After Part 7 of Schedule 7, insert -

"PART 7A Disclosures concerning greenhouse gas emissions, energy consumption and energy efficiency action by unquoted companies

20A.

(1) Unless the company is exempted under paragraph 20B or 20C, and subject to sub-paragraph (2), this Part of this Schedule applies to the directors' report for a financial year if the company is an unquoted company.

(2) This Part does not apply if -

(a) the company is a subsidiary undertaking at the end of the financial year;

(b) the company is included in the group report of a parent undertaking; and

(c) the group report is prepared for a financial year of the parent undertaking that ends at the same time as, or before the end of, the company's financial year; and -

(i) if the group report is a group directors' report -

(aa) of a quoted company, it complies with Part 7 of this Schedule other than in reliance on paragraph 15(5)(b); or

(bb) of an unquoted company, it complies with this Part of this Schedule other than in reliance on paragraph 20D(7)(b); or