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Debate on bill on Friday, 8 May 2009, in the House of Commons, led by Peter Ainsworth. The answering member was Mike O'Brien.

Green Energy (Definition and Promotion) Bill

Green Energy (Definition and Promotion) Bill. Second reading debate. Agreed to on question.

Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
492 c452-90 
Session
2008-09
Department
Department of Energy and Climate Change
Legislative stage
Second reading
Procedure
Private members' bills proceedings
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Related items
Green Energy (Definition and Promotion) Bill.
Wednesday, 21 January 2009
Bills
House of Commons
Proceeding contributions
James Paice | 492 c474 (Link to this contribution) I will try not to detain the House, having heard the call to keep our comments brief, but I would li...
Simon Hughes | 492 c468-9 (Link to this contribution) That is a valid point. I was brought up in villages until I was 18, and controversial issues always ...
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Peter Ainsworth | 492 c469 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his comments and for his interesting speech. I will certainl...
Simon Hughes | 492 c469-70 (Link to this contribution) I completely understand. My concern is that we might end up with lots of different definitions of "g...
Peter Atkinson | 492 c470-2 (Link to this contribution) One of the curious things about my parliamentary career and that of my hon. Friend the Member for Ea...
Lord Whitehead | 492 c464 (Link to this contribution) I wholeheartedly endorse my hon. Friend's sentiments about renewable gas. From his observations of m...
Alan Simpson | 492 c464-6 (Link to this contribution) That is important, but it is also important that the House consider other possibilities that may ari...
Simon Hughes | 492 c466-8 (Link to this contribution) The top of a music score often includes in brackets a composer's instruction such as "With enthusias...
Mike O'Brien | 492 c468 (Link to this contribution) I have been listening with care to the points that the hon. Gentleman is making. I wonder whether he...
Alan Simpson | 492 c464 (Link to this contribution) That was not in any way meant as an insult; I just wished to question why we cannot occupy the space...
Alan Simpson | 492 c464 (Link to this contribution) That is absolutely right, and in some ways it is almost a no-brainer.
Alan Simpson | 492 c461-4 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Member for East Surrey (Mr. Ainsworth) generously thanked a whole list of people for their ...
Mike Penning | 492 c464 (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman agree that at the same time as helping the fuel-poor and driving down costs,...
Simon Hughes | 492 c460 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is rightly enthusiastic about microgeneration and the opportunity that it offers ...
Lord Barker of Battle | 492 c460-1 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman asks a good question. We do not yet have a specific target on microgeneration per...
Lord Barker of Battle | 492 c459-60 (Link to this contribution) It is a great pleasure to speak from the Front Bench in support of the Bill promoted by my hon. Frie...
Lord Deben | 492 c456 (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman agree that, in what has not been an easy week for the Government, one way in...
Peter Ainsworth | 492 c452-3 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. First, I would like to offer my thanks to t...
David Howarth | 492 c453 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the Bill, especially its mention of heat pumps, which are a potential major contributor to...
Peter Ainsworth | 492 c453 (Link to this contribution) The Bill includes those technologies by reference to a previous Act—the Climate Change and Sustainab...
Lord Deben | 492 c453 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend accept that one of the things that we have so far failed to get over, not least ...
Peter Ainsworth | 492 c453-5 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my right hon. Friend, who has an immensely distinguished record in this matter. He ...
Lord Whitehead | 492 c455 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for East Surrey (Mr. Ainsworth) on his foresight and imagination, on ...
Lord Stunell | 492 c455-6 (Link to this contribution) I support what the hon. Gentleman says about reducing fuel poverty and saving energy as a consequenc...
Lord Whitehead | 492 c456 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman curiously seems to have read my mind, or even part of my speech. Sometimes privat...
Simon Hughes | 492 c481 (Link to this contribution) Would the Minister be kind enough to answer the specific questions on what percentage of green energ...
Alan Simpson | 492 c476 (Link to this contribution) That is a terribly important point and it is worth hanging a point of reference on it, which is the ...
James Paice | 492 c475-6 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for that clarification and I trust that the Minister has taken it into account; I look...
Mike O'Brien | 492 c478-80 (Link to this contribution) This has been a high-quality debate on an important Bill, and I welcome the important and significan...
James Paice | 492 c476-8 (Link to this contribution) I entirely agree with the hon. Gentleman. In a moment, I shall come to my own experience of the Germ...
Mike O'Brien | 492 c475 (Link to this contribution) I think that the hon. Gentleman has inadvertently misinterpreted what I said. I said that if the con...
James Paice | 492 c474-5 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I may finish the point, after which I will, of course, allow the Minister to intervene. The...
Peter Ainsworth | 492 c475 (Link to this contribution) I reiterate that it is not my or the Bill's intention to enable landowners to do all sorts of things...
Mike Penning | 492 c487-8 (Link to this contribution) Local residents are already concerned about the delegated powers that officers often use unless a de...
Mike O'Brien | 492 c487 (Link to this contribution) On prior approval, one would hope that local authorities are representative and reflect the views of...
James Paice | 492 c487 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for giving way and for what he has just been saying. As he said, the p...
Mike O'Brien | 492 c484-7 (Link to this contribution) We intend to announce it by the summer break. We are working through some quite complex issues and I...
Simon Hughes | 492 c484 (Link to this contribution) The renewable energy strategy was originally to be announced in the spring. Will it be announced at ...
Mike O'Brien | 492 c483-4 (Link to this contribution) The intention is to deal with the bids that have come in. We are not reopening the scheme, but we ha...
Simon Hughes | 492 c483 (Link to this contribution) I was aware of the announcement, but not of its impact on this year's prospective opportunity for th...
Peter Ainsworth | 492 c482 (Link to this contribution) I am listening to the Minister with great care. I am sure that he is aware of the need to be careful...
Mike O'Brien | 492 c481 (Link to this contribution) The target is clear: the Government want 15 per cent. of our energy to be generated from renewable s...
Mike O'Brien | 492 c488-90 (Link to this contribution) That is a good point, but we need to be careful. Officers tend to inherit these delegated powers and...
Peter Ainsworth | 492 c490 (Link to this contribution) I am aware of the time and of the fact that the Minister's Parliamentary Private Secretary has been ...
Lord Whitehead | 492 c456-9 (Link to this contribution) I am encouraged by the Government's commitment to renewable energy in general in the range of recent...
James Paice | 492 c475 (Link to this contribution) I happily accept the Minister's comments, but that is the purpose of the consultation, and if the co...
Mike O'Brien | 492 c482-3 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is quite right, which is why we probably need to be a little careful about the Bi...
Mike Penning | 492 c472-4 (Link to this contribution) I pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for East Surrey (Mr. Ainsworth) for his historically long...
Subjects
Biofuels Environment protection Energy Planning permission Microgeneration Sustainable development Renewable energy
Legislation
Green Energy (Definition and Promotion) Bill 2008-09
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