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Climate Change Bill [HL]

Clause 22 is crucial, because it relates back to Clause 1, around which the Bill revolves, and defines the UK carbon account. The lack of the required definition makes the Bill obscure, suggesting that it is our intention to reduce not greenhouse gases in the UK but a net UK carbon account. The definition could perhaps be set out earlier in the Bill, so that it would be easier for the general public to understand it. I do not understand why—I am sure that there is a good reason—Clause 22(1) states: "““In this Part the ‘net UK carbon account’ for a period means the amount of net UK emissions””." Why does it refer to ““net UK emissions””? It should be the UK’s emissions, plus what we buy in and minus what we take out—perhaps I have got that the wrong way around. I do not understand why the clause refers to, "““net UK emissions of targeted greenhouse gases””," because ““net emissions”” does not have an understandable definition. The Bill should refer just to ““emissions””.