Environmental Audit Committee to take further evidence on Energy Subsidies in the UK
Further evidence on Energy Subsidies in the UK
10 May 2013
Environmental Audit Committee will hold its second public evidence hearing on Energy subsidies in the UK, at 2.15 pm on Wednesday 15 May in the Thatcher Room, Portcullis House.
- Parliament TV: watch Energy subsidies in the UK session
- Inquiry: Energy subsidies in the UK
- Environmental Audit Committee
This session will explore international issues connected to energy subsidies, including fossil fuel subsidies: the rationale for the justifications put forward for subsidies (protecting infant industries and in support of pro-poor policies), links between Aid and subsidies and the initiatives aimed at reducing fossil fuel subsidies.
Witnesses
At 2.15pm
- Peter Wooders, Programme Leader, Global Subsidies Initiative
- Shelagh Whitley, Research Fellow, Overseas Development Institute
- Charles Perry, Partner, Second Nature
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