Parliamentary search - Climate Change Bill [HL]

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697 c1063-125

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2007-08

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Climate Change Bill (HL). (Explanatory Notes HL Bill 9-EN published).
Wednesday, 14 November 2007
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Lord Rooker | 697 c1063 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I beg to move that the House do now again resolve itself into Committee on this Bill. Mov...

Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 697 c1063-4 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 121: 121: Clause 26, page 13, line 39, leave out ““Committee”” and insert ““Co...

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Lord Campbell-Savours | 697 c1064-6 (Link to this contribution) I support this amendment because it takes forward a discussion in which I have participated on two p...

Lord Teverson | 697 c1066-7 (Link to this contribution) I thank the noble Lord, Lord Campbell-Savours, for that useful explanation. I will go back through t...

Lord Rooker | 697 c1068-70 (Link to this contribution) I realise that Amendments Nos. 121 and 122 refer only to the name, but both the speech made by the n...

Lord Teverson | 697 c1067 (Link to this contribution) I thank the noble Lord for that intervention. I clearly do not disagree with him but, as I said in m...

Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 697 c1067 (Link to this contribution) Does the noble Lord agree that the full title of that body is the Monetary Policy Committee of the B...

Baroness Carnegy of Lour | 697 c1068 (Link to this contribution) Had the noble Lord been a commissioner of the Manpower Services Commission, as I was many years ago,...

Lord Chartres | 697 c1093-4 (Link to this contribution) I can well understand the reluctance to expand the remit of this committee so far that it becomes th...

Lord Avebury | 697 c1091-3 (Link to this contribution) The noble Baroness, Lady Carnegy of Lour, had made an interesting and useful point on whether the co...

Baroness Carnegy of Lour | 697 c1091 (Link to this contribution) To bring the discussion right down to the ground, would the committee have it in its power to discus...

Lord Clinton-Davis | 697 c1091 (Link to this contribution) Does not my noble friend realise that the Government have a duty to do certain things, but that that...

Lord Puttnam | 697 c1090-1 (Link to this contribution) I support the amendment from a specific perspective. I am fortunate in that, in my day job as presid...

Lord Clinton-Davis | 697 c1091 (Link to this contribution) May I—

Lord Puttnam | 697 c1091 (Link to this contribution) May I make my point? I know that that is not what my noble friend was referring to, but it cannot be...

Lord Rooker | 697 c1083-6 (Link to this contribution) I have counted some 14 speakers who have contributed to this debate, many of whom have made very val...

Lord Rooker | 697 c1087 (Link to this contribution) I do not have a detailed answer to the noble Baroness’s question but, because of the way it is writt...

Baroness Carnegy of Lour | 697 c1086-7 (Link to this contribution) On the point made by the noble Lord in referring to what my noble friend Lord Caithness said, Paragr...

Bishop of Liverpool | 697 c1087-9 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 124A: 124A: Schedule 1, page 32, line 8, leave out ““eight”” and insert ““nine...

Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 697 c1087 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for way in which he has covered all the ground in the debate. It is clear to us...

Baroness Northover | 697 c1089-90 (Link to this contribution) I support the amendments. I am glad that they have been put down and also separated out, because thi...

Baroness Young of Old Scone | 697 c1083 (Link to this contribution) I assume that I am the only Member on these Benches present who is not a Fellow of the Royal Society...

Lord Turnbull | 697 c1083 (Link to this contribution) I stand with those who favour a larger committee. The Monetary Policy Committee has nine members and...

Lord Puttnam | 697 c1082 (Link to this contribution) In responding to the issue of the size of the climate change committee, will the Minister indicate w...

Earl of Caithness | 697 c1082-3 (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord, Lord Puttnam, has put his finger on the point that I wanted to make, that we cannot ...

Lord Oxburgh | 697 c1081-2 (Link to this contribution) I declare an interest as a fellow of the Royal Society and of the Royal Academy of Engineering. I ha...

Lord Dixon-Smith | 697 c1081 (Link to this contribution) I think that we are all suffering from the same problem; namely, that we know the Government’s concl...

Lord Avebury | 697 c1081 (Link to this contribution) The noble Lords, Lord Rees and Lord May, mentioned engineering as a subject which has not yet been r...

Lord May of Oxford | 697 c1079-81 (Link to this contribution) I have three points to make, but first I declare an interest as the immediate predecessor of my nobl...

Lord Campbell-Savours | 697 c1079 (Link to this contribution) Briefly, on the amendment that deals with a committee of the House of Commons, which committee is th...

Lord Crickhowell | 697 c1078-9 (Link to this contribution) I strongly support my noble friend’s proposal that the size of the committee should be increased; th...

Baroness Northover | 697 c1077-8 (Link to this contribution) As we have heard, the strength, expertise and independence of the climate change committee is critic...

Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 697 c1072-3 (Link to this contribution) All matters must come before Parliament for approval, as they do under regulations and statutory ins...

Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 697 c1075-6 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 123: 123: Schedule 1, page 32, line 5, at end insert ““not fewer than seven an...

Lord Redesdale | 697 c1076-7 (Link to this contribution) I support what I believe are probing amendments at this stage, but I very much support the feeling b...

Lord Rees of Ludlow | 697 c1077 (Link to this contribution) I declare an interest as the current president of the Royal Society, and I would like to comment on ...

Lord Clinton-Davis | 697 c1072 (Link to this contribution) What would be the role of Parliament in that event?

Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 697 c1072 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for his reply and noble Lords who participated in the debate, particularly the ...

Lord Rooker | 697 c1070-2 (Link to this contribution) It might be possible; it might mess up the nice ring of CCC. I am sure that all advice and suggestio...

Lord Rooker | 697 c1095-6 (Link to this contribution) Sometimes one starts to say ““it goes without saying”” and it is then best to say it, just to get th...

Lord Clinton-Davis | 697 c1096 (Link to this contribution) Is it not open to the committee to consider evidence from relevant authorities?

Earl of Selborne | 697 c1094-5 (Link to this contribution) All Members of the Committee agree that we cannot look at the UK’s management of its climate change ...

Lord Teverson | 697 c1094 (Link to this contribution) The Liberal Democrat Front Bench strongly supports the amendment. I particularly agree with my noble...

Lord Chartres | 697 c1094 (Link to this contribution) I entirely agree with the noble Lord that it is imperative that that dimension is considered. Having...

Lord Clinton-Davis | 697 c1094 (Link to this contribution) Under Clause 2(2) the Secretary of State has to have cognisance of any, "““significant developments ...

Lord Teverson | 697 c1101 (Link to this contribution) While I accept much of the argument that the Minister is making, we are talking about all-round acti...

Lord Krebs | 697 c1098 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I may make a slightly technical point as someone who might be described as an environmental ...

Lord Clinton-Davis | 697 c1098 (Link to this contribution) Whatever may have been said about airlines and shipping in previous debates, nothing in the Bill as ...

Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville | 697 c1098-9 (Link to this contribution) I apologise to the Committee for not having been present at the beginning of the debate on Amendment...

Lord Rooker | 697 c1099-100 (Link to this contribution) I will take advice on the last point, but I fully accept the point made by the noble Lord, Lord Broo...

Bishop of Liverpool | 697 c1096 (Link to this contribution) I am greatly encouraged by the Minister's response. It is very good to hear him say that there is no...

Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 697 c1097 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 128: 128: Schedule 1, page 32, line 14, at end insert— ““( ) environmental sci...

Lord Teverson | 697 c1097-8 (Link to this contribution) I speak especially to Amendments Nos. 129 and 130. I absolutely agree with the comments of the noble...

Earl of Selborne | 697 c1098 (Link to this contribution) I just add a very short contribution. Of the two amendments, Amendment No. 128 and Amendment No. 130...

Lord Rooker | 697 c1096 (Link to this contribution) Yes, as I said to my noble friend, there will be no restriction, no no-go areas for the Climate Chan...

Lord Rooker | 697 c1103 (Link to this contribution) That would be the case, but I also mentioned the continuity of the budget period. I think I said tha...

Earl Cathcart | 697 c1103 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for his remarks. I draw some comfort from the fact that the first members will ...

Earl Cathcart | 697 c1103-4 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 133: 133: Schedule 1, page 33, line 4, after ““6”” insert ““consecutive”” The...

Lord Rooker | 697 c1101 (Link to this contribution) I am not saying that for one moment. It is not the job of the climate change committee to run the wo...

Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 697 c1101 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for his response and noble Lords for their contributions. I hope that when I wi...

Earl Cathcart | 697 c1101-2 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 132: 132: Schedule 1, page 32, line 36, at end insert ““and each term of offic...

Lord Campbell-Savours | 697 c1102 (Link to this contribution) The language used by the noble Lord is, if I may say so delicately, a little unreasonable. The Gover...

