Energy Security and Net Zero

Andrew Bowie Excerpts

Thursday 22nd June 2023 Ministerial Corrections

The following is an extract from the Tenth sitting of the Energy Public Bill Committee. 

[Andrew Bowie]

The clause contains a power for the Secretary of State to amend or modify the threshold for capacity in excess of which these measures can be applied. Capacity refers to the tonnage of oil that the operator has handled in the previous calendar year. This would not change the person to whom the powers under this part could apply.

[Official Report, Energy Public Bill Committee, 15 June 2023, Vol. 734, c. 299.]

Letter of correction from the Under-Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, the hon. Member for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine (Andrew Bowie).

An error has been identified in my response to the debate on clause 243.

The correct information should have been:

[Andrew Bowie]

The clause contains a power for the Secretary of State to amend or modify the threshold for capacity in excess of which these measures can be applied. Capacity refers to the tonnage of oil that the operator has handled in the previous calendar year. This would change the person to whom the powers under this part could apply.