Clause 9 - Duty not to exceed allowances

Part of Waste and Emissions Trading Bill [Lords] – in a Public Bill Committee at 11:00 am on 8 April 2003.

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Photo of Norman Baker Norman Baker Liberal Democrat, Lewes 11:00, 8 April 2003

I wanted to deal with an assertion that has been made two or three times: that amendment No. 3 or amendment No. 50 would return fines to the offending authorities. Neither amendment says that. Both amendments refer to ''waste disposal authorities'' in the plural and, crucially, both state

''as directed by the allocating authority.''

It would be for the Secretary of State in England and the appropriate authorities elsewhere in the country to decide how the fines would be sent back to waste disposal authorities; it would be in their power. If the amendment is flawed, it is because the Secretary of State would be giving the money back to the waste disposal authority. I do not believe that the amendments are flawed in the way that has been suggested.