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Proceeding contribution from Lord Dixon-Smith (Conservative) in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 30 January 2008. It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL) and Debate on bill on Climate Change Bill [HL].


Climate Change Bill [HL]

I have just two further questions, to which I am sure the Minister will have the answer. We will almost certainly find from the pilots that things will work in one area in one way and equally well in another area in a different way, which means that we may want to finish up with two or three different systems across the country. Will that be, as I hope it will, what I would call an allowable result? My second question relates to the fact that a pilot implies a scheme that runs for a limited period, after which you sit down and assess the results. Let us say that a local authority has a successful scheme that is running extremely well and it wants to keep the scheme going. Will the fact that the scheme is a trial mean that at the end of the trial period the authority has to dismantle it, even though it is a success, while the Government sit down and measure the degree of triumph that the authority is enjoying?


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
698 c718-9 
Session
2007-08
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Companies Climate change Biofuels Fees and charges Environment protection Landfill Food Fuels Domestic waste Incinerators Local government Pilot schemes Pollution control Recycling Packaging Standards Transport Waste management Carbon emissions Greenhouse gas emissions Aluminium
Legislation
Climate Change Bill (HL) 2007-08
Link
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