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241: After Clause 73, insert the following new Clause— “Report on Local Area Energy PlansThe Secretary of State must, within 18 months of the day on which this Act is passed, publish a report setting out—(a) the number of strategic, combined, or local authorities that have—(i) developed, or(ii) implementeda Local Area Energy Plan (LAEP);(b) barriers to progress that authorities have had in the introduction of LAEPs;(c) options for introducing, within one year of publication of the report, a statutory requirement for LAEPs;(d) proposals for funding, technical support, training, and capacity building initiatives to assist local authorities in preparing and implementing LAEPs;(e) clear evaluation criteria and success metrics for the programme and any pilots carried out.”