Energy Bill [Lords]

Baroness Laing of Elderslie Excerpts

Monday 14th March 2016 Commons Chamber

[The First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means (Mrs Eleanor Laing)]

There will now be a debate on the consent motion for England and Wales. I remind hon. Members that all Members may speak in the debate but, if there are Divisions, only Members representing constituencies in England and Wales may vote on the consent motion. I call the Minister to move the consent motion for England and Wales.

[Andrea Leadsom]

I beg to move,

That the Committee consents to the following certified clause of the Energy Bill [Lords].

Clause certified under Standing Order No. 83L(2) as relating exclusively to England and Wales and being within devolved legislative competence.

Clause 78 of the Bill as amended in Committee (Bill 128).

The consent motion stands in the name of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, as set out in the written ministerial statement tabled on 10 March. Nothing has changed since the Bill was introduced. I urge hon. and right hon. Members to support the consent motion.

Question put and agreed to.

The occupant of the Chair left the Chair to report the decisions of the Committee (Standing Order No.83M(6)).

The Deputy Speaker resumed the Chair, decisions reported.

Third Reading

Queen’s and Prince of Wales’s consent signified.