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Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Bill

No; not yet. New clause 3 would give the Secretary of State a duty to report whether energy consumed in the UK was produced by microgeneration, nuclear energy or fossil fuels. The Department of Trade and Industry already publishes monthly, quarterly and annual data on energy produced by nuclear energy and fossil fuels, and microgeneration, which is currently minimal, does not form part of the survey. When the number of microgeneration installations has risen to a level that allows the collection of reliable data we will include microgeneration in our reports, so the new clause is superfluous. I do not know whether the hon. Member for Christchurch (Mr. Chope) has studied the existing published data and found it to be inadequate, or whether he has not accessed the relevant shelves in the Library.