Climate Change Bill [HL]

This has certainly been an interesting debate; it has shone a light on to this issue from many different angles. I listened with some interest to what the Minister said. I cannot accept his comments immediately but I should like to read them in slightly more detail. The noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Chesterton, who is no longer in his place, was right to draw the Committee’s attention to subsection (3). The powers are there but this is one issue that we keep working away at in the Bill. The Bill contains so many open and endless powers and we simply wish to see at what stage and to what degree each power should be defined. In Amendment No. 48 we have tried to bring about a little more explanation of the matters to be taken into account by the Secretary of State and the committee. I am grateful to all noble Lords who participated in the debate. It was very interesting to hear the views of the noble Baroness, Lady Young of Old Scone, from the perspective of the Environment Agency. In the mean time, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. [Amendments Nos. 49 and 49A not moved.]