Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Rachael Maskell and Paula Sherriff

Thursday 19th November 2015 Commons Chamber

[Rachael Maskell (York Central) (Lab/Co-op)]

1. What steps she is taking to ensure that the UK meets its EU renewable energy target by 2020.

[Paula Sherriff (Dewsbury) (Lab)]

5. What assessment she has made of the UK’s progress towards meeting its EU renewables target by 2020.

[The Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (Amber Rudd)]

We are making good progress towards our 15% renewable energy target for 2020, and I am confident that we will meet the next interim target of 5.4%, with provisional figures showing that 6.3% of final energy consumption for 2013 and 2014 came from renewable sources.