Fuel Costs - 31st March 2011

Here are the climate-related sections of speeches by MPs during the Commons debate Fuel Costs.

Full text: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2011-03-31/debates/11033156000047/FuelCosts

Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con)

10. What recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change on the effects on businesses of trends in the cost of fuel.

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10:56 The Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (Vince Cable)

I recently discussed the rising cost of energy with my counterpart at the Department of Energy and Climate Change to assess the cumulative burden of climate change policies and see what the Government can do to secure the competitiveness of energy-intensive industries as we decarbonise the economy.

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10:57 Vince Cable

I am doing just that. On Monday I was in Port Talbot to talk with Tata Steel about that exact question. It is absolutely right that the Government press ahead with our ambition to decarbonise the economy, but the system of tax and regulation is complex and we must structure it in a way that supports our energy-intensive industries.

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