HC Deb 27 November 2001 vol 375 c844W
Malcolm Bruce

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when the consultation on the combined heat and power strategy will be completed; and when the final combined heat and power strategy will be(a) published and (b) implemented; and if she will make a statement. [16790]

Mr. Meacher

We will be issuing a draft Government strategy for consultation around the turn of the year. The statutory consultation will run for the full 12-week period with the final CHP strategy document to be published soon after that. A timetable for implementation of the key measures will be set out in the strategy subject to consultation.

Mr. Sayeed

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on Government plans to encourage the use of combined heat and power. [16738]

Mr. Meacher

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 CHP target of at least 10,000 mega watts of Good Quality CHP by 2010. We aim to issue the strategy for consultation around the turn of the year.