LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION AND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS

Early day motion 804, tabled 28 January 2008 by Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat). Signed by 39 members.

That this House notes that a report by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations shows that livestock production is responsible for 18 per cent. of human-induced global greenhouse gas emissions which is a higher share than transport; further notes that the UK's consumption of meat and dairy products accounts for some 8 per cent. of UK consumption related greenhouse gases; further notes that the greenhouse gas emissions produced by the livestock sector are mainly in the form not of carbon dioxide but of methane and nitrous oxide; believes that the failure of the Climate Change Bill to set reduction targets for methane and nitrous oxide will make it difficult to address the emission of greenhouse gases by the livestock sector; and urges the Government to bring forward amendments to the Climate Change Bill to include reduction targets for methane and nitrous oxide.

Signatures by party: Labour 21, Liberal Democrat 15, Conservative 2, Independent 1.