Oral Answers to Questions

Greg Mulholland Excerpts

Thursday 24th March 2011 Commons Chamber

[Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West) (LD)]

Given the Government’s commitment to both a low-carbon future and localism, do Ministers agree that everything should be done to encourage local carbon budgets, which can clearly play an important part in achieving our national targets?

[Chris Huhne]

I agree that local carbon budgets are important, which is one reason why we have continued with the pilots of databases that allow local authorities to know what their carbon emissions are and to continue to set targets. I do not want to impose those on local authorities, because they are a matter for localism, but it is right that they should have the information on which they can base informed decisions.