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Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Bill

I have listened to my hon. Friend’s argument about local councils and parish councils very carefully, and I understand it. Surely, however, the one requirement in new clause 4 that we have not discussed is the only real requirement. That is the requirement on central Government to think about and communicate how we get smarter about the energy that we produce and how we consume it. In the context of a Government who are widely considered to have underperformed on this issue, does he not welcome that requirement?