Part of Great British Energy Bill - Committee (2nd Day) – in the House of Lords at 6:45 pm on 17 December 2024.
Viscount Trenchard
Conservative
6:45,
17 December 2024
My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Howell for his support for my Amendment and all other noble Lords who referred to my amendment in the debate. I appreciated the whole debate, and I am grateful to the Minister for his thoughtful reply. There will be another opportunity to discuss the same kind of thing in a future group, of which he is aware, so I will have an opportunity to return to that. I beg leave to withdraw my amendment.
Amendment 56A (to Amentment 56) withdrawn.
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As a bill passes through Parliament, MPs and peers may suggest amendments - or changes - which they believe will improve the quality of the legislation.
Many hundreds of amendments are proposed by members to major bills as they pass through committee stage, report stage and third reading in both Houses of Parliament.
In the end only a handful of amendments will be incorporated into any bill.
The Speaker - or the chairman in the case of standing committees - has the power to select which amendments should be debated.
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