Early day motion · EDM 1085 · 14 Mar 2007

PERSONAL CARBON TRADING

Tabled by Martin Horwood (Liberal Democrat) 15 signatures

The motion

leave out from `emissions' to end and add `regrets that the Prime Minister has failed to persuade his colleagues, notably the Chancellor of the Exchequer, that global warming requires firm fiscal action; notes that the poorest 10 per cent. of households have expenditure on energy that varies by a factor of six due to different vintages of boiler and home insulation, so that any system of personal carbon trading allowances must avoid aggravating inequalities; urgently calls on the Government to address the enormous and involuntary variations in energy use through a programme of promoting energy efficiency and eliminating fuel poverty much more ambitious in scope than that currently pursued; and urges the Government to explore practical and fair means of incentivising domestic greenhouse gas reductions.'.

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