HC Deb 04 June 1998 vol 313 c299W
Mr. Jim Cunningham

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what progress has been made in devising a regulatory framework for the carbon dioxide emissions trading regime outlined in the Kyoto agreement. [43303]

Angela Eagle

Negotiations began on 2 June, at the 8th session of the Subsidiary Bodies of the Framework Convention on Climate Change, on a framework for the international emissions trading regime outlined in the Kyoto Protocol, with a view to developing the necessary principles, modalities and guidelines at the Fourth Conference of the Parties to the Convention in November this year.