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Overhead Lines (Exempt Installations) Order 2010

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his enthusiastic and bouncy explanation of the legislation, which I thought that it was completely inverse to its interest in particular to the general public. I want to ask a couple of questions. First, why is the order necessary? Is it because the 2009 order did not do what it was supposed to do? Did this just turn up? That would be interesting to know. I am particularly interested also to understand from the Minister what a 132 kilovolt line might look like, given the emphasis on that. I do not have an understanding of it. Is it a massive pylon and would I know one if I saw one? Can the Minister give us an idea of the scale, because the legislation gives us no clue? In the Explanatory Memorandum, I found the local authority aspect interesting, about which I think that the Minister said a little. The memorandum explained that local authorities could for environmental reasons call them in—that is not the technical term that we normally use—to be considered. Will the Minister explain whether that would be solely for environmental reasons, and how does the process work? In terms of local communities and local authorities, if something does not look right but falls within this aspect, what powers do they have? Finally, the Minister mentioned that all representatives from industry who were consulted were positive. I, too, should like to understand the responses and to know which non-industry organisations the Government approached. Clearly, from our side, we want this order to do what it is trying to do in most respects. In particular, we understand the need for transmission lines to be repaired quickly and without hindrance when supplies have broken, whether they are supplying communities, individuals, private residences or businesses.