Energy Bills - 16th January 2014

Here are the climate-related sections of speeches by MPs during the Commons debate Energy Bills.

Full text: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2014-01-16/debates/14011656000017/EnergyBills

Christopher Pincher (Tamworth) (Con)

Our constituents are rightly concerned about energy prices. So does my right hon. Friend agree that it is irresponsible for any political party to attempt carbon tax changes to the Energy Act 2013 in the other place, which, had they been successful, would have added £125 to our consumers’ bills?

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Ed Davey (Liberal Democrat)

I think my hon. Friend is referring to the one issue over which the Prime Minister said to the Liaison Committee there is a difference between the two coalition parties. The £125 figure that he quotes is from the Conservative party’s website. The figure from the Committee on Climate Change on the cost of the decarbonisation target is six times less. What that shows is that we need a debate on the decarbonisation target and what the actual costs will be.

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