Clause 2
Green Energy (Definition and Promotion) Bill
Public Bill Committees, 24 June 2009, 2:45 pm
Joan Ruddock (Minister of State, Department for Energy and Climate Change; Lewisham, Deptford, Labour)
The hon. Gentleman will be aware that I was not the Minister at the time of the 2004 Act and I do not have an immediate answer. However, I am sure that by the time I have finished this page of my brief, I will have one and he will get it.
The proposal removes the need to define the term “small scale” in the context of this Bill. Moreover, the higher limit also allows for consideration of plant of a size that could be used for community-scale generation and buildings, such as schools and hospitals, which I am sure the hon. Member for East Surrey intended to include when he drafted the Bill.