Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs – in the House of Commons at 10:30 am on 8 March 2007.
The Treasury's statement of intent on environmental taxation of
"shift the burden of tax from 'goods' to 'bads'".
According to the Office for National Statistics, however, environmental tax as a share of GDP has fallen under the Chancellor's stewardship from 3.4 per cent. to 2.9 per cent. Does the Minister agree that Brown is not green?