Clause 63 - Charges
Energy Bill [Lords]
4:00 pm
Mr Norman Baker (Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment, Environment, Food & Rural Affairs; Lewes, Liberal Democrat)
I seek clarification from the Under-Secretary of what the clause will lead to. I would like an example of where those charges might be levelled.
I presume that the clause concerns recouping money from, for example, British Energy. If that is the case, can the Under-Secretary say how agreement would be reached between ''that person''—to quote subsection (1)(a)—and the police authority, or how that would be determined by the Secretary of State, as provided for in subsection (1)(b). What sort of services will be recouped in terms of costs? Will the Under-Secretary also confirm that the full cost will be recovered, and that there will not be a net expenditure to the police authority?