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Energy Bill

I understand what the Minister is saying. Key decisions will be made by E.ON in Essen about whether it wishes to go forward with new coal plant at Kingsnorth, should it come through with the project. As a result of new clause 8, it knows that in 2011 the Government could say, "It's not looking as good as we thought—we're now going to have to go down the route of the EPS." [Interruption.] No, the Secretary of State is wrong—the assessment has to be made every three years, so it will happen in 2014 and 2017. In the boardrooms of the companies that are making these decisions, people know that at any point in the next few years Ministers could suddenly say, "Yes, we're going to have an EPS after all", but no clarity has been provided to them about how that standard would be introduced and the consequences that would follow.