Electricity and Gas (Carbon Emissions and Community Energy Saving) (Amendment) Order 2011 Debate
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Lord Henley
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Electricity and Gas (Carbon Emissions and Community Energy Saving) (Amendment) Order 2011
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Lord Marland
I thank my noble friend for that very kind interjection. I think that the noble Lords, Lord Henley and Lord Hunt, are here for fun and games. We might stay and watch them later.
Does it reduce carbon? Obviously, that is not the intent of what we are doing here. The intent is to get competition into the market. It will not really change the carbon aspect of things, which is not central to the process. In consultation, we took evidence and more than 80 per cent of the people consulted were for these changes, so there was overwhelming approval. I hope that that deals with most of the questions that I have been asked. On that basis, I ask the Committee to support this order.