Clause 5 - Alteration of allocations under section 4
Waste and Emissions Trading Bill [Lords]
4:15 pm
Mr John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings, Conservative)
The Minister has given an assurance that he has taken on board the argument, which found support around the Committee, that the guidance issued to local authorities should provide the assurance that we request. He has also taken on board the argument that the guidance should repeat the notion that the provisions relate to exceptional circumstances—I accept his argument that the wording would have to be carefully considered—as it were, a long-stop provision in the Bill, given circumstances that cannot reasonably be foreseen at the moment. Given those assurances, I am happy to withdraw my amendment so that the Minister will not be forced to extend his oratorical powers any further and think of yet a fourth peroration.
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.
Clause 5 agreed to.