The hon. Gentleman seems to have just repeated an assumption that the amendment would take effect only from 2023. On the contrary, it asserts a power to apply EPS to an existing plant, which would involve upgrading under the industrial emissions directive. Nothing in the amendment prevents the power from being used at any time, as soon as the EPS had come into force following Royal Assent.
Energy Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Michael Fallon
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 4 December 2013.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Energy Bill.
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