insert ‘or heating oil or solid fuel’.

Simon Hughes

Mr Phil Willis

Martin Horwood

Sir Robert Smith

Withdrawn  31

Clause  8,  page  7,  line  11,  at end insert—

‘(7A)
Payments made under paragraph (7)(a) shall only be made to scheme customers

on the cheapest tariff offered by the supplier, and the supplier shall be obliged to

place all scheme customers on their cheapest available tariff.’.

Dr Alan Whitehead

Kelvin Hopkins

Nick Ainger

Mr Graham Allen

John Austin

Mr Clive Betts

Withdrawn  30

Clause  8,  page  7,  line  46,  at end add—

‘(11)
In this Part ‘benefits’ may include benefits other than direct financial benefits.’.

Clause Agreed to.

Clause 9 Agreed to.

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 14 January 2010
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Energy Bill, continued

Mr Mike Weir

Not called  21

Clause  10,  page  9,  line  16,  at end insert—

‘(d)
include within the definition of “scheme supplier” suppliers of home fuel

oil and liquid petroleum gas.’.

Clause Agreed to.

Clauses 11 to 13 Agreed to.

Simon Hughes

Martin Horwood

Sir Robert Smith

Mr Phil Willis

Withdrawn  7

Clause  14,  page  11,  line  29,  leave out paragraph (b).

Simon Hughes

Martin Horwood

Sir Robert Smith

Mr Phil Willis

Not called  8

Clause  14,  page  11,  line  41,  leave out subsection (4).

Clause Agreed to.

Clause 15 Agreed to.

[Adjourned until Tuesday 19 January at 10.30 am



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