§ Norman BakerTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate she has made of the external costs associated with greenhouse gas emissions, with particular reference to the environmental costs. [184580]
§ Mr. MorleyA Government Economic Service working paper "Estimating the Social Cost of Carbon Emissions" was published as a joint Defra-Treasury publication, and this contains estimates of the external costs associated with greenhouse gas emissions. This paper is available on the Defra website at www.defra.gov.uk/environment/climatechange/carboncost/index.htm along with other papers describing the Government's work on the social cost of carbon.