New Clause 4
Green Energy (Definition and Promotion) Bill
4:15 pm
Joan Ruddock (Minister of State, Department for Energy and Climate Change; Lewisham, Deptford, Labour)
I cannot possibly agree that this is a less green Bill than it was when it started. We intended to work with the hon. Member for East Surrey to improve the Bill, to get it into a state where it is more accurate, wider and deeper. We ran into some confusion early on, and I will seek to make sure that that is clarified and that we are able to proceed from here to the next stage of debate. Let me again congratulate the hon. Gentleman and thank everybody concerned with the Bill. I recognise that this is a Committee made up of people who take these issues very seriously and work on them a great deal. I have to say that, with some exceptions, we often find consensus and I am pleased that it has happened today.