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Baroness Clark of Kilwinning
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I am grateful for that response and for all the work that the Department has done to reduce carbon emissions and to ensure that we meet our international targets. The Minister will be aware that road transport is a major polluter, accounting for more than a quarter of all carbon emissions, and that the railways are one of the most environmentally beneficial forms of transport. Can he reassure me that the environmental case for rail is being put to the Department for Transport and the ODPM, and will he agree to meet a delegation of interested MPs who wish to put the environmental case for rail and to discuss the Department's thinking on the environmental aspects of transport policy?
I am grateful for that response and for all the work that the Department has done to reduce carbon emissions and to ensure that we meet our international targets. The Minister will be aware that road transport is a major polluter, accounting for more than a quarter of all carbon emissions, and that the railways are one of the most environmentally beneficial forms of transport. Can he reassure me that the environmental case for rail is being put to the Department for Transport and the ODPM, and will he agree to meet a delegation of interested MPs who wish to put the environmental case for rail and to discuss the Department's thinking on the environmental aspects of transport policy?
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Baroness Clark of Kilwinning
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
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Answered
Answered on
20 October 2005
My hon. Friend is right about the valuable role that rail and public transport in general can play in reducing emissions from the transport sector. DEFRA and the Department for Transport have a very powerful joint public service agreement on reducing emissions from the transport sector, and we work together very closely. My hon. Friend will be aware of the investment going into the west coast main line and the upgrading of rail and signalling. Many new trains are being introduced on all our lines, which makes such transport more comfortable. I am only too happy to meet a delegation of MPs to discuss the environmental issues affecting transport.
Subjects
Pollution control; Carbon emissions; Carbon; Standards
Date
20 October 2005
Reference
437 c982
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
What discussions she has had with (a) the Department for Transport and (b) the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister on cross-departmental co-operation to ensure that the Government meet their domestic and international emissions reduction targets.
What discussions she has had with (a) the Department for Transport and (b) the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister on cross-departmental co-operation to ensure that the Government meet their domestic and international emissions reduction targets.
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Baroness Clark of Kilwinning
(Labour)
Answered by
Elliot Morley
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Tabled on
17 October 2005
For answer on
20 October 2005
Answered on
20 October 2005
The Department has regular discussions with both the Department for Transport and the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, at ministerial and senior official level, to co-ordinate climate change policy.
Subjects
Carbon; Pollution control; Standards
Date
20 October 2005
Reference
437 c982; 19615
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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House of Commons