Climate Change Bill [Lords] 2007-08

Committee stage tenth sitting (afternoon). Amendment to Schedule 6 negatived on division (2 votes to 11). Schedule 6 agreed to. Clauses 75 to 77 agreed to. Clause 78 agreed to as amended. Clause 79 agreed to. Clause 80, discussed with Government new clauses 6 and 7, disagreed to on division (6 votes to 10). Government new clause 2 (Duty to have regard to need for UK domestic action on climate change) agreed to. Government new clause 3 (Advice of Committee on Climate Change on impact report) agreed to. Government new clause 4 (Reporting on progress in connection with adaptation) agreed to. Government new clause 5 (Collection of household waste) agreed to. Government new clause 6 (Guidance on reporting) agreed to on division (10 votes to 4). Government new clause 7 (Report on contribution of reporting to climate change objectives) agreed to. Government new clause 17 (Charges for single use carrier bags), discussed with Government new schedule 1 (Charges for single use carrier bags), agreed to. New clause 8 (Reporting on greenhouse gas emissions by Export Credits Guarantee Department) withdrawn. New clause 10 (Carbon impact assessments) withdrawn. New clause 11 (Statements of compatibility) withdrawn. New clause 12 (The civil estate) withdrawn. New clause 13 (Modelling used by Government to forecast impact of policies on climate change), discussed with new clause 14 (Committee's power to audit emissions statistics), withdrawn. New clause 15 (Advice on climate change policy from Committee to Secretary of State) withdrawn. New clause 18 (Waste authority's power to reduce amount of council tax payable) negatived on division (7 votes to 11). New clause 19 (Carbon emissions reduction targets: obligation to cooperate) withdrawn. New schedule 1 agreed to. Clause 81 to 88, and clause 92, agreed to. Clauses 89 to 91, and clause 93 agreed to as amended. Written evidence (Appending to Proceedings) motion agreed to. Bill, as amended, to be reported (Bill 129).