House of Lords Amendments

House of Lords

Session 2007 - 08
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Page 21, line 15, at end insert—

“(e)
section (Advice of Committee on Climate Change on impact report)

(advice on report on impact of climate change), or

(f)
section (Reporting on progress in connection with adaptation)

(reporting on progress in connection with adaptation).”
33
Page 21, line 16, leave out “such directions” and insert “directions under any of

paragraphs (a) to (e)”
Clause 55
34
Page 26, line 5, at end insert—

“( )
Before laying a report under this section before Parliament, the Secretary of

State must take into account the advice of the Committee on Climate

Change under section (Advice of Committee on Climate Change on impact

report).”
35
Page 26, line 8, leave out subsection (6)
After Clause 55
36
Insert the following new Clause—

“Advice of Committee on Climate Change on impact report

(1)
It is the duty of the Committee on Climate Change to advise the Secretary

of State on the preparation of each of the Secretary of State’s reports under

section 55.

(2)
The Committee must give its advice under this section in relation to a

report not later than six months before the last date for laying the report

before Parliament (see subsections (2) to (4) of section 55).

(3)
The Committee must, at the time it gives its advice under this section to the

Secretary of State, send a copy to the other national authorities.

(4)
As soon as is reasonably practicable after giving its advice under this

section the Committee must publish that advice in such manner as it

considers appropriate.”
Clause 56
37
Page 26, line 22, leave out subsection (3)
After Clause 56
38
Insert the following new Clause—

“Reporting on progress in connection with adaptation

(1)
Each report of the Committee on Climate Change under section 35 to which

this section applies must contain an assessment of the progress made

towards implementing the objectives, proposals and policies set out in the

programmes laid before Parliament under section 56 (adaptation to climate

change).

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(2)
This section applies to the report in the second year after that in which the

Secretary of State lays the first programme under section 56 before

Parliament.

(3)
After that, this section applies to the report under section 35 in every

second year after that in which the Committee last made a report to which

this section applies, subject to any order under subsection (4).

(4)
The Secretary of State may by order provide that this section shall apply to

the report under section 35 in the year specified in the order and in every

subsequent year.

(5)
An order under subsection (4) is subject to negative resolution procedure.”
Clause 57
39
Leave out Clause 57
Clause 69
40
Page 32, line 40, leave out “may only be brought” and insert “come”
Clause 70
41
Page 33, line 18, leave out from “exercised” to end of line 19 and insert “at any time

after the coming into force of this section.”
After Clause 73
42
Insert the following new Clause—

“Collection of household waste

In section 46 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43) (receptacles

for household waste), after subsection (10) insert—

“(11)
A waste collection authority is not obliged to collect household

waste that is placed for collection in contravention of a requirement

under this section.””
43
Insert the following new Clause—

“Charges for single use carrier bags

(1)
Schedule (Charges for single use carrier bags) makes provision about charges

for single use carrier bags.

(2)
In that Schedule—

Part 1 confers power on the relevant national authority to make

regulations about charges for single use carrier bags;

Part 2 makes provision about civil sanctions;

Part 3 makes provision about the procedures applying to regulations

under the Schedule.

(3)
In that Schedule “the relevant national authority” means—

(a)
the Secretary of State in relation to England;

(b)
the Welsh Ministers in relation to Wales;

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(c)
the Department of the Environment in Northern Ireland in relation

to Northern Ireland.

(4)
Regulations under that Schedule are subject to affirmative resolution

procedure if—

(a)
they are the first regulations to be made by the relevant national

authority in question under the Schedule,

(b)
they contain provision imposing or providing for the imposition of

new civil sanctions, or

(c)
they amend or repeal a provision of an enactment contained in

primary legislation.

(5)
Otherwise regulations under that Schedule are subject to negative

resolution procedure.”
After Clause 74
44
Insert the following new Clause—

“Carbon emissions reduction targets

Schedule (Carbon emissions reduction targets) contains amendments to the

provisions of the Gas Act 1986 (c. 44), the Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29) and the

Utilities Act 2000 (c. 27) relating to carbon emissions reduction targets.”
After Clause 77
45
Insert the following new Clause—

“Guidance on reporting

(1)
The Secretary of State must publish guidance on the measurement or

calculation of greenhouse gas emissions to assist the reporting by persons

on such emissions from activities for which they are responsible.

(2)
The guidance must be published not later than 1st October 2009.

(3)
The Secretary or State may from time to time publish revisions to guidance

under this section or revised guidance.

(4)
Before publishing guidance under this section or revisions to it, the

Secretary of State must consult the other national authorities.

(5)
Guidance under this section and revisions to it may be published in such

manner as the Secretary of State thinks fit.”
46
Insert the following new Clause—

“Report on contribution of reporting to climate change objectives

(1)
The Secretary of State must—

(a)
review the contribution that reporting on greenhouse gas emissions

may make to the achievement of the objectives of Her Majesty’s

Government in the United Kingdom in relation to climate change,

and

(b)
lay a report before Parliament setting out the conclusions of that

review.

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(2)
The report must be laid before Parliament not later than 1st December 2010.

(3)
In complying with this section the Secretary of State must consult the other

national authorities.”
47
Insert the following new Clause—

“Regulations about reporting by companies

(1)
The Secretary of State must, not later than 6th April 2012—

(a)
make regulations under section 416(4) of the Companies Act 2006

(c. 46) requiring the directors’ report of a company to contain such

information as may be specified in the regulations about emissions

of greenhouse gases from activities for which the company is

responsible, or

(b)
lay before Parliament a report explaining why no such regulations

have been made.

(2)
Subsection (1)(a) is complied with if regulations are made containing

provision in relation to companies, and emissions, of a description

specified in the regulations.”
48
Insert the following new Clause—

“Report on the civil estate

(1)
It is the duty of the Office of Government Commerce to lay before

Parliament each year a report setting out the progress Her Majesty’s

Government has made towards improving the efficiency and sustainability

of its civil estate.

(2)
The report must include the progress made towards—

(a)
reducing the size of the civil estate;

(b)
improving the sustainability of the buildings that already form part

of the civil estate; and

(c)
ensuring that any new buildings procured for the civil estate are in

the upper quartile of energy performance.

(3)
Where any new building procured for the civil estate is not in the upper

quartile of energy performance, the report must state the reasons why this

is the case.

(4)
A report under this section must be laid before Parliament not later than 1st

June in the year in which it is to be so laid.”
Clause 78
49
Page 36, line 43, after “acquire” insert “and dispose of units or interests in”
50
Page 37, line 8, at end insert—

“( )
If the Treasury acquire such units or interests in units, until they are

disposed of they shall be treated as held by the persons for the time being

constituting the Treasury.”
Clause 80
51
Leave out Clause 80