Clause 18 - Strategy for Scotland
Waste and Emissions Trading Bill [Lords]
4:00 pm
Mr David Amess (Southend West, Conservative)
With this it will be convenient to discuss the following amendments:
No. 74, in
clause 19, page 13, line 25, at end insert
'and must be in accordance with the Best Practicable Environmental Option.'.
No. 75, in
clause 20, page 14, line 13, at end insert
'and must be in accordance with the Best Practicable Environmental Option.'.
No. 76, in
clause 24, page 16, line 21, at end insert—
'(6) In this Chapter ''Best Practicable Environmental Option'' or ''BPEC'' means the outcome of a systematic consultative and decisionmaking procedure which emphasises the protection and conservation of the environment across land, air and water. The BPEO procedure establishes for a given set of objectives, the option that provides the most benefits or the least damage to the environment as a whole, at acceptable cost, in the long term as well as the short term.'.
I should point out that we shall debate the amendments. However, clauses 18, 19 and 20 will all be moved formally.