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Debate on Monday, 29 March 2010, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Jenkin of Roding. The answering member was Lord Hunt of Kings Heath.

Draft Overarching National Policy Statement for Energy (EN–1)

Lords debate on motion to resolve that this House calls on Her Majesty's Government to amend the "Conclusion on need" section in Part 3.1 of the Draft Overarching National Policy Statement for Energy (EN-1) so that the case for all forms of sustainable and low carbon energy is strengthened from "significant" to "being of critical importance" to delivering the United Kingdom's energy policy goals of secure and affordable energy supplies and mitigating climate change. Motion withdrawn. (Debated with Lords motion to resolve that this House calls on Her Majesty's Government to amend the Draft Overarching National Policy Statement for Energy (EN-1) to spell out specifically the Government's environmental targets to mitigate climate change; Lords motion to resolve that this House calls on Her Majesty's Government to amend the Draft National Policy Statement for Nuclear Power Generation (EN-6) to include in Part 5 the Dungeness site as suitable for nuclear development as it is premature at this stage to exclude Dungeness as a potential site for such development; Lords motion to resolve that this House calls on Her Majesty's Government to amend the Draft National Policy Statement for Gas Supply Infrastructure and Gas and Oil Pipelines (EN-4) to spell out the specific duties required of a statutory harbour authority to carry out a quantitative risk assessment and to make public the conclusions of that assessment and the safety measures that will be required throughout the life cycle of the facility before consent is granted for a liquefied natural gas terminal in any port or harbour for which the authority is responsible; and Lords motion to resolve that this House calls on Her Majesty's Government to amend section 2.3 of the Draft National Policy Statement for Fossil Fuel Electricity Generating Infrastructure (EN-2) to include a provision that the approval of any fossil fuel power station by the the Infrastructure Planning Commission will be conditional upon it meeting emission performance standards for carbon dioxide laid down by the Secretary of State).

Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
718 c1191-9, 1208-24 
Session
2009-10
Department
Department of Energy and Climate Change
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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Proceeding contributions
Lord Crickhowell | 718 c1208-11 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, from European affairs, we return to planning matters in the United Kingdom. As a preface t...
Lord Jenkin of Roding | 718 c1224 (Link to this contribution) The Minister has also indicated that he is going to take ““careful note”” and that he has considered...
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Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 718 c1224 (Link to this contribution) It would be sensible, once we have gone through the initial national policy statements, for there to...
Lord Jenkin of Roding | 718 c1224 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I promised that I would not exercise my right of reply at any length, and I will not. On t...
Lord Crickhowell | 718 c1222 (Link to this contribution) I am not going to delay the House by moving my Motion but perhaps I may ask the noble Lord to draw t...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 718 c1222-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have discussed this matter with Department for Transport officials and I will ensure tha...
Lord Crickhowell | 718 c1221 (Link to this contribution) We know all that. We have both said that repeatedly in both debates. I am not concerned with those f...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 718 c1221-2 (Link to this contribution) For the benefit of the House, I thought that I would clarify that we are talking about two different...
Baroness Young of Old Scone | 718 c1213-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall speak to two of these Motions. The Motion of the noble Lord, Lord Teverson, goes s...
Lord Woolmer of Leeds | 718 c1212-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, on an equally optimistic note I should like to say how thorough a job the Government have ...
Lord Jenkin of Roding | 718 c1219-20 (Link to this contribution) This is a hugely important point. How few sites will there have to be before the imperative overridi...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 718 c1216-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank noble Lords who have enabled us to have a further discussion about the national po...
Lord Woolmer of Leeds | 718 c1220 (Link to this contribution) My noble friend’s words might be misinterpreted on nuclear energy. He may have said that application...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 718 c1220 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am sure that the noble Lord will forgive me if I do not give a precise answer, because I...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 718 c1220-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, if I have confused the House, I apologise. With the kind of capacity that we think needs t...
Lord Jenkin of Roding | 718 c1191 (Link to this contribution) That this House calls on Her Majesty’s Government to amend the ““Conclusion on need”” section in Par...
Lord Jenkin of Roding | 718 c1191-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I understand that it is agreed between the usual channels that we should debate all five M...
Lord Teverson | 718 c1211-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have been instructed by the Government Whips to say that I do not beg to move my Motion ...
Subjects
Carbon capture and storage Environment protection Investment Energy Electricity generation Infrastructure Kent Planning permission Planning Ports Power stations Nuclear power stations Pollution control Carbon emissions Safety Renewable energy Shipping Infrastructure Planning Commission National policy statements Fossil fuelled power stations Liquefied natural gas
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