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Committee of the Whole House (HL) and Debate on bill on Tuesday, 11 December 2007, in the House of Lords.

Climate Change Bill [HL]

Climate Change Bill (HL). Lords Committee stage first day. Clauses 2 and 3 agreed to. Clause 4 under consideration. Part 3 of 3 records.

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Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
697 c202-22 
Session
2007-08
Legislative stage
Committee stage
Procedure
New clauses
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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Proceeding contributions
Earl of Caithness | 697 c202-3 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 10: 10: Before Clause 2, insert the following new Clause— ““Review by the Comm...
Duke of Montrose | 697 c215-6 (Link to this contribution) I thank the two noble Lords who contributed to the debate and the noble Baroness for her reply. It w...
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Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 697 c215 (Link to this contribution) My noble friend commented at the end of the debate on the previous group of amendments that there ha...
Lord Jay of Ewelme | 697 c214-5 (Link to this contribution) I, too, support the amendments, particularly Amendment No. 18. Perhaps the Minister will clarify one...
Baroness Byford | 697 c214 (Link to this contribution) I support my noble friend’s amendments, particularly Amendment No. 18. Clearly, when taking Bills th...
Duke of Montrose | 697 c213-4 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 18: 18: Clause 3, page 2, line 34, at end insert— ““( ) The Secretary of State...
Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 697 c213 (Link to this contribution) I am happy to hear what the Minister has to say; it is very encouraging. I have worked with the nobl...
Lord Rooker | 697 c211-2 (Link to this contribution) That is probably a good reason why we should not discuss the Finance Bill in this House. This has be...
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 697 c211 (Link to this contribution) Although we do not discuss the Finance Bill in this House, it would probably be a really interesting...
Lord Teverson | 697 c211 (Link to this contribution) I also welcome the amendment. I was going to congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Taylor, but I obvious...
Baroness Young of Old Scone | 697 c210-1 (Link to this contribution) In my extreme youth and later I worked with a series of politically correct local and health authori...
Earl Cathcart | 697 c210 (Link to this contribution) Not surprisingly, I fully support the amendment. Kyoto, Bali, Stern, Al Gore, the World Wildlife Fun...
Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 697 c209-10 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 17: 17: After Clause 2, insert the following new Clause— ““Statements of compa...
Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 697 c206-7 (Link to this contribution) I am happy to do so. Drafting these amendments is complex and the whole point of this stage of the B...
Lord Woolmer of Leeds | 697 c206 (Link to this contribution) Can the noble Lord clarify whether, when these powers are exercised, the order must reflect only wha...
Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 697 c209 (Link to this contribution) I am reassured by the Minister’s comments. It will be worthwhile having a look at this before Report...
Lord Rooker | 697 c207-9 (Link to this contribution) The last comment of the noble Lord is useful because, if he thinks that that is the effect of the am...
Earl of Caithness | 697 c204-5 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister; I knew that I was pushing at an open door. As she will recall, this w...
Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 697 c203-4 (Link to this contribution) I am delighted to have the opportunity to join in during the Committee stage, albeit having waited u...
Lord Teverson | 697 c206 (Link to this contribution) I promise not to get into targets and trading during this brief intervention. I welcome the spirit o...
Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 697 c205-6 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 12: 12: Clause 2, page 1, line 12, at end insert— ““( ) Those powers may only ...
Lord Rooker | 697 c222 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move that the House do now resume. Moved accordingly, and, on Question, Motion agreed to.
Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 697 c221-2 (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord is absolutely right. I am terribly sorry. It was still a good speech though. I pick u...
Lord Teverson | 697 c216-7 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 20: 20: Clause 4, page 3, line 4, leave out ““five”” and insert ““three”” The...
Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 697 c217 (Link to this contribution) I suppose that, after Saturday and Arsenal’s unbroken run, this is another occasion on which runs mu...
Earl of Selborne | 697 c217 (Link to this contribution) I do not suppose that the Minister needs any further urging to resist the amendment, but I would enc...
Lord Dixon-Smith | 697 c217-8 (Link to this contribution) I, too, support what my noble friends Lord Taylor and Lord Selborne have said, for the slightly diff...
Lord Woolmer of Leeds | 697 c218-9 (Link to this contribution) May I agree with many of the recent comments of Members of the Committee and add one or two reasons?...
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 697 c219 (Link to this contribution) I have a couple of brief points. I can see the importance of the budgetary periods, but it is hard t...
Lord Redesdale | 697 c219-20 (Link to this contribution) Although it seems that the three-year targets would be onerous on business, it is not as if the cloc...
Lord Dixon-Smith | 697 c220 (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord, Lord Redesdale, has provoked me into rising a second time, which is unusable—I shoul...
Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 697 c221 (Link to this contribution) As Members on all sides of the Committee suspected, I can confirm that the Government resist these a...
Lord Redesdale | 697 c221 (Link to this contribution) I think that the noble Baroness is speaking to the wrong amendment.
Earl Cathcart | 697 c203 (Link to this contribution) Amendments Nos. 10 and 11 seek to achieve a very similar objective. Amendment No. 11 would set a dut...
Lord Teverson | 697 c222 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for all that information. Briefly, I take the point made by the noble Lord, Lor...
Subjects
Disclosure of information Accountability Conservation Climate change Environment protection Energy Pollution Powers Pollution control Carbon emissions Greenhouse gas emissions Climate Change Committee
Legislation
Climate Change Bill (HL) 2007-08
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