Lord Rooker | 697 c1102-3 (Link to this contribution) It might be argued that the Government have no control over the committee—certainly not with the Off...

Earl of Caithness | 697 c1103 (Link to this contribution) On that last point, the idea is that there is a continual rolling programme of appointments on to th...

Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville | 697 c1107 (Link to this contribution) I can see the political and diplomatic argument which underlies the wording which the Government hav...

Earl of Caithness | 697 c1107-8 (Link to this contribution) In the original draft Bill, the provision was for the Secretary of State to appoint the first chief ...

Lord Redesdale | 697 c1106-7 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 137: 137: Schedule 1, page 33, line 34, leave out from ““executive”” to end of...

Baroness Carnegy of Lour | 697 c1107 (Link to this contribution) I am afraid that I cannot support this amendment although I see my noble friends have put their name...

Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville | 697 c1106 (Link to this contribution) The Minister was good enough to clarify an opinion she gave at an earlier stage. Let me do the same ...

Earl Cathcart | 697 c1106 (Link to this contribution) I thank my noble friend Lord Brooke for that. I thank the Minister for clarifying and putting it on ...

Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville | 697 c1104 (Link to this contribution) I must apologise, through the Committee, to my noble friend Lord Cathcart if he gave the reason for ...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 697 c1104-6 (Link to this contribution) I am delighted to respond to this short debate and to give the noble Earl, Lord Cathcart, some reass...

Earl of Caithness | 697 c1104 (Link to this contribution) First, I hope that the Committee will join me in sending our good wishes to my noble friend the Duke...

Earl Cathcart | 697 c1108 (Link to this contribution) We on these Benches support this amendment. As we have been saying, the committee should be genuinel...

Lord Rooker | 697 c1110-1 (Link to this contribution) It is our view that the climate change committee will intelligently make decisions on how it goes ab...

Lord Rooker | 697 c1109 (Link to this contribution) With respect, we debated that an hour ago. We are now talking about the chief executive rather than ...

Lord Redesdale | 697 c1109 (Link to this contribution) I will not take this any further, although I was under the impression that the chief executive would...

Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 697 c1110 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 139: 139: Schedule 1, page 34, line 38, at end insert ““, save that the Commit...

Lord Campbell-Savours | 697 c1110 (Link to this contribution) I briefly intervene only to follow up on a statement which I think my noble friend made at Second Re...

Lord Rooker | 697 c1108 (Link to this contribution) I do not think that we need to make a meal of this because it is not a unique arrangement; it happen...

Earl of Caithness | 697 c1108 (Link to this contribution) Could the Minister expand on that a little? What will happen if the committee recommends a certain p...

Lord Rooker | 697 c1108-9 (Link to this contribution) To be honest, I do not think that it would get that far. The committee will put together a shortlist...

Lord Redesdale | 697 c1109 (Link to this contribution) I should like to give the Minister an example because he said that this committee is unique and woul...

Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 697 c1111 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for that response. I emphasise that I was not suggesting for a moment that sub-...

Lord Rooker | 697 c1111 (Link to this contribution) I cannot make specific commitments, but I am happy to have this form of wording looked at.

Lord Krebs | 697 c1112 (Link to this contribution) This amendment raises an important point. The effectiveness of the climate change committee will dep...

Lord Campbell-Savours | 697 c1112 (Link to this contribution) I intervene briefly to ask my noble friend to reconsider some words he used in response to a previou...

Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 697 c1111-2 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 140: 140: Schedule 1, page 34, line 38, at end insert— ““The Committee must ta...

Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 697 c1111 (Link to this contribution) In which case, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 697 c1114 (Link to this contribution) I thank the noble Baroness for her response. This has been a useful debate on an important area of t...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 697 c1114 (Link to this contribution) I thank the noble Baroness for that intervention and for giving me the opportunity to stress that we...

Baroness Carnegy of Lour | 697 c1114 (Link to this contribution) Is the noble Baroness saying that the Government are not necessarily averse to having something in t...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 697 c1112-4 (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord, Lord Krebs, is absolutely right in saying that this debate focuses on the very impor...

Earl Cathcart | 697 c1114 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 140A: 140A: Schedule 1, page 36, line 39, at end insert— ““Disqualification th...

Earl of Caithness | 697 c1115 (Link to this contribution) I was intrigued by my noble friend’s amendment but surely it ought to include members of the Welsh A...

Lord Campbell-Savours | 697 c1115 (Link to this contribution) I find this amendment rather curious. The noble Earl, Lord Cathcart, keeps drawing the long straw in...

Lord Campbell-Savours | 697 c1115 (Link to this contribution) What about a Cross-Bencher in the House of Lords?

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 697 c1115 (Link to this contribution) We are at an interesting point in Committee. I am afraid that I have to inform my noble friend that ...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 697 c1115-6 (Link to this contribution) We are not going all the way down the chain. It is set out in the Bill. We are making use of the Hou...

Lord Dixon-Smith | 697 c1115 (Link to this contribution) Even though we in this House are somewhat independent of our political masters, if it is deemed inap...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 697 c1116 (Link to this contribution) I said that they would have to declare it.

Lord Campbell-Savours | 697 c1116 (Link to this contribution) I think I heard my noble friend say that, while Members of the House of Lords could be members of th...

Earl Cathcart | 697 c1116 (Link to this contribution) I am very pleased that the probing was to such good effect. I did have doubts when the debate starte...

Earl Cathcart | 697 c1118 (Link to this contribution) First, on Amendment No. 143, it is important in the process of consultation and advice on the carbon...

Lord Puttnam | 697 c1118-9 (Link to this contribution) I support the amendment. My point has been perfectly well put by the noble Lord, Lord Crickhowell, b...

Lord Teverson | 697 c1116-7 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 143: 143: Clause 27, page 14, line 12, at end insert— ““( ) whether targets fo...

Lord Crickhowell | 697 c1117-8 (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord, Lord Teverson, will no doubt remember that we considered that point in the Joint Com...

Lord Teverson | 697 c1121 (Link to this contribution) The Minister reflects my own views entirely in that area. I particularly welcome his last comment ab...

Lord Rooker | 697 c1120-1 (Link to this contribution) Before the noble Lord withdraws the amendment, I would like to put another couple of points on the r...

Lord Teverson | 697 c1120 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for that response, which I think was fairly positive. I know that we have had t...

Lord Rooker | 697 c1119-20 (Link to this contribution) I say at the outset that I am more than happy—as I have said on previous clauses and this is no diff...

Earl of Onslow | 697 c1119 (Link to this contribution) First, I apologise to noble Lords for not being here earlier. I really wanted to be here but I was o...

Lord Rooker | 697 c1122 (Link to this contribution) I have an excellent two-page speaking note on this narrow amendment and a one-page question and answ...

Lord Woolmer of Leeds | 697 c1122-3 (Link to this contribution) That is a very interesting and informative response. In order to give its advice on the trading sect...

Lord Rooker | 697 c1123 (Link to this contribution) I say to my noble friend that the committee’s advice on the budget will be based on, for example, a ...

Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 697 c1121-2 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 146: 146: Clause 27, page 14, line 16, at beginning insert ““individually and”...

Earl Cathcart | 697 c1125 (Link to this contribution) Win two, lose two: it is better than nothing. I am sorry that the Minister is unable to take away Am...

Lord Teverson | 697 c1124 (Link to this contribution) Part of this is clearly in line with the previous group of amendments which we tabled. I again make ...

Earl Cathcart | 697 c1123-4 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 152: 152: Clause 28, page 15, line 7, leave out from ““report”” to end The no...

Baroness Northover | 697 c1125 (Link to this contribution) It is a draw.

Lord Rooker | 697 c1124-5 (Link to this contribution) This group of four amendments would substantially rewrite part of Clause 28. To get the good news ou...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 697 c1125 (Link to this contribution) This may be an appropriate moment to break. I suggest that the Committee stage begin again not befor...

Lord Clinton-Davis | 697 c1089 (Link to this contribution) I have a great deal of sympathy with the point of the right reverend Prelate but I think he ought to...

Lord Rooker | 697 c1072 (Link to this contribution) With respect, I have not really addressed my noble friend’s point; it went somewhat beyond the amend...

Lord Campbell-Savours | 697 c1072 (Link to this contribution) What, in principle, is wrong with the requirement that the committee agrees a report on facts, findi...

Lord Crickhowell | 697 c1068 (Link to this contribution) I had not intended to intervene but I want to say that my noble friend made a very good point when h...

Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 697 c1123 (Link to this contribution) We are back into an area where there seems to be a dichotomy of view between the opposition Benches ...

Lord Clinton-Davis | 697 c1070 (Link to this contribution) Would it be possible to call the committee an advisory committee?

Lord Clinton-Davis | 697 c1104 (Link to this contribution) With respect, Amendment No. 134 is quite absurd. It would cover any criminal offence. I think that t...

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