ENERGY WHITE PAPER GOALS

Early day motion 966, tabled 1 April 2004 by Alan Simpson (Labour). Signed by 37 members.

That this House congratulates the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs for upgrading, in its presentation to a seminar for the British Energy Efficiency Federation held on 9th March, the carbon savings from domestic energy efficiency of 'around 5MtC by 2010 and a similar amount by 2020' from the status of 'expectations' and 'possibles' in the recent White Paper to the status of clear and unambiguous Energy White Paper Goals; notes that this is the kind of certainty that is needed to stimulate business investment in energy efficiency; and believes that these are further reasons why these savings should be specified as the domestic energy efficiency 'aim' required to be set pursuant to the Sustainable Energy Act 2003, as already supported by 335 honourable Members who have signed Early Day Motion No. 96.

Signatures by party: Labour 26, Labour/Co-operative 4, Liberal Democrat 3, Plaid Cymru 2, Conservative 1, UUP 1.