Climate Change Bill [HL]

moved Amendment No. 183ZC: 183ZC: Clause 52, page 23, line 13, at end insert— ““( ) The period specified under subsection (3) shall be the same in each order which designates a pilot area.”” The noble Lord said: I think that my brain is slowing down at this time of night. Amendment No. 183ZC is about the length of the period that the five pilots should run for. It suggests that the five—or whatever number of pilots that the Government in the end decide to run—should run at the same period for the purposes of reasonable comparison. That is a fairly simple point; it seems common sense to have them running at the same time for the same length of time to make reasonable comparisons. I also want to ask the Minister about the timescale for the pilots. How long is it expected that each pilot will last? Is it possible that there will be a different length of time, even if this amendment were not agreed to? Are we talking about two years, three years or five years? How long is this new system expected to take before the behaviour change that everybody is talking about that will come about? Is it possible that some of them might be open ended—that they might start for two years with the possibility of extending for another year, if that was thought to be the sensible thing to do? I beg to move.