division_name: Energy Bill [HL]
motion: <p pid="a.598.8/1" pwmotiontext="moved">moved Amendment No. 171B:</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="a.598.8/2" pwmotiontext="moved">Before Clause 76, insert the following new clause&#8212;</p>
  
  <p pid="a.598.8/3" pwmotiontext="moved">"GAS AND ELECTRICITY MARKETS AUTHORITY SUSTAINABILITY DUTY</p>
  
  <p pid="a.598.8/4" pwmotiontext="moved">(1) The 1989 Act shall be amended as follows.</p>
  
  <p pid="a.598.8/5" pwmotiontext="moved">(2) In section 3A (the principal objective and general duties of the Secretary of State and the Authority), after subsection (2) insert&#8212;</p>
  
  <p pid="a.598.8/6" pwmotiontext="moved">"(2A) Subject to subsections (1) and (2) above, the Secretary of State and the Authority shall carry out their respective functions under this Part in such a manner as to ensure the contribution to the achievement of sustainable development.""</p>
  
  <p pid="a.604.3/1" pwmotiontext="considered">On Question, Whether the said amendment (No. 171B) shall be agreed to?</p>
  
  <p pid="a.604.3/2" pwmotiontext="divided">*Their Lordships divided: Contents, 148; Not-Contents, 111.</p>