Here are the climate-related sections of speeches by MPs during the Commons debate Decarbonisation Target.
Full text: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2013-06-06/debates/13060646000020/DecarbonisationTarget
Chi Onwurah (Labour)
4. What his assessment is of the potential effect on the UK wind industry of not setting a target to decarbonise the power sector by 2030.
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Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central) (Lab)
7. What representations he has received on setting a target to decarbonise the power sector by 2030.
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Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View) (Lab)
13. What representations he has received on setting a target to decarbonise the power sector by 2030.
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Diana Johnson (Labour)
15. What representations he has received on setting a target to decarbonise the power sector by 2030.
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09:44 Ed Davey (Liberal Democrat)
The Government have listened to a wide range of views on the issue of setting a decarbonisation target and have legislated to set one. We fully recognise that investor certainty is essential to delivering our energy and climate goals at the least cost and have already provided very clear signals to industry about the long-term trajectory of the electricity sector; for example, through our commitment to the levy control framework, through the Energy Bill, through carbon budgets and through our commitment to ambitious long-run targets on renewables, power sector decarbonisation and carbon emission reductions.
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09:45 Ed Davey (Liberal Democrat)
The hon. Lady needs to look at what has happened. We have drafted the legislation so that we can set a target and that has been welcomed. She should remember that when the draft Energy Bill was published and we first started to discuss electricity market reform, there were no proposals to set a power sector decarbonisation target—not from the Opposition or from any other party in this House—but I, as Secretary of State, argued in the Government to set such a target, and that is what we have done.
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09:46 Paul Blomfield
We have very little economic growth in this country at the moment, but last year the CBI estimated that one third of the growth that there is comes from green business. To keep growing, green businesses say they need certainty about Government policy and they want a target in law to decarbonise the power sector by 2030. Why are the Government refusing to listen?
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09:46 Ed Davey (Liberal Democrat)
I am afraid it is the Opposition who are refusing to listen. They should look at the Energy Bill, in which we have legislated for the power to set a decarbonisation target—the first country in the world to do so.
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09:46 Alison Seabeck
On Tuesday, the Government said they opposed the 2030 decarbonisation target, in part on the ground that it would increase bills. If that were so, one would expect Fuel Poverty Action to agree with the Government, but it does not. Instead, it said:
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09:48 Ed Davey (Liberal Democrat)
I worry about all the Kingstons in the United Kingdom and as Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, I represent all of them. I am working extremely hard to make sure we get investment in the energy sector in this country and we are working with Siemens. The hon. Lady may be interested to know that, in fact, Siemens did not sign the most recent letter from a number of companies about this issue. In our discussions with Siemens, the issues that have come up are contracts for difference, strike prices, ports and infrastructure, and we are working with the company. The hon. Lady ought to get behind us and support us.
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09:48 Stephen Mosley (City of Chester) (Con)
One of the key ways the Government can decarbonise power generation is by increasing investment in the nuclear sector. URENCO has a base in Capenhurst in my constituency. In April, the Government announced that they were to sell their one third share in the company, and in May the Dutch Government announced that they would sell their one third share. Will my right hon. Friend update the House on the progress of the sale?
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