My right hon. Friend has it exactly right. Hence I feel that when we in this place are creating criminal penalties that could put our fellow citizens in prison for 12 months for an unknown offence of the future relating to net zero, we have a duty to discuss them properly. This must be the first time we are potentially criminalising people in this country for not adhering to the new code of net zero. We should not be doing it lightly. We should be doing it carefully and with consideration. It should not be done by statutory instrument.
Energy Bill [Lords]
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Mackinlay of Richborough
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 5 September 2023.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Energy Bill [Lords].
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