§ Mrs. BrintonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what contribution he expects the electricity generation sector to make towards reducing CO2, emissions by 2010, other than the reductions resulting from use of new CHP plant. [65333]
§ Mr. MealeThe Government intend to develop a balanced and equitable strategy across all sectors to meet the UK's international and domestic climate change targets. As a first step, on 26 October 1998, the Government published a consultation paper describing progress to date in reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the UK and setting out a variety of policy options for further action. The consultation paper refers to a number of options which could be taken in the electricity generation sector to reduce carbon dioxide emissions including increased use of CHP, increased use of renewable energy, improvements in energy efficiency, implementation of Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) regulation and improved utility regulation.