INTER-PARLIAMENTARY RENEWABLE ENERGY INITIATIVE

Early day motion 701, tabled 27 January 1998 by Frank Cook (Labour). Signed by 38 members.

That this House congratulates the European Forum for Renewable Energy Sources, the Instituto Para La Diversificacion y el Ahorro de Energia, the Instituto Tecnologico do Canarias and the Instituto y de Energias Renovables on their initiative in convening the Inter-Parliamentary Meeting on the subject of Renewable Energy Resources in the European Union that was held in the Canarias from 16th to 18th January; commends the organisers and the participants who attended from the European and national parliaments on the positive and constructive nature of their final agreed declaration; welcomes this declaration as the first step in a long-term strategy to promote the widespread application of the best renewable energy technologies; and urges Her Majesty's Government to consider seriously the vigorous adoption of measures advocated in that document to ensure its widest distribution and application throughout the power generating industry, energy users, regional electricity corporations, the trade press and the public generally.

Signatures by party: Labour 28, Liberal Democrat 5, Labour/Co-operative 2, Conservative 1, Plaid Cymru 1, UUP 1.