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HANSARD Exiting the European Union (Energy Conservation)I thank you for your guidance, Madam Deputy Speaker. In my defence, this is a particularly complicated statutory instrument and I have felt it necessary to try to lay it out in…18 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I beg to move amendment 135, in clause 81, page 80, line 28, leave out subsection (9) and insert— “(9) Regulations under this section are subject to the super- affirmative…17 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I would have thought that if measures to sort out sustainable abstraction were already being taken, that would be a compelling argument for bringing the date forward from 2028. It…17 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Seventeenth sitting)As the Minster indicated, the name super-affirmative suggests that this is not an everyday procedure. It has been suggested in the amendment because the clause would allow the…17 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Seventeenth sitting)I thank the Minister for her intervention. Alas, we will never hear the detail of what those changes might be, but the fact that she was brandishing a sheet of paper that clearly…17 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Seventeenth sitting)Apologies, Mr Gray, but we had previously notified the Committee that our amendments to the natural environment and environmental protection elements of the Bill would be moved by…17 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Seventeenth sitting)The Minister is making an interesting case for the clause. However, does she accept that it is a particularly egregious example of “first you have it, then you don’t” legislation…17 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Seventeenth sitting)I want to add a few thoughts to the excellent introduction to the clause from my hon. Friend the Member for Cambridge. This issue has a considerable relationship to not only…17 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Seventeenth sitting)We did not write that.17 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Seventeenth sitting)First, I think it should be put on record that suggesting that a Government initiative is better than an amendment being proposed, when the comparison is made between two…17 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Seventeenth sitting)May I seek your guidance, Mr Gray? Presumably, we will want to have a stand part debate on the clause.17 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Seventeenth sitting)Thank you, Mr Gray. I escalated from a pen to a hand, but I can escalate to a full body motion, if that is acceptable. I want to add to the admirable exposition of the two…17 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I beg to move amendment 9, in clause 75, page 66, line 11, leave out “may” and insert “must”. We start this morning with an amendment relating to clause 75. It will not be a…17 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I think the Minister knows what my answer is going to be. The hon. Member for South Cambridgeshire made a fair point about what would happen if we put in every “must” in every…17 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I beg to move amendment 130, in clause 75, page 66, line 22, at end insert “including persons or bodies representing the interests of those likely to be affected.” I will give the…17 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I have, as a result of this debate, begun to feel that this is less of a probing amendment than I initially thought. My hon. Friend the Member for Putney made an important point,…17 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I think we may be getting there. When the Minister says, “we can make regulations”, is she saying that the Government will make regulations that effectively restore that…17 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Sixteenth sitting)The hon. Gentleman would like to encourage the Minister to say something else on this.17 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I thank the Minister for that. That is 65% of the way there. On balance, I am happy to withdraw the amendment. I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave,…17 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Sixteenth sitting)The hon. Member for Gloucester has made a powerful speech in support of the amendment, covering many points that I would have raised had he not done so. The Opposition would have…17 Nov 2020