Clause 23 - Duty to comply with directions under s. 21
Energy Bill [Lords]
3:00 pm
Mr Laurence Robertson (Shadow Minister, Economic Affairs; Tewkesbury, Conservative)
I beg to move amendment No. 98, in
clause 23, page 22, line 5, leave out 'negative' and insert 'affirmative'.
Briefly, the clause relates to the duty to comply with a direction and gives the Secretary of State the power to make an order providing that a certain person in control of a site is exempt from certain directions. The order is subject to the negative procedure, but I seek to change that to the affirmative procedure. It is a matter of giving the House of Commons much more time to consider the exemption from a direction.