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Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Bill

Absolutely, Madam Deputy Speaker. It has become clear that the new clause has a fault line. It refers to microgeneration but not to renewables. It also refers to nuclear energy and fossil fuels. I admit that when I drafted it, without the benefit of Government drafting advice or that of my right hon. Friend the Member for Bromley and Chislehurst, I omitted to acknowledge that microgeneration and renewables are two different concepts and that the former, as I now understand it, is irrelevant to climate change and global warming. On that basis, it would be better to ascertain whether I could draft the new clause better. However, I am grateful to the Minister for offering to write to me about the interconnector, and to all those who have made constructive alternative suggestions. I am also pleased that I tabled the new clause. If I had not, I would have remained under the illusion that microgeneration contributed significantly to reducing climate change, when it obviously does not. I beg to ask leave to withdraw the motion. Motion and clause, by leave, withdrawn.