Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Lord Coaker (Labour), on Wednesday, 15 July 1998, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 49 members in total.

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KYOTO TARGETS

That this House welcomes the government's commitment to a 12.5 per cent reduction in greenhouse gases to reach the Kyoto targets; particularly approves of the commitment over and above these targets to a 20 per cent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions; hopes that in the forthcoming White Paper the government will recognise the need to increase energy efficiency in buildings, which are accountable for almost half of the UK's total carbon dioxide emissions; and endorses the conclusions of Clear Benefits, a recent report by Pilkington UK produced in association with the Green Alliance, which calls upon the Government significantly to reduce emissions from buildings by bringing the rate of VAT on energy saving materials in line with that on domestic energy, and through improvements to the Building Regulations.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1562 

Session

1997-98

Other sponsors

Joan Humble

Bob Laxton

Gerald Bermingham

Lord Watts

Alan Simpson

Subjects

Air pollution Carbon dioxide Pollution control Climate Change Convention

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk