Business, Innovation and Skills written question – answered at on 24 April 2012.
Mark Tami
Opposition Whip (Commons), Opposition Pairing Whip (Commons)
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment his Department has made of the effect on future levels of investment in UK industry of the introduction of the EU Emissions Trading System Scheme.
Mark Prisk
The Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
In April 2009 the UK Government published an impact assessment on the climate and energy package which included the revised Emissions Trading System Directive.
A copy of the impact assessment can be found at:
http://www.decc.gov.uk/assets/decc/77_20090423091800_e_@@_euclimateenergypackage.pdf
In addition the Department commissioned The Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) to produce on a report into the competiveness implications of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) on UK industry, in 2010.
A copy of this report can be found at:
ftp://ftp.zew.de/pub/zew-docs/dp/dp10044.pdf
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