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Adjournment debate on Tuesday, 12 June 2007, in the House of Commons, led by Colin Challen. The answering member was Ian Pearson.

Carbon Dioxide Reduction Target

Adjournment debate on carbon dioxide reduction target.

Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
461 c721-40 
Session
2006-07
Department
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Proceeding contributions
Chris Huhne | 461 c728 (Link to this contribution) Is not the hon. Gentleman concerned about some of the international evidence on biofuels—for example...
Robert Goodwill | 461 c728 (Link to this contribution) My former colleague in the European Parliament is absolutely right. In recent years, we have been fo...
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Martin Horwood | 461 c728-9 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for Morley and Rothwell (Colin Challen) on securing the debate on suc...
Jamie Reed | 461 c730 (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman accept that one of the reasons for the increase in CO2 emissions is that, si...
Martin Horwood | 461 c730 (Link to this contribution) I do not entirely accept that. There are plenty of scenarios in which we can maintain our intention ...
Robert Goodwill | 461 c730 (Link to this contribution) Is the hon. Gentleman honestly trying to say that if we do not reduce the number of nuclear power st...
Colin Challen | 461 c721-5 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for the opportunity to hold this Adjournment debate today, not least because it is my ...
Robert Goodwill | 461 c725-7 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for Morley and Rothwell (Colin Challen) on securing the debate. I am ...
David Drew | 461 c727 (Link to this contribution) I apologise for missing the remarks of my hon. Friend the Member for Morley and Rothwell (Colin Chal...
Robert Goodwill | 461 c727-8 (Link to this contribution) I can see the point that the hon. Gentleman is trying to make. However, my concern is that in recent...
Ian Pearson | 461 c734 (Link to this contribution) It would not be appropriate for the Government to specify a figure in the carbon market. The hon. Ge...
Ian Pearson | 461 c733-4 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Morley and Rothwell (Colin Challen) on securing this Ad...
Chris Huhne | 461 c734 (Link to this contribution) The Minister mentioned the emissions trading scheme. Have the Government been advised on what would ...
Jamie Reed | 461 c732 (Link to this contribution) Given that only two years ago the US Administration actually denied the reality of climate change as...
Martin Horwood | 461 c732-3 (Link to this contribution) I am not sure that I would concede that. The US Administration is under enormous domestic pressure. ...
David Drew | 461 c732 (Link to this contribution) I share the hon. Gentleman’s view that we should go further, but with that in mind, would he support...
Martin Horwood | 461 c732 (Link to this contribution) I am not quite sure which controls the hon. Gentleman has in mind. If he is talking about personal c...
Speaker | 461 c730 (Link to this contribution) Order. I remind the hon. Gentleman that this is an Adjournment debate, which is an opportunity for B...
Martin Horwood | 461 c730-2 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for that guidance, Mr. Deputy Speaker. My personal view is that the Liberal Democrat p...
Martin Horwood | 461 c730 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for the hon. Gentleman’s intervention, but I fear that we are veering into a slightly ...
Ian Pearson | 461 c736-7 (Link to this contribution) I will in a moment. No one should be in any doubt about the challenge that lies ahead. Atmospheric ...
Ian Pearson | 461 c737 (Link to this contribution) I want to reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Morley and Rothwell.
Ian Pearson | 461 c735 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman knows that. If he wants to explain the impact of the Government’s proposals, I sh...
Martin Horwood | 461 c735 (Link to this contribution) I was saying that it was clear that we met the Kyoto target because of the dash for gas. That caused...
Ian Pearson | 461 c735-6 (Link to this contribution) We have not met the Kyoto target yet because it is over the period of 2008 to 2012. The effect of th...
Robert Goodwill | 461 c734 (Link to this contribution) That is precisely the point that I was going to raise. Does the Minister accept that it was the over...
Ian Pearson | 461 c734-5 (Link to this contribution) I do not want to single out individual countries, but we need to recognise the success of the EU emi...
Speaker | 461 c737 (Link to this contribution) Order. May I remind the House gently that this debate has been initiated by the hon. Member for Morl...
Ian Pearson | 461 c737-8 (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I wanted to respond directly to my hon. Friend because I appreciate th...
Chris Huhne | 461 c738 (Link to this contribution) The Minister’s quote from the fourth assessment report of the UN intergovernmental panel on climate ...
Colin Challen | 461 c739 (Link to this contribution) I had an Adjournment debate on this subject shortly after the last election, when a Department for E...
Ian Pearson | 461 c739-40 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a good point. In Bali, we want to reach an agreement on a comprehensive framewo...
Ian Pearson | 461 c738-9 (Link to this contribution) The Government are certainly not ignoring the science; we have looked carefully at the fourth assess...
Subjects
Air pollution Climate change Carbon dioxide Pollution control Standards Carbon emissions Government Carbon Offsetting Fund
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