RENEWABLE ENERGY DEPLOYMENT

Early day motion 1825, tabled 28 October 2003 by Desmond Turner (Labour). Signed by 88 members.

That this House endorses the aspirations of the Energy White Paper for the deployment of renewable electricity generation of 10 per cent. by 2010 and 20 per cent. by 2020 as a major contribution towards the target of a 60 per cent. reduction in carbon dioxide emissions by 2050, but notes that there is little confidence that these aims will be achieved without new policy initiatives; and accordingly calls on the Government to bring forward in the forthcoming Queen's Speech an energy bill which in its provisions should take full account of the proposal for a carbon tax from the Royal Society, the recommendations of the Science and Technology Committee for a Renewable Energy Act, including a carbon tax, and the renewable energy report and recommendations from the all-party parliamentary group, PRASEG.

Signatures by party: Labour 62, Liberal Democrat 17, Labour/Co-operative 6, Conservative 1, Independent Ulster Unionist 1, Plaid Cymru 1.