Clause 10 - Monitoring authorities
Waste and Emissions Trading Bill [Lords]
11:15 am
Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster, Conservative)
I beg to move amendment No. 52, in
clause 10, page 7, line 39, leave out from 'must' to 'be'.
I shall not detain the Committee long. I seek to ensure that responsibility is retained by the authority, rather than passed to an individual. When we pressed the Minister earlier about who would take responsibility for misdemeanours, his answer was far from clear. I hope that he will take this opportunity to clarify that the allocating authority must be the monitoring authority in its own area. That is the intention behind the amendment, which is very short and very sweet. Given the time on the clock, that is quite appropriate.