§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what plans were submitted by Her Majesty's Government to the European Commission by 1 April about the United Kingdom's strategy for stabilising its carbon dioxide emissions by 2005.
§ Mr. MacleanThe Government sent the Commission a copy of the Environment White Paper (Cm 1200) when it was published in 1990. This set out the United Kingdom's strategy and a first set of measures to limit CO2 emissions. A further report was sent to the Commission last month, updating the White Paper and the first year report (Cm 1655) in the light of the United Kingdom's revised conditional target for CO2 emissions and further decisions on measures to limit emission including the announcement of the establishment of an energy saving trust. The report has been placed in the Library of the House.