A Bill to make provision for the abolition of the Department of Energy and Climate Change and for its functions to be absorbed into the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.
House of Commons
30 March 2015
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This bill would abolish the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and move its functions to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS). In effect, energy and climate policy duties would transfer from DECC to BIS, with the bill detailing how the change should be carried out. It sets out the steps needed to implement the abolition and the transfer of responsibilities between departments.
The bill is at the second reading stage in the House of Commons; the first reading occurred on 7 July 2014, with further stages to follow.
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7 Jul 2014
This Bill was presented to Parliament on 7 July 2014. This is known as the first reading and there was no debate on the Bill at this stage.
The 2014-15 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
