Early Day Motion·EDM 299

EMISSIONS PERFORMANCE STANDARD

16 December 2008222 Signatures

Motion Text

That this House believes that, in light of the strong recommendation made by the Climate Change Committee that the power sector should be almost fully decarbonised by 2030, and its warning of the potential dangers of a purely market-led approach leading to carbon lock in, the Government should bring forward early legislation to introduce a greenhouse gas emissions performance standard to apply to all new power generation capacity.