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Green Energy (Definition and Promotion Bill) (Money)

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on choosing for his Bill such an important subject as green energy, and particularly on his focus on improving the take-up of microgeneration measures. I also congratulate him on securing such a broad and cross-party coalition of support for his Bill. On Second Reading, the previous Minister with responsibility for energy, my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for North Warwickshire (Mr. O'Brien), welcomed the Bill on behalf of the Government. In his speech, he said that the Government support the key principles underpinning the Bill. The House approved the Bill's Second Reading, and it therefore proceeded into Committee. The Government see the Bill as a valuable opportunity to promote microgeneration through the definition of "green energy".