Climate Change Bill [HL]

Amendment No. 183VA refers to new sub-paragraph (1) and the waste collection authority. It is slightly hard to follow because new sub-paragraph (1) states: "““the aggregate amount of charges … must not exceed the aggregate amount of the rebates or other payments””." It sounds like a closed loop system in which the moneys that are collected from the public will all be recycled, so how the local authority will cover the costs which are bound to aggregate over and above that is an interesting question. I think that is partly what the noble Lord, Lord Greaves, is probing for. The amendment appears to offer the local authority the possibility of making money by collecting, "““any contributions made by the waste disposal authority and the government””." We would like to know what the Government consider will be the outcome on that matter. We agree with Amendment No. 183W and that the Secretary of State should not have the power to upset the balance of charges and rebates without first bringing the details and reasoning for it to Parliament.