§ Mr. Malcolm BruceTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, (1) pursuant to his answer of 12 December 1994,Official Report, column 436, when he expects to reach a conclusion in his considerations as to whether further measures to reduce carbon dioxide emissions are necessary following the decision not to increase value added tax on domestic fuel to 17.5 per cent;
(2) what is his estimate of the effects on the Government's ability to meet its targets agreed to at the Rio summit on the environment of the decision to retain value added tax rate for domestic fuel at 8 per cent., rather than the previously planned rate of 17.5 per cent.
§ Mr. AtkinsI refer the hon. Member to the answers which I gave to the hon. Member for Denton and Reddish (Mr. Bennett) on 18 January 1995,Official Report, column 706. We will conclude our work on this review as soon as possible.