HC Deb 14 June 1994 vol 244 c335W
Mr. Chris Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment which Governments have adopted the target of a 20 per cent. cut in carbon dioxide on 1988 levels by 2005; and what plans he has to adopt this target.

Mr. Atkins

As far as I am aware, only the Governments of Denmark, Germany and Luxembourg have formally and unconditionally adopted such a target. The United Kingdom is committed, though its ratification of the United Nations framework convention on climate change, to take measures aimed at returning emissions of