§ Mr. LeighTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what measures the Government are taking to ensure that they meet their pledge to reduce national carbon dioxide emissions to 20 per cent. below 1990 levels by 2010. [98825]
§ Mr. MeacherThe UK Climate Change Programme (CCP), published in November 2000, sets out the policies and measures that the Government and the devolved administrations have introduced, or are planning to introduce, to reduce carbon dioxide emissions to move towards the domestic goal of a 20 per cent. reduction in the UK's emissions below 1990 levels by 2010.
Emissions reductions will come from a range of policies and measures, covering all sectors of the economy. Key policies introduced so far include the climate change levy package; the UK greenhouse gas emissions trading scheme; a target for the renewables obligation that 10 per cent. of sales from licensed electricity suppliers should be generated from renewable sources; the target to at least double the capacity of combined heat and power by 2010; European-level agreements with car manufacturers to improve the fuel efficiency of new cars; the 10-Year Plan for Transport; better energy efficiency in the residential sector; and, improving performance standards in the Building Regulations.