Mr. Gareth R. ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when she will publish a combined heat and power strategy. [8263]
§ Mr. MeacherWe will be issuing a draft Government strategy for consultation by the end of this year.
§ Paddy TippingTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what further steps she plans to take to ensure that 10 GW can be generated by combined heat and power by 2010. [10426]
§ Mr. Meacher[holding answer 29 October 2001]: The Department is developing, in close collaboration with DTI and other Departments, a draft CHP strategy, which will set out the measures needed to achieve the Government's target of at least 10,000 MW of installed CHP electrical capacity by 2010. Our timetable for issuing the draft strategy for consultation is by the end of this year.