Infrastructure Bill [Lords] Debate

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Department: Department for Transport

Infrastructure Bill [Lords]

Richard Graham Excerpts
Monday 26th January 2015

(9 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Anne Main Portrait Mrs Main
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My plea to the Minister is to consider issuing new guidance that will put an obligation on commercial buildings to have zero-carbon or low-carbon emissions. In my constituency, it is possible to have 3.5 million square feet of rail freight interchange, and not one single green initiative is necessary. We are considering such an obligation for homes, and we should be considering it for commercial premises too. Will the Minister please issue some guidance to be used during the planning process?

Richard Graham Portrait Richard Graham (Gloucester) (Con)
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Like many people here this evening—