NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND THE ARTS BIG GREEN CHALLENGE AWARDS

Early day motion 642, tabled 19 January 2010 by Charles Kennedy (Liberal Democrat). Signed by 26 members.

That this House congratulates the inhabitants of the Isle of Eigg in the Hebrides, the Green Valleys Project in Brecon, the Bishop's Castle Household Energy Service in Shropshire and Low Carbon West Oxford in Oxford, on their success in the Big Green Challenge organised by the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts; notes that their efforts to find practical and creative ways to drive down their energy use has been exceptional; further notes that this is a great tribute to the determination and resourcefulness of all the winners; recognises that they and the Big Green Challenge scheme will act as an encouragement and an inspiration to others to follow their lead; and hopes that the prize money won will go even further to secure affordable and clean energy for the future of each of the communities involved.

Signatures by party: Labour 12, Liberal Democrat 10, Conservative 3, DUP 1.