Carbon Emissions (EU Target) - 1st July 2010

Here are the climate-related sections of speeches by MPs during the Commons debate Carbon Emissions (EU Target).

Full text: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2010-07-01/debates/10070132000025/CarbonEmissionsEUTarget

The Minister of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change (Gregory Barker)

The Government believe that despite the current challenging outlook for a binding global agreement on carbon emissions, the EU should be taking a more ambitious leadership role. We will be urging our European partners to agree an early EU move to the 30% reduction target. That would put Europe firmly on a path to a low-carbon economy, stimulating innovation and efficiency and meeting the twin challenges of climate change and energy security. The details of how the EU would implement a higher target are yet to be agreed.

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Martin Horwood (Cheltenham) (LD)

One of the most important European initiatives for our future energy supply and the efficient implementation of renewable energy is the European super-grid. The previous Labour Government equivocated over the super-grid; what is the view of this Government?

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