On 28th March the House of Lords debated the Energy Bill (HL) in the first day of the report stage. A vote was held on an amendment to the bill, in which bishops took part:
Division 1:
The Bishop of Derby and the Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich took part in a vote on an amendment tabled by Baroness Blake of Leeds:
Baroness Blake of Leeds (Lab): 18: Clause 66, page 57, line 25, leave out “relevant market participants (see subsection (8))” and insert “the Consolidated Fund or gas shippers”
Member’s explanatory statement:
This amendment means the Secretary of State may put a levy on gas shippers, but may not put it on gas or electricity suppliers, thus taking responsibility for levies away from households. Hansard
The amendment was agreed. Content: 170 / Not Content: 160
The Bishop of Derby and the Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich voted Content.
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