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| | Wednesday 30 December 2009 |
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| | New Amendments handed in are marked thus  |
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| |  Amendments which will comply with the required notice period at their next appearance
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| | | Resolution of the Programming Sub-Committee |
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| | | The Programming Sub-Committee appointed by the Speaker in respect of the Bill |
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| | | agreed the following Resolution at its meeting on Monday 14 December (Standing Order |
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| | | (1) | the Committee shall (in addition to its first meeting at 10.30 am on Tuesday |
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| | | (a) | at 4.00 pm on Tuesday 5 January; |
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| | | (b) | at 9.00 am and 1.00 pm on Thursday 7 January; |
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| | | (c) | at 10.30 am and 4.00 pm on Tuesday 12 January; |
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| | | (d) | at 9.00 am and 1.00 pm on Thursday 14 January; |
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| | | (e) | at 10.30 am and 4.00 pm on Tuesday 19 January |
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| | | (f) | at 9.00 am and 1.00 pm on Thursday 21 January; |
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| | | (2) | the Committee shall hear oral evidence in accordance with the following |
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| | | (3) | the proceedings shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a |
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| | | conclusion at 4.00 pm on Thursday 21 January. |
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| | | Mr David Kidney has given notice of his intention to move a motion in the terms of the |
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| | | Resolution of the Programming Sub-Committee (Standing Order No. 83C). |
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| | Clause 4, page 4, line 18, leave out subsections (3) and (4). |
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| | Clause 4, page 4, line 34, leave out paragraph (g). |
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| | Clause 8, page 6, line 24, leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘shall’. |
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| | | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | | Currently the bill is written in a way that means that the Secretary of State is not required to make |
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| | | schemes for the purpose of reducing fuel poverty. This amendment would place an obligation on |
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| | Clause 8, page 6, line 25, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(1A) | A scheme under this section must make provision for a national programme to |
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| | | make every home a warm home within 10 years of the passing of this Act. For the |
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| | | purposes of this Act a warm home shall mean a home that is rated 81 or above on |
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| | | the Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP) ratings system.’. |
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| | Clause 8, page 6, line 32, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(d) | licensed suppliers of liquid petroleum gas for domestic use; |
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| | | (e) | licensed suppliers of fuel oil for domestic use.’. |
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| | Clause 14, page 11, line 29, leave out paragraph (b). |
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| | Clause 14, page 11, line 41, leave out subsection (4). |
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| | Clause 16, page 13, line 14, leave out ‘or the Authority (as the case may be)’. |
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| | Clause 16, page 13, line 22, leave out ‘or the Authority’. |
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| | Clause 17, page 14, line 23, leave out ‘or the Authority (as the case may be)’. |
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| | Clause 17, page 14, line 31, leave out ‘or the Authority’. |
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| | Clause 26, page 22, line 1, leave out subsection (3). |
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| | Clause 27, page 22, line 25, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(d) | licensed suppliers of liquid petroleum gas for domestic use; |
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| | | (e) | licensed suppliers of fuel oil for domestic use.’. |
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| | Clause 27, page 22, line 32, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(d) | as respects a relevant liquid petroleum gas for domestic use customer; |
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| | | (e) | as respects a fuel oil for domestic use customers.’. |
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| | Clause 27, page 22, line 37, at end insert ‘, or |
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| | | (c) | the method by which the customer pays their energy bill’. |
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| | | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | | This would allow the Government to take into account differentials in charges between prepay |
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| | | customers and direct debit customers when considering the adjustment of charges to help |
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| | | Carbon emissions performance standard |
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| | | ‘(1) | The Secretary of State shall make provision by regulations for a carbon emissions |
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| | | performance standard to set the maximum level of carbon dioxide that may be |
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| | | emitted for each unit of output by any new coal fired electricity generating |
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| | | (2) | The emissions performance standard shall come into effect immediately on |
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| | | passage of this Act and will be progressively lowered so that new coal fired power |
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| | | stations will produce no carbon emissions from 2020.’. |
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| | | Emissions performance standard |
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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘(1) | The Secretary of State may by regulation introduce an Emissions Performance |
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| | | Standard to apply to all electricity generation plants. |
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| | | (2) | In this section “Emission Performance Standard” means a restriction on the |
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| | | amount of carbon dioxide that electricity generation plants are permitted to emit.’. |
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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘(1) | The Secretary of State may by regulations introduce a scheme whereby every |
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| | | household shall have an entitlement for household energy efficiency measures. |
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| | | (2) | The Secretary of State may by regulations require suppliers to add repayment |
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| | | charges to household electricity bills over a period to be set by the Secretary of |
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| | | (3) | The Secretary of State may by regulations modify the Metering Point |
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| | | Administration Service to allow access to the data for the disbursement and |
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| | | repayment of the entitlement. |
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| | | (4) | A support scheme may make provision about arrangements to be made by scheme |
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| | | suppliers to ensure that, so far as is practicable, scheme customers receive the |
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| | | benefits to be provided under the scheme, which may in particular include |
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| | | (a) | arrangements for enabling scheme suppliers to identify scheme |
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| | | (b) | arrangements for drawing to the attention of scheme customers— |
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| | | (i) | the fact that benefits are available under the scheme, and |
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| | | (ii) | ways of applying for those benefits; |
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| | | (c) | arrangements for providing the benefits.’. |
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| | | Transparency on energy bills |
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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘(1) | The Secretary of State may modify— |
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| | | (a) | a condition of the licence of section 11A of the Electricity Act 1989 |
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| | | (transmission licences and supply licences) to make provision on energy |
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| | | bills for information on the cheapest tariff available to the customer from |
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| | | (b) | a condition of the licence of section 23 (1) (b) of the Gas Act 1986 |
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| | | (transmission licences and supply licences) to make provision on energy |
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| | | bills for information on the cheapest tariff available to the customer from |
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| | | (c) | the standard conditions incorporated in licences under those provisions |
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| | | (d) | a document maintained in accordance with the conditions of licences |
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| | | under those Acts, or agreement that gives effect to a document so |
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| | | Carbon emissions performance standard |
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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘(1) | The Secretary of State shall make provision by regulations or otherwise for a |
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| | | carbon emissions performance standard to set the maximum level or levels of |
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| | | carbon dioxide that may be emitted per unit of output by all individual generating |
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| | | (2) | The Secretary of State shall review the emissions performance standard |
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| | | established under section (1) no less frequently than every three years. |
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| | | (3) | In establishing the level or levels of the carbon dioxide emissions performance |
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| | | standard in section (1), and in carrying out the review required in section (2), the |
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| | | (a) | take into account the most up-to-date scientific knowledge about climate |
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| | | (b) | obtain and take into account the advice of the Committee on Climate |
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| | | Change, particularly in relation to carbon budgets, medium and long- |
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| | | term emission reduction targets, and future emissions from the electricity |
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| | | (4) | The Secretary of State must introduce the standard under section (1) no later than |
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| | | 12 months from the date on which this Act is passed.’. |
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| | | Schemes for reducing fuel poverty: further provisions |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘(1) | In this Part “benefits” may include benefits other than direct financial benefits. |
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