Environment White Paper

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Environment – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 27 February 1991.

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Photo of Simon Hughes Simon Hughes Opposition Deputy Chief Whip (Commons), Shadow Spokesperson (Education) 12:00, 27 February 1991

Does the Secretary of State accept that his and the Government's credibility on environmental issues will he regarded as sound only when there is full integration between Government economic policy and Government environmental policy? The White Paper promised only that the Government would consider fuel taxation to encourage fuel economy and would consider environmental economic mechanisms to discourage pollution. Will the Tories join the Liberal Democrats in proposing a competitive tax on all forms of environmental pollution in this Budget, the next Budget, some time or never?