PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
EU Emissions Trading Scheme (4 September 2015)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions she has had with her EU counterparts on strengthening the EU Emissions Trading Scheme.
Asked by:
Matthew Pennycook (Labour)
Asked by:
Matthew Pennycook (Labour)
Answer
The Government strongly supports reform to strengthen the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS). Ministers and officials have discussed EU ETS reform recently with counterparts in other Member States, as well as the European Commission and industry representatives. My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State will continue these discussions at the forthcoming Green Growth Summit in Brussels, which will be attended by a range of European public and private organisations.
Answered by:
Andrea Leadsom (Conservative)
18 September 2015
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