Climate Change Minister to give evidence to Lords
15 June 2011
Greg Barker, Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change, will give evidence to two Lords Committees in a one-off evidence session on Wednesday 15 June, to assess what impact new EU proposals on energy efficiency and the low carbon economy will have on people and businesses
- Parliament TV: Commission Communication on a roadmap for moving to a competitive low carbon economy in 2050 and the Commission Communication on the Energy Efficiency Plan 2011
- EU Sub-Committee B - Internal Market, Energy and Transport
- EU Sub-Committee D - Agriculture, Fisheries and Environment
Members of the Lords EU Internal Market, Energy and Transport and EU Agriculture, Fisheries and Environment Sub-Committees, will question Mr Barker about proposals from the European Commission for the Energy Efficiency Plan 2011 and a low carbon economy roadmap.
Witness
At 10.30am, Wednesday 15 June, Committee Room 4a, Palace of Westmisnter
- Greg Barker, Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change
Topics likely to be addressed include:
- whether households' energy bills will increase due to the EU's requirement that energy companies help consumers make their homes more energy efficient
- whether the EU will achieve its target of 20% improvement in energy efficiency by 2020
- why the European Commission has not proposed a firm target for emissions to be reduced by 30% by 2020, which the UK Government advocate
- whether the agricultural industry is able to increase food production and bio-energy whilst lowering greenhouse gas emissions.
EU Environment Ministers will discuss the low carbon economy roadmap on Tuesday 21 June.