INSTITUTE OF TRAVEL MANAGEMENT

Early day motion 2120, tabled 15 October 2007 by Lord Barker of Battle (Conservative). Signed by 27 members.

That this House welcomes the ICARUS environmental accreditation scheme to achieve absolute reductions in carbon emissions throughout the travel buying industry; acknowledges its ambitious targets to reduce the carbon output of the travel buying sector by at least 60 per cent. by 2050 in line with the Climate Change Bill; recognises the importance of the cut, reduce, offset framework to prioritise cutting unnecessary travel, reducing emissions by switching to greener travel alternatives and only offsetting carbon emissions as a last resort; and congratulates the responsible leadership of the Institute of Travel Management in helping to drive down carbon emissions from the UK's travel buying sector.

Signatures by party: Liberal Democrat 10, Labour 9, Conservative 8.