Climate Change Bill [HL]

moved Amendments Nos. 49 and 50: 49: After Clause 10, insert the following new Clause— ““Duty to provide indicative annual ranges for net UK carbon account (1) As soon as is reasonably practicable after making an order setting the carbon budget for a budgetary period, the Secretary of State must lay before Parliament a report setting out an indicative annual range for the net UK carbon account for each year within the period. (2) An ““indicative annual range””, in relation to a year, is a range within which the Secretary of State expects the amount of the net UK carbon account for the year to fall. (3) Before laying a report under this section before Parliament, the Secretary of State must consult the other national authorities on the indicative annual ranges set out in the report. (4) The Secretary of State must send a copy of the report to those authorities.”” 50: After Clause 10, insert the following new Clause— ““Duty to prepare proposals and policies for meeting carbon budgets (1) The Secretary of State must prepare such proposals and policies as the Secretary of State considers will enable the carbon budgets that have been set under this Act to be met. (2) The proposals and policies must be prepared with a view to meeting— (a) the target in section 1 (the target for 2050), and (b) any target set under section 5(1)(c) (power to set targets for later years). (3) The proposals and policies, taken as a whole, must be such as to contribute to sustainable development. (4) In preparing the proposals and policies, the Secretary of State may take into account the proposals and policies the Secretary of State considers may be prepared by other national authorities.”” On Question, amendments agreed to. Clause 11 [Duty to report on proposals and policies for meeting carbon budgets]: [Amendment No. 51 not moved.]