§ Dr. StarkeyTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what action she has 711W taken to ensure that Ofgem abides by the content and spirit of the Government's departmental guidelines on the integration of environmental policies. [39979]
§ Mr. WilsonI have been asked to reply.
The Utilities Act 2000 provided for the Secretary of State to issue guidance to the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority about the making by the authority of a contribution towards the attainment of social or environmental policies set out in the guidance.
The Department has consulted on drafts of the guidance, and is now looking afresh at the guidance in the light of the Energy Review report published on 14 February by the Performance and Innovation Unit, which has implications for the guidance.