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Proceeding contribution from Baroness Smith of Basildon (Labour) in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 12 July 2011. It occurred during Debates on delegated legislation on Storage of Carbon Dioxide (Access to Infrastructure) Regulations 2011.


Storage of Carbon Dioxide (Access to Infrastructure) Regulations 2011

I know that the Minister is trying to be helpful, but there are four criteria in the regulations on which the consenting authority can make the decision if there is a dispute. None of those is commercial or financial, although it does say in the notes in option 2 that it is financial. I am happy for the Minister to take this away and come back to me. I am still not clear, if the regulations do not state that one of the criteria on which the Secretary of State or consenting authority can intervene is financial or commercial, where the authority to do so will come from, when rather than a technical issue it could be the basis on which the Secretary of State will need to bang heads together, to use the Minister’s words.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
729 c275GC 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords Grand Committee
Subjects
Carbon dioxide EU law Energy Scotland Storage Safety
Legislation
Storage of Carbon Dioxide (Access to Infrastructure) Regulations 2011
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk