Debate on committee report on carbon capture and storage
29 January 2010 (updated on 22 April 2010)
Tim Yeo MP, Chairman of the Commons Environmental Audit Committee, opened a debate in Westminster Hall on the Committee's earlier report on carbon capture and storage, and the Government's response. David Kidney, Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Energy and Climate Change, responded to the debate.
- Video and Audio: Debate on Environmental Audit Committee's report: Carbon Capture and Storage
- Commons Hansard: Debate on Environmental Audit Committee's report: Carbon Capture and Storage
- Environmental Audit Committee
- Environmental Audit Committee report: Carbon Capture and Storage (July 2008)
- Government Response: Carbon Capture and Storage report (PDF) (August 2009)
- Topical issues: Energy
Westminster Hall debates
Westminster Hall adjournment debates allow MPs to consider issues of local or personal interest which rarely have time to be debated in the main Chamber of the House of Commons. MPs can discuss a variety of issues and receive a response from a government Minister.
On Thursdays, the sitting consists of a single debate, either on a topic chosen by the Government or - as on this occasion - a report from a select committee and the government's response.
The usual form is for the committe chairman to open the debate and for the relevant government minister to wind up at the end. On this occasion the chairman, Mr Yeo, opened proceedings on the Committee's report, followed by the minister speaking to the Government's response.