Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act 2006 (Sources of Energy and Technologies) Order 2008

I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Vadera, for introducing this order, which amends Section 26(2) of the Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act 2006. My noble friend Lord Dixon-Smith welcomed that Bill in its original from. He said that it achieved a wide measure of all-party support. I see no reason to stand in the way of this order. Just as we believe in the benefits of decentralising political power and devolving decision-making to local councils, neighbourhoods and individuals, so we are committed to decentralising power in the literal sense—the generation of electricity.