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Climate Change Bill [HL]

I understand the reasoning behind the amendment. Under a Private Member’s Bill on climate change local authorities will be obliged to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide emitted from the domestic sector. Although this is not covered by this Bill, it might well be covered by further Bills and much of the regulation of local industry will be dealt with by local authorities. I believe that this amendment would be overly restrictive, but I quite understand the fears behind it. If local authorities are to take on this obligation, will they be given extra powers in the public spending round?