Green home initiatives not enough say Lib Dems
April 3, 2008 11:09 AM
Commenting on Hilary Benn's announcement today ( 3 April) on green home initiatives, Liberal Democrat Shadow Environment Secretary, Steve Webb said:
"It's all very well setting up helplines to give people advice, but improving home insulation is expensive and the financial support being offered is woefully inadequate. Once again, the size of the Government solution is dwarfed by the scale of the problem.
"We are not going to make any progress in the fight against climate change if we have to rely on piecemeal initiatives from a department that has no money and no power.
"DEFRA is forced to stand by while the rest of the Government supports policies that will accelerate climate change.
"Whilst Hilary Benn might want us to be more energy efficient, the Department for Business is supporting a new generation of coal-fired power stations. He wants us to cut our transport emissions but the Department of Transport is backing a new runway at Heathrow.
"DEFRA is a bit-part player in a Government that refuses to take climate change seriously."
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