Written question asked by Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 26 October 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 28 October 2005. It was answered by Elliot Morley (Labour) on Monday, 7 November 2005 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Radioactivity

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to her answer of 14 October 2005, Official Report, column 617W, on radioactivity, whether (a) national Governments and (b) industry regulators appointed by them will make the ultimate decision on whether a meter installed under Article 13 of the Energy End Use and Energy Services Directive should be deemed to be technically feasible and cost effective.

Answer: Article 13(1) of the draft directive would place an obligation on member states, i.e. national Governments, to ensure that, in so far as that is technically possible, financially reasonable and proportionate in relation to potential savings, final customers are provided with competitively priced individual meters that accurately reflect actual energy consumption and that provide information on actual time of use. If this obligation is included in the final text of the directive, the Government's proposals for implementation will be the subject of formal consultation in due course.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 23561; 439 c34W;439 c34W
Session: 2005-06
Related items: Radioactivity
Friday, 14 October 2005
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects: Monitoring Radioactivity
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk