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Climate Change and SustainableEnergy Bill

I, too, extend my sympathies to the hon. Member for Edinburgh, North and Leith (Mark Lazarowicz); I regret his absence today. I also extend my best wishes to theright hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst(Mr. Forth)—but I cannot say that I regret his absence, and it is nice to participate in a private Member’s Bill debate in which other hon. Members can get a word in edgeways. The Bill is important, and it includes many imaginative measures, although it is slightly less imaginative now than it was when it started. Personally, I regret the loss of the clauses on renewable heat obligations, which would have formed an important incentive to technologies such as heat pumps and solar-thermal microgeneration. Nevertheless, the Bill will make a significant contribution to microgeneration and other forms of renewable energy